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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:11 PM Original message |
We are too fucking soft, too fucking spoiled... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Take the lead. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I would gladly take the lead, but the fact is that people here in this country, |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I think, for some, they feel it won't help (nt) |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. The fallback of the armchair revolutionary everywhere. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. I used to think that people here would go into the streets but I think |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. a lot of truth to that statement. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I have noticed that people who fight for change do not expect to take advantage |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I wonder when we will reach that point? |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I am 64 and I am glad I lived when I did. I don't envy younger people because |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. It's not about dying in the streets or being a martyr. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. thank you. I can see your point. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. When the people take to the streets in this country, there will be blood shed. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. It will happen. And sooner than later. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I think we're secretly too intimidated to take to the streets. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Okay, but stop with the "haven't suffered enough" meme. We take to the streets all the time. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
35. my Wi |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Joe you have a point but what I want to know |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. For one thing, people don't have money to travel. |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm sorry its to cold to be protesting in the street right now |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. Interestingly enough, they have more to lose than we do |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I'm not an expert in the domestic affairs of said european countries, |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'm not surprised at all |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. So much for "we'll have to suffer more before we fight back." |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. ... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Personally, I agree, but it seems as though Americans are now waiting |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Fuckity fuck! |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. I admit it, you are talking about me. I make you sick. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hang in there Joe, it's coming. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. god bless you, my friend. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
21. Europeans have something that we DON'T |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. All the more reason to rise up, since we don't have all those things. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. agree...BUT it's easier to get angry people in the streets to keep what they have |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. If we're so spoiled, how come the Europeans, who have much more than us can organize and fight back? |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Do Europeans really have more than we do? |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Whatever. |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
33. You all know it's true. It's no secret. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
36. "soft" and "spoiled" are wrong word choices. |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
38. In most, if not all, European countries, the government can be brought down |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:06 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. it is much harder |
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