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rhett o rick

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4. Ah yes the Conspiracy Theory argument. If you don't like a story try to get it

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 07:04 PM

Apr 2015

censored by labeling it a CT. There are lots of CT around in politics. A big one that gets a lot of attention is whether the Republicons are stealing elections.

This theory has some truth to it but some are so enamored with their authoritarian leaders that they don't want to discuss it or even let others discuss it. There is clear evidence that our Homeland Security provided assistance to the local polices as they brutalized the protestors. But some side with the police as they shoot people with gas canisters, bash them in the head and spray them with pepper spray. Would you feel the same if it was Martin Luther King Jr. protesting for equal rights?

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Crushing the Occupy Movement - How Wall Street Used Government Forces to Suppress Political Dissent [View all] Bill USA Apr 2015 OP

Oh, you must be mistaken - we have been told it was because they did not have one top leader. djean111 Apr 2015 #1

Oh, no, it was the No Sound-Bite that did them in. At least, that's valerief Apr 2015 #13

Or as one woman asked me on the corner of Broadway and Liberty Depaysement Apr 2015 #28

Again the utterly idiotic, insane, and completely fact-free claim that the Obama geek tragedy Apr 2015 #2

Ah yes the Conspiracy Theory argument. If you don't like a story try to get it rhett o rick Apr 2015 #4

It was self-evident that it was timed and coordinated nation wide. For otherwise reasonably GoneFishin Apr 2015 #9

Yep. nt SusanCalvin Apr 2015 #22

The deniers want so badly to believe everything is wonderful in Camelot with Obama's nice smile. rhett o rick Apr 2015 #30

I musta missed that. So I went back and checked. Trillo Apr 2015 #5

One would have to suppose him incompetent geek tragedy Apr 2015 #12

How is that view from under all that sand? Fuddnik Apr 2015 #16

Only obvious to those with an emotional investment geek tragedy Apr 2015 #17

The same credible journalists who missed everything in the build-up to the Iraq War? Among others. Fuddnik Apr 2015 #20

Why is Glenn Greenwald ignoring the geek tragedy Apr 2015 #23

"This is a fantasy tale told by the black helicopters crowd." You can't argue with facts rhett o rick Apr 2015 #18

more Trillo Apr 2015 #3

Thanks for the link. OnyxCollie Apr 2015 #25

This is an important story. OWS revealed that the government would rhett o rick Apr 2015 #6

Well said. nt mother earth Apr 2015 #7

Yep. They showed us a glimpse of the brick wall at the back of the theater. GoneFishin Apr 2015 #10

Yep. But we will win in the end in spite of the deniers. nm rhett o rick Apr 2015 #19

Yep. Thespian2 Apr 2015 #14

...! KoKo Apr 2015 #33

K & R, TY for bringing this to DU. mother earth Apr 2015 #8

The Occupy movement started other movements and is far from dead. mountain grammy Apr 2015 #11

There's even a DU group - LiberalElite Apr 2015 #21

Ashamed to say, I didn't know. Thanks for the info. mountain grammy Apr 2015 #24

I've had to point it out to a couple of DUers so LiberalElite Apr 2015 #26

Exactly. Jackpine Radical Apr 2015 #27

K&R nt Duval Apr 2015 #15

Interesting points in that FBI definition. calimary Apr 2015 #29

Somebody doesn't know what "brutally destroyed" means struggle4progress Apr 2015 #31

True and again reflects (to some of us) on the president Doctor_J Apr 2015 #32

It's denial, which is so much easier than looking reality in the face. rhett o rick Apr 2015 #34