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MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. I've no doubt the people in the streets are ignoring them.
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 10:37 PM
Sep 2012

They just have a need to shit in the punch, even when the punchbowl belongs to the team who are trying to do anything FOR We, the People.

I thought they had a good point when they started out--now I think they're even stupider than the Tea Party....and that's pretty damn stupid.

Fucking losers. Marginalized clowns.. MADem Sep 2012 #1
Yeah, what an awful message. JoeyT Sep 2012 #3
Check the TOS and then have a look at your calendar. MADem Sep 2012 #5
Objecting to banks forclosing on homes JoeyT Sep 2012 #15
They are shitting in the punch. "Waaah, we won't vote for anyone! THAT's how we'll FIX 'em!" MADem Sep 2012 #27
Somebody had to protest outside the DNC. It's the all American way. God bless you. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #81
Oh please. In 68 we were protesting for political action to end a war. MADem Sep 2012 #84
I see some parallels between modern protests and historic protests. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #86
You cannot discern my "manner" unless you are sitting in the room with me. MADem Sep 2012 #114
take another look warrprayer Sep 2012 #139
The people BEHIND the protesters are, to the left. nt MADem Sep 2012 #140
Too many people won't vote for either party Herlong Sep 2012 #147
Accusations of poor hygene have historically been used to discredit movements. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #155
I was at many of those protests back in the day. We went home and showered. MADem Sep 2012 #158
I learned a new word today. Thanks. randome Sep 2012 #159
I'm not close to dead yet, but every year I spend on earth, I find more reasons to like the place. MADem Sep 2012 #162
This message was self-deleted by its author limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #160
That protest didn't work...did it? Nixon got elected and the war lastd 7 more years. demosincebirth Sep 2012 #102
It certainly didn't help elect a Dem. MADem Sep 2012 #111
I agree...and in '72 the same goup took over the dem party and and nominated McGovern for pres, demosincebirth Sep 2012 #115
Because Nixon double-crossed the AFLCIO & turned the more well off unions against patrice Sep 2012 #123
Defeat? He/we were clobbered! demosincebirth Sep 2012 #125
Yeah, I remember going to corporate Christmas parties that year with my spouse. patrice Sep 2012 #132
Can't argue with a thing you have said. MADem Sep 2012 #131
It didn't work because Nixon negotiated with the enemy to undercut Johnson's patrice Sep 2012 #124
Cough. nt onehandle Sep 2012 #2
Your point? 70 protestors, good relations w police, ... unc70 Sep 2012 #4
I've no doubt the people in the streets are ignoring them. MADem Sep 2012 #6
I agree. These people can't help Democrats win with this crap. banned from Kos Sep 2012 #7
Dems are TOLERANT....even of fools. MADem Sep 2012 #8
Apparently these are supporters of Bradley Manning, not Occupy. n/t Cleita Sep 2012 #13
They self-identified as OCCUPY, per "Occupy Charlotte organizer Michael Zytkow" MADem Sep 2012 #28
That means nothing. Cleita Sep 2012 #29
Come on--the only person quoted was "Occupy." The pictures are captioned "Occupy." MADem Sep 2012 #33
It's the Julian Assange/Bradley Manning supporters that like those Guy Fawke masks. Cleita Sep 2012 #36
Well, they were all wrapped up in the few dozen people with the Occupy permit to march. MADem Sep 2012 #43
So what! Cleita Sep 2012 #45
You keep saying that like anyone is suggesting they DON'T have the right to make asses of themselves MADem Sep 2012 #63
I think you are in the wrong place. No body said what they are doing is cool other than asserting Cleita Sep 2012 #67
You're the one vigorously defending them. And you're not just defending their "right" to protest, MADem Sep 2012 #71
I'm defending their First Amendment right to protest what they think is Cleita Sep 2012 #73
Nobody is saying they can't protest. You're defending something no one is arguing about. MADem Sep 2012 #74
What are protesters doing to suppress the vote? Cleita Sep 2012 #78
If you aren't going to bother to read the material, look at the pictures of the protesters MADem Sep 2012 #116
From where I stand, it looks as though Democrats will have more opportunities to offer a hand patrice Sep 2012 #109
You must not have listened to the part of the convention where both the mentally and physically freshwest Sep 2012 #117
Though some of the poor and disadvantaged do want to bash heads with cops, I'd bet MOST do not. patrice Sep 2012 #120
Thanks for this. The Occupy folk seem to me to have collapsed into nebulous mush some time ago struggle4progress Sep 2012 #133
I'm sorry, but you're whistling in the dark, here. There was an "Occupy the DNC" protest planned MADem Sep 2012 #38
So it was Occupy. I was given misleading information. Cleita Sep 2012 #49
No one is saying that they don't have a "democratic right to protest." That's a fake assertion. MADem Sep 2012 #53
So this is DU the progressive message board where other DUers can Cleita Sep 2012 #55
Anyone who thinks burning the Presidential oath of office is anything but a dumb-ass, stupid protest MADem Sep 2012 #61
You don't approve. Fine. You don't have a right to call them names. Cleita Sep 2012 #62
Yes, I DO have every right to call them names. They are stupid people doing a very stupid thing. MADem Sep 2012 #65
You may find out your children might be some of those people you call morons. Just sayin' Cleita Sep 2012 #68
No. Education cures that kind of stupidity--really. nt MADem Sep 2012 #69
Or it makes them think that parents are full of shit. n/t Cleita Sep 2012 #70
Only if their parents send them to shitty schools. nt MADem Sep 2012 #72
I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing 99th_Monkey Sep 2012 #75
Occupy is a total failure. What a bunch of anti-Democratic losers. Pterodactyl Sep 2012 #9
These aren't Occupy. Cleita Sep 2012 #11
You sure about that? The article quotes Occupy Charlotte. Pterodactyl Sep 2012 #12
Same OP on another OP said so. Cleita Sep 2012 #14
Of course they have the right to protest. Doesn't mean they are not stupid. Pterodactyl Sep 2012 #16
As long as you get it, Cleita Sep 2012 #17
You're confusing an event in Charlotte with one in Chicago struggle4progress Sep 2012 #34
I'm not confusing anything including the fact that you keep Cleita Sep 2012 #37
I sadly remember Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II -- and for the next 60 days, my main objective struggle4progress Sep 2012 #44
Really, that's what you are going to do, fight for his reelection? Cleita Sep 2012 #46
That's nuts Herlong Sep 2012 #149
Thank you for fighting a good fight. truedelphi Sep 2012 #129
If they were TeaBagger racist nuts, would you still be vigorously Common Sense Party Sep 2012 #105
Actually, I would be and have done so in the past. Cleita Sep 2012 #106
Good. Thank you for your consistency. Common Sense Party Sep 2012 #107
Usually, the vandalism and lawbreaking seems to come from Cleita Sep 2012 #108
Yeah, I don't know why Ocean Pacific would do such a thing. Pterodactyl Sep 2012 #128
Please stop embarrassing yourself 99th_Monkey Sep 2012 #76
"They changed the whole freaking conversation". randome Sep 2012 #91
Star Wars action figures still fetch a nice price on EBay, I'm told. MADem Sep 2012 #118
In the beginning, I thought so too davidthegnome Sep 2012 #98
Wow. Sleeping in tents saved the planet. Pterodactyl Sep 2012 #126
Your toxic sarcastism is duly noted ~nt 99th_Monkey Sep 2012 #130
: ) Pterodactyl Sep 2012 #137
How can you tell they are stinky? limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #83
Because I've talked to them and inadvertantly smelled them. Pterodactyl Sep 2012 #127
That's not a valid characterization. How involved have you personally been with an Occupy? patrice Sep 2012 #121
Newsflash! Cleita Sep 2012 #10
Absolutely! Proletariatprincess Sep 2012 #19
For one thing the protestors are not being correctly Cleita Sep 2012 #20
Could you link me to where in this thread someone said that they didnt have that right? cstanleytech Sep 2012 #22
Personally, I think all of their almost exclusively hierarchical focus is evidence of a failure of patrice Sep 2012 #119
hear here!! nt 99th_Monkey Sep 2012 #77
Question for Struggle For Progress Herlong Sep 2012 #18
Not a sprint Herlong Sep 2012 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Herlong Sep 2012 #144
I am fired up and I am ready to go! Herlong Sep 2012 #145
Sorry struggle Herlong Sep 2012 #146
Not terribly overwhelming davidthegnome Sep 2012 #21
Really? A better time? Cleita Sep 2012 #24
I am not arguing that they should not protest. davidthegnome Sep 2012 #31
Wow, I'm speechless especially about the part of being Cleita Sep 2012 #32
The difference being... davidthegnome Sep 2012 #40
First impressions are important at a debutante ball. Cleita Sep 2012 #41
So, 70 people grabbing for headlines... davidthegnome Sep 2012 #42
You know that protesters, who were bloodied and arrested gave you civil rights. Some died. Cleita Sep 2012 #47
I think you're getting carried away davidthegnome Sep 2012 #51
When you make fun of and make derogatory comments about what is a Cleita Sep 2012 #54
Lots of projecting going on here... davidthegnome Sep 2012 #57
Whatever junior. Have a nice life. Cleita Sep 2012 #58
Actually davidthegnome Sep 2012 #60
Yeah, personal Cha Sep 2012 #80
Yes, and those who were bloodied were INSIDE the Convention Hall cali Sep 2012 #88
Yes, they were because I know some of them who were there Cleita Sep 2012 #96
Very well said. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #93
I WAS going to just read this one but... LovingA2andMI Sep 2012 #79
Well, I'm old enough to remember the protests of the sixties and partook Cleita Sep 2012 #97
No, they were NOT effective LovingA2andMI Sep 2012 #100
Well, I can't argue with ignorance. Cleita Sep 2012 #101
Yes, the U.S. CONSTITUTION gives me a right LovingA2andMI Sep 2012 #103
Daaayyyuuummm! Where have you been? Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #122
I support this President and this party. Comrade_McKenzie Sep 2012 #25
The rent-a-mob strikes again! Politicub Sep 2012 #26
The cop made me laugh--a real "Andy of Mayberry" conversation, there.... MADem Sep 2012 #30
Oh, what a cute little story. Cleita Sep 2012 #50
You really don't read contextually at all, do you? nt MADem Sep 2012 #52
Bilious crap? No. n/t Cleita Sep 2012 #56
No--I'm talking about some pretty basic reading, here. MADem Sep 2012 #59
I thought it was funny too. davidthegnome Sep 2012 #64
He clearly stayed awake in the "Defusing hectoring and goading civilians" lecture. MADem Sep 2012 #66
I'm am glad to read of these protests and would be disappointed if there were none. mountain grammy Sep 2012 #35
The protesters are fine. They are exercising their rights. Cleita Sep 2012 #39
Upset is too strong of a word davidthegnome Sep 2012 #48
Perfect ^^^^ LovingA2andMI Sep 2012 #82
This message was self-deleted by its author limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #85
I'm happy to see people are still allowed to protest. Kurovski Sep 2012 #87
In this particular case davidthegnome Sep 2012 #90
They didn't burn him in effigy. Kurovski Sep 2012 #92
True! The protests agains the protesters on this blog is chilling.. mountain grammy Sep 2012 #94
More like protestations or complaints than actual protests, but I take your meaning. Kurovski Sep 2012 #95
The only worthwhile form of political expression in America is to work through the Democratic Party. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #89
+100000 It's ALL a verb. People should think more in probabilities and act with more ISSUE integrity patrice Sep 2012 #110
I do hope Vice President Gore will consider running for President in 2016 limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #161
When it comes down to it... davidthegnome Sep 2012 #99
I need this organized group to address the point that their course of action will result in more patrice Sep 2012 #104
Not much of an absolutist here, but I will fight tooth and nail ANYONE who says "Don't vote." patrice Sep 2012 #112
K&R n/t rachel1 Sep 2012 #113
The contempt directed toward Occupy is telling U4ikLefty Sep 2012 #134
There's no definite agenda, and there's no definite strategy -- so it's a bust struggle4progress Sep 2012 #135
Damn Herlong Sep 2012 #143
You are with Occupy then? davidthegnome Sep 2012 #136
Hippie Punching warrprayer Sep 2012 #138
The protesters were pretty well treated IMO. Lots of possible arrests weren't made struggle4progress Sep 2012 #141
The 'Unmask the DNC' sign is the most ironic one. Held by a masked protester. randome Sep 2012 #153
Unintentional irony is not dead! I'm betting that sign waver thought that contribution was profound MADem Sep 2012 #163
Here's an example of asshat for you: struggle4progress Sep 2012 #142
Why not vote, struggle for progress? Herlong Sep 2012 #148
I vote; I encourage others to vote; and I regularly register people to vote struggle4progress Sep 2012 #156
Thank you for that post Herlong Sep 2012 #150
I think you're not seeing struggle4progress' point. randome Sep 2012 #151
And this is helpful Herlong Sep 2012 #152
Perhaps to point out that people who say 'Obama is murder' are not helpful. randome Sep 2012 #154
warrprayer calls me an asshat in #138. so i thought i'd indicate who the real asshats are struggle4progress Sep 2012 #157
Saying people "suck" isn't very helpful, and that is what you did. MADem Sep 2012 #164
MADem is correct Herlong Oct 2012 #165
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