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WhaTHellsgoingonhere

(5,252 posts) Tue Oct 15, 2013, 12:38 AM Oct 2013

everytime I see footage of the thugs pushing riot police...

...at the White House, I can't help but think about how riot police pepper spray or beat the living crap out of peaceful demonstrators from the left.

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everytime I see footage of the thugs pushing riot police... (Original Post) WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2013 OP

exactly... however, it was deliberate provocation for the media who far outnumbered the protesters JCMach1 Oct 2013 #1

It was a STUNT, and an obvious one at that. arcane1 Oct 2013 #3

The police didn't mind taking the bait when they were beating sabrina 1 Oct 2013 #11

Authority is by definition anti-left Scootaloo Oct 2013 #15

and most of them are so ignorant of the fact that busterbrown Oct 2013 #16

I know what you're saying, but... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2013 #2

Needs more tear gas and rubber bullets mwrguy Oct 2013 #4

No kidding, theyt didn't do a fucking thing to those folks gopiscrap Oct 2013 #5

...prominent Democrats were arrested. Teabaggers? Nah... Liberal_Stalwart71 Oct 2013 #6

Don't we get it? wundermaus Oct 2013 #7

It's beyond just not being in the club. merrily Oct 2013 #8

Rec merrily Oct 2013 #9

IOKIYAR. eom Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #10

This! yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #12

So infuriatingly true. Good ole Rachel Maddow. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #18

Lefties are Enemies to the 1%. And teabaggers are not. blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #13

Bingo...But Obama hasn't really been an enemy of the 1% either davidn3600 Oct 2013 #14

You think and think wrong.. busterbrown Oct 2013 #17

JCMach1

(27,559 posts)

1. exactly... however, it was deliberate provocation for the media who far outnumbered the protesters

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 12:42 AM

Oct 2013

so, not a bad thing that the police didn't take the bait.

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

3. It was a STUNT, and an obvious one at that.

Reply to JCMach1 (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 12:57 AM

Oct 2013

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)

11. The police didn't mind taking the bait when they were beating

Reply to JCMach1 (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:46 AM

Oct 2013

Iraq Veterans nearly to death and 80 year old women during the OWS protests. Where were the Robo Cops armed with militarized weapons who were all over the place during the OWS demonstrations?

I think the world knows the answer to that question.

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

15. Authority is by definition anti-left

Reply to sabrina 1 (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 02:46 AM

Oct 2013

The police took the teabagger's shit because they are on the same side.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)

16. and most of them are so ignorant of the fact that

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #15)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 03:22 AM

Oct 2013

Corporations are using Tea Baggers to try privatize their jobs.... Turn them into $10.00 hr no benefit jobs.

They are just plain dumb.. Not all, but many are...

WhaTHellsgoingonhere

(5,252 posts)

2. I know what you're saying, but...

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 12:53 AM

Oct 2013

...the opposite is never true. Cameras don't deter riot police when the demonstrators are from the left. Sprayed, beaten, and arrested. I can't image kids pushing riot police and not getting beaten up and arrested. It just reminds me of how the Right has intimidated us at every level.

mwrguy

(3,245 posts)

4. Needs more tear gas and rubber bullets

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 12:57 AM

Oct 2013

If anyone deserves it then it's these rethugs.

gopiscrap

(23,761 posts)

5. No kidding, theyt didn't do a fucking thing to those folks

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:07 AM

Oct 2013

I have had myself pepper sprayed and gassed and then I got arrested...what gives?

Liberal_Stalwart71

(20,450 posts)

6. ...prominent Democrats were arrested. Teabaggers? Nah...

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:09 AM

Oct 2013

wundermaus

(1,673 posts)

7. Don't we get it?

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:27 AM

Oct 2013

You (and I) are not in the club...

Now get back to work for that American dream.

merrily

(45,251 posts)

8. It's beyond just not being in the club.

Reply to wundermaus (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:41 AM

Oct 2013

We're the enemy.

Have been for a long time, probably since the Russian revolution, I would guess

How many rightist organizations did Hoover or McCarthy investigate?

merrily

(45,251 posts)

9. Rec

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:43 AM

Oct 2013

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)

10. IOKIYAR. eom

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:43 AM

Oct 2013

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)

12. This!

Reply to Jamaal510 (Reply #10)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:53 AM

Oct 2013

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)

18. So infuriatingly true. Good ole Rachel Maddow.

Reply to Jamaal510 (Reply #10)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 08:07 PM

Oct 2013

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

13. Lefties are Enemies to the 1%. And teabaggers are not.

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:54 AM

Oct 2013

davidn3600

(6,342 posts)

14. Bingo...But Obama hasn't really been an enemy of the 1% either

Reply to blkmusclmachine (Reply #13)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 01:57 AM

Oct 2013

They are doing very, very well under his presidency.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)

17. You think and think wrong..

Reply to davidn3600 (Reply #14)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 03:31 AM

Oct 2013

He has played the right all along so that he would be seen not as a threat... ACA his first solid punch to their guts..
More to follow.. And remember the MIC was probably at his throat the first year or two.. He had to get them into his corner before he could do anything.. So if you give me the bullshit about the drones and indefinite detentions etc.
Do you really feel He could have just shut it down... Really!

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