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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 12:57 AM Original message |
Here are the inconvenient truths about Joe Stack |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. he mentions GM but not the wars? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The issue is not the guys lack of perfection. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. the guy was a nut case |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. bingo! |
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MSchreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. No, the inconvenient truth is that |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I don't see what's "inconvenient" about that. |
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MSchreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Then why give this guy some kind of positive spin? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Cause it is what it is. |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
38. There are a number of us who've said that we should be listening |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 04:09 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Note how the Repubs. and FOX are now all trashing the movement? Ever ask why? |
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Bullet1987 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:35 AM Response to Reply #47 |
90. I'm beginning to agree with you Political Heretic |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
54. Yep |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
4. The truth is we don't know who this man was and this piece of writing |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I don't think I claimed - anywhere - to know the guy. I just find his writing surprising and |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Sure. And the teabagger stuff started, I think, after those people |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Oi! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Mas o menos |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. There are right wingers calling him a marxist, DUers calling him a teabagger and everything else |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. That's right. Everyone who self identifies as a tea bagger is not in some borg mind |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
10. This guy was perfectly coherent and sane |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. People can compensate for psychosis to a degree that |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. My mommy was mean to me, kittens are cute, therefore I will kill your child. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
65. Bingo. |
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Dan (595 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
17. Here is a link |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Oh yeah thanks - I meant to provide a link. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
18. His solution sucks but his complaints are legit. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
20. For those who haven't noticed.....negatively rec'd threads are "the most interesting"... |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. To be fair, I'd never expect a thread this counter-convention to be highly recced. |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
22. Nobody wants to admit they might have common issues |
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NoFace (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
24. Betting your life that you know what goes on inside the head of each & every Politician? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
25. He was the WORST kind of murdering coward. He snuck up on people who had no idea they had anything |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. +1 |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
26. insanity: an ability to leap gracefully from correct premises to catastrophically flawed conclusions |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
27. k and r. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
28. K&R nt |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
29. Some of what he said reflected the feelings of many. The politicians may not have |
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KILL THE WISE ONE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
30. crazy attention whore crashes small plane into government office building |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
31. There's a special kind of vindication seeing people who sympathize with this terrorist. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:14 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I'm quite fine with that. |
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coti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 03:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
40. There is an observable sickness in these kinds of reactions. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:32 AM Response to Original message |
36. k/r |
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meowomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
37. You spent way too much time reading this crazy mans rantings. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 03:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Maybe because I'm a social worker. |
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coti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
39. You're looking at what he said and not what he did. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 03:44 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Actually, I looked at both. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 03:51 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. He was sick, and you'd think it's a given nobody condones his action |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 03:54 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. That is so true. True of myself as well. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
80. "his manifesto was more like a DU post than a Free Republic Post." |
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babyblonde (69 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. YOU are |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 03:45 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. You have it backwards. He's looking only at the essay |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 03:47 AM Response to Reply #39 |
44. HUH? |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
55. How is pointing out the similarities in populist complaints from both sides condoning terrorism? |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
76. Wait...you have a mistress? |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-21-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #76 |
89. shhhhh... Don't tell anybody but I'm Tiger Woods.... n/t |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
48. He was just a guy who owned 3 businesses that were never big enough to get the type of tax breaks |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Exactly, Ma'am: A Typical Right Libertarian Piss-Ant.... |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 04:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
70. Well said! |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
49. Stack made some valid points-many of which we've all railed about here on DU for years. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Did you fly a plane into a government building and kill two people? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. Sorry but I don't buy into labeling all crazy people terrorists. nt |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. WTF??? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. WTF yourself! Where in the hell did I condone what the guy did?! nt |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #68 |
77. RIGHT HERE |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #77 |
87. Boy you really like to twist shit around! I NEVER said I condoned his actions! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-20-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. the dude was a TERRORIST |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
75. delete |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. How long before you are thought to be a terrorist? Certainly the second you decided to fly your |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
51. . |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
53. Recd. That was witty about the capitalist creed--and also true. nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
58. Best headline ever on the topic: |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
59. Another inconvenient truth: There is a very thin line between the fringe left and fringe right |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Horse shit. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Yep. |
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However (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. Not very inconvenient, but true nonetheless |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Absurd. |
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However (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #81 |
91. Hmmm no? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
82. But it serves the needs of a particular faction to claim we're the same (and they're better). (NT) |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
60. I see you left out the racism. (nt) |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
61. the inconvenient truth is, if you don't like the laws, you fight to change them or get out |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
62. Yeah? Well, if he were the real deal, maybe he could have thought of a few better targets. |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
67. Stupid Whiny Bastard |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 04:56 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Three quarters of DU "thinks like him" in at least some major areas. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #67 |
85. + 1 million |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
72. bullshit. first of all |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Fair enough on the first point. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
73. Our system was fairly good until the Pubs slowly changed the rules to favor the rich |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
79. There is allot to agree with in his manifesto |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Agreed. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
84. My question is what would be the opinion of people if he railed against paying his taxes |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
86. Fascinating post, and I commend you for making it. |
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