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In reply to the discussion: Protesters again take to uptown streets (of Charlotte) [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)118. Star Wars action figures still fetch a nice price on EBay, I'm told.
Zuccotti Park is where people meet to go to lunch, nowadays.
It was a great idea. It was shittily executed.
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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
Accusations of poor hygene have historically been used to discredit movements.
limpyhobbler
Sep 2012
#155
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
That protest didn't work...did it? Nixon got elected and the war lastd 7 more years.
demosincebirth
Sep 2012
#102
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
Yeah, I remember going to corporate Christmas parties that year with my spouse.
patrice
Sep 2012
#132
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
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
Nobody is saying they can't protest. You're defending something no one is arguing about.
MADem
Sep 2012
#74
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
No one is saying that they don't have a "democratic right to protest." That's a fake assertion.
MADem
Sep 2012
#53
Anyone who thinks burning the Presidential oath of office is anything but a dumb-ass, stupid protest
MADem
Sep 2012
#61
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
Of course they have the right to protest. Doesn't mean they are not stupid.
Pterodactyl
Sep 2012
#16
I sadly remember Nixon, Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II -- and for the next 60 days, my main objective
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#44
That's not a valid characterization. How involved have you personally been with an Occupy?
patrice
Sep 2012
#121
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
You know that protesters, who were bloodied and arrested gave you civil rights. Some died.
Cleita
Sep 2012
#47
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
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
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
There's no definite agenda, and there's no definite strategy -- so it's a bust
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#135
The protesters were pretty well treated IMO. Lots of possible arrests weren't made
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#141
Unintentional irony is not dead! I'm betting that sign waver thought that contribution was profound
MADem
Sep 2012
#163
I vote; I encourage others to vote; and I regularly register people to vote
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#156
warrprayer calls me an asshat in #138. so i thought i'd indicate who the real asshats are
struggle4progress
Sep 2012
#157