"The Revolution Would Like to Apologize for Shitting all Over Your Apathy."

[Fantastic Anarchist]

Wicked rant by Lee Camp.

Some choice quotes:

"God Forbid the Revolution Should Get in the Way of Your Evening Stroll With Pookie Wookie."

"The Revolution Will Not Be Tidy; The Revolution Will Not Fit In With Your Pilates."

It definitely won't be sanitized, and so without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Mr. Lee Camp:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTHv4exE5eI&list=FLtQBGbTUO310qGNeaoIW4KQ&index=2&feature=plpp_video

[Fantastic Anarchist]

1. Unrecced? Really?

[rhett o rick]

3. I cant imagine the thinking by some in here that unrec like this. I notice that they occur early

in the thread as if they are just hunting to unrec. But there is only a small number and I wonder how effective they think they are. Whatever.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

9. I've never unrecced a post. Not even ones I don't like.

I think it's a poor feature. Everyone deserves to have their post read or heard, and not sunk by a bunch of censor-happy pricks.

That's just my take.

[PETRUS]

13. Huh. I also never unrec. Just a personal policy.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

18. Good Policy.

:toast:

[MelungeonWoman]

22. I like and use the rec/unrec buttons often

It doesn't prevent posts being read, it provides a quick and easy way to give a thumbs up or down to an opinion. You've jabbed a stick into the eye of people who don't share your opinion and they want to express themselves. It's all good.

K&R, I enjoyed the OP.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

23. Fair enough.

It's just my opinion, though.

But, a minute after I posted, it was unrecced. So whoever unrecced didn't even bother to view it. There's something wrong with that.

[PETRUS]

26. Your interpretation of the function is fine with me.

Personally, I'd be comfortable unrecing if posts displayed the totals for each column, i.e. "23 recs, 19 unrecs" rather than just "+4"

Does anybody know how it's going to work on DU3?

[rhett o rick]

40. I rarely unrec. I would prefer that there was a compilation of numbers of unrec vs recs. nm

[Enthusiast]

48. Me too.

But I will occasionally unrecommend. But not this OP. K&R.

[djp2]

72. Using the unrec...

if it is kept (and I think it shouldn't) should be a mandatory posting of the unrec'ers username

[Enthusiast]

82. I would be good with posting my name.

I only unrecommend OPs that I really really do not agree with.

[mmonk]

32. I did one time. It was for a racist comment. Other than that, I haven't.

I'd rather engage than hide.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

34. That's my take on it.

[tblue37]

42. I didn't used to, but as a person with a severe hearing impairment,

I now unrec video posts when the person offers nothing in the way of a summary--not even one or two sentences that tell what is going on.

This post I recced, because he does say what the video is about. In fact, he offers even more of a summary than I would have asked for!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

44. Thank you ...

... and I do agree about the no summaries with videos. Often I read DU on my cell phone. I can't check every video to see if it's going to be good or not. A summary would help. Though, I still would never unrec someone's post. Maybe I was a bit harsh upthread, but that's just something I don't do.

But if others want to, that's fine with me (not that they need my permission). ;)

Besides, I'm afraid I made the thread about rec vs. unrec. And for that, I apologize.

[LiberalLovinLug]

64. I agree a poor feature

I've never unrecced either.
Why not just have the rec button? If a story doesn't get enough it will still be buried, but recced ones will rise to the top.

Never understood the unrec button.

[Phlem]

50. The trolls are alive and well.

I've never unrecced any post, and brush some of the ones I disagree with off. This I am more than happy to rec!

-p

[Fantastic Anarchist]

52. Thank you, Phlem!

And welcome to DU! We're both newbies.

:toast:

[harmonicon]

62. And again, because the first reply...

is you bitching about a feature of the website you're using.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

66. Yep, you're exactly right.

I was bitching about something.

Sue me.

Edit: And what's with this "again" bullshit? It's the fist time I "bitched" about it. But thanks for kicking my thread. :hi:

[harmonicon]

102. "again" meant another "unrec" - I suppose it had happened more than twice before response 62.

You can thank me for the kick - another feature of the website. While you're at it, how about you thank me for the logo being black and read, and the "my DU" button having a bit of purple on it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

92. How did you know, just five minutes after starting it, and with no replies?

You can't recommend your own threads, after all. How could you tell the difference between 0 recs (which is what you'd expect, 5 minutes after posting a link to a 5 minute video), and something that has been unrecced?

[Huey P. Long]

2. I 'd seen this clip a few weeks ago. Great watch. -eom

[Fantastic Anarchist]

11. I love how he delivers.

Passionate and in your face; unapologetic.

[Kaleko]

4. In a nutshell -

[WCGreen]

6. I like that a lot....

[Fantastic Anarchist]

12. Kick for that image.

Thanks Kaleko.

;)

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. K&R

[WillyT]

7. K & R !!!

:kick:

[whathehell]

8. Go on with yo bad self, Lee!!

:thumbsup: :wow:

[rhett o rick]

10. Loved it. nm

[woo me with science]

14. Beautiful.

The shills are working hard, but...

:rofl:

[Kaleko]

16. ...to no avail.

:hi:

[Zorra]

15. They unrec, therefore I rec...I reckon. n kick it 2! _^_

[Fantastic Anarchist]

17. Thank you.

:hi:

[Fantastic Anarchist]

19. Or ... "I think, therefore, I rec." ;)

[Donnachaidh]

20. "pepperspraying us is like throwing water on gremlins:"

:rofl: :rofl:

[Fantastic Anarchist]

24. Loved that. There are so many one liners in that video.

[txlibdem]

28. Good! Then we'll get OWS numbers into the millions one of these days

Then just watch the 1% start to shit their pants.

I, for one, welcome our new OWS overlords! :hi: w/ thanks to Kent Brockman (Futurama)

[HappyMe]

46. Ows OVERLORDS?

Really?

[liberation]

73. Relax, it is an internet meme...

[me b zola]

21. The entire rant was most awesome

:applause:

[Fantastic Anarchist]

25. I'm going to have to find more vids from this guy.

[xchrom]

27. Recommend

[Fantastic Anarchist]

29. Thank you. ;)

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. Is the revolution going to take responsibility

For this wicked cold?

I hope tomorrow I am well enough to go visit.

:-)

[Fantastic Anarchist]

31. I hope you get better soon.

I just got over a nasty one myself. Get better soon.

;)

[Brigid]

100. I've had one too.

It's almost gone, thank God. Hope you feel better soon, nadin. :hug:

[txlibdem]

33. George Carlin would said this about the OCCUPY movement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF1Ixo_faas

[Fantastic Anarchist]

35. Kicking your post so I can watch later.

[txlibdem]

39. It's well worth watching

Carlin saw it all decades before I did.

[dana_b]

86. I saw that a few days ago and

he would be proud of this movement. He would be right there at the GAs.

[Gold Metal Flake]

36. I came, I saw, I Recced, I R'ed.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

37. I came, I saw, I thank you'd. :D

:hi:

[Blasphemer]

38. Excellent rant!

Although, I think we've gone beyond apathy and into acquiescence.

[rhett o rick]

41. I already rec'ed but here is a kick. nm

[Fantastic Anarchist]

43. Thanks again! :D

[Kaleko]

45. up you go

[Autumn]

47. and so without further ado,

I give you a Kick and a Rec. That was the most awesome fucking thing I have ever seen. Thank you. Thank you. This made my day

[Fantastic Anarchist]

53. Thank you for the K&R ...

I've never heard of this guy before, but just stumbled upon it when looking up OWS vids. Very awesome rant.

[Paper Roses]

49. Well said. n/t

[russspeakeasy]

51. Thanks for the post..

[Fantastic Anarchist]

54. Most welcome!

:hi:

[DeSwiss]

55. K&R

"The revolution is not going to happen tomorrow -- it's never going to happen.

It's taking place right now.

It is an alternate universe that runs parallel to this one, waiting for you to switch sides."

http://zinelibrary.info/expect-resistance">EXPECT RESISTANCE

[deutsey]

56. Righteous!

K&R

[lame54]

57. The Inconvenience Will Not Be Televised

[Beavker]

58. Love it.

Hit's on many, many, many valid points...even if the 'other' guys don't get it...doesn't make it not legit.

[fascisthunter]

59. How ya like them Apples

rec

[Fantastic Anarchist]

67. Hey Fascisthunter ...

Thanks for the rec. :hi:

[fascisthunter]

74. you are welcome!

[badtoworse]

60. Unrec'd for its sheer arrogance

Video like this will not convince anyone who is oppposed or undecided to support the cause. It's insulting and more likely to get a "go screw yourself" reaction than anything else.

[fascisthunter]

65. Um, actually, the arrogance comes from those who try to trivialize the movement

a very small minority will be insulted...

[badtoworse]

70. Time will tell

[Fantastic Anarchist]

68. Perhaps, but playing nicely has done wonders, eh?

I mean let's just ask the execs if they'll stop controlling legislation that makes them uber-wealthy and the rest of us uber-poor. Let's be sure to say "please." Let's be sure to be on our best behavior when asking. Perhaps we should perform some fellatio if asked? Then they'll see the error of their ways? I mean, we haven't been asking nicely at all, right?

I mean, come on. Really? Sometimes you have to be in-your-face about something to get heard. It's called passion.

[badtoworse]

71. Many more than the uber-wealthy will be insulted

And those people vote.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

80. Who said anything about voting?

[Kaleko]

101. By your logic, everyone should be a good bathmat

and take the looting, the social genocide and lawlessness of the elite without so much as a curse.

[liberation]

75. Perhaps "arrogance" does not mean what you think it does...

technically you're the one being arrogant since you're assuming that you know better what people may feel or think. You doth projecting too much, me thinks.

[SemperEadem]

61. that was sweet

[reggie the dog]

63. check this out, anarchist french woman rapper with english subtitles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=622QUs5aZeQ KENY ARKANA!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

69. Kicking so I can watch when I get home from work.

Thanks, Reggie!

:toast:

[reggie the dog]

76. you may like this song from her too LA RAGE, the RAGE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Co1mfz23U again with english subtitles,,, bump dat shit!

[reggie the dog]

77. or this, le front de la haine (the front of hate) anti fascist song

she tells the fascist party and the mainstream right and left wing parties to fuck off, literally, watch the vid she gives em the finger

she says fuck them all the change will come from below (she does not dis the communists or the greens)

[reggie the dog]

83. do you know of "the exploited" from scotland?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np3FXa4ORbY "fuck the system"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bZzM4s0Hgs&feature=related "fuck the usa" (they are from scotland after all)

[Fantastic Anarchist]

84. Barmy Army!! :D

Of course, I do!

I used to run with a bunch of SHARP skins. I think (was it) Wattie was a member of the SHARP organization up there, if I recall correctly.

Punks Not Dead!

:toast:

[reggie the dog]

90. what did you think of the french anarchist rapper?

i like her songs, you get the message in english but the poetry in french is great too

[Fantastic Anarchist]

93. Going to watch now ...

Stand by.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

96. I had to watch both of them twice ...

Once to watch the video and once to read the subtitles. She's very good. A fellow traveler, too! Is she big in France?

I wish my mom taught me French, by the way. Life would have been easier. ;)

[The Traveler]

78. lol! I had to pass this on to my FB buddies

It was just too funny and righteous not to. Thanks

[WheelWalker]

88. +1\

[geardaddy]

79. Nice Banksy graphic.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

81. Thank you ...

I love the dual symbolism - resistance is beautiful.

[geardaddy]

104. I love Banksy's stuff.

Very creative.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

85. It would take a lot more than OWS to shit on my apathy.

It would take, at a minimum, a movement I thought had a significant chance of achieving something, which I don't think OWS has. And to be honest, even that probably wouldn't be enough.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

87. There's one in every lot.

:eyes:

So, you're doing nothing and raining on other peoples' parade who actually got up and are trying to do something?

The Revolution will survive pessimism.

Occupy doing something.

[Bosso 63]

89. Note to Revolution: No worries

Turns out I'm not all that interested in my apathy anyway.

[Plucketeer]

91. Loved It! nt

[KG]

94. ya know, i wish i could rant like this.

but i usually quickly descend into 'fuckity fuck fuck fuck!'

[Fantastic Anarchist]

97. LOL ... me too.

But sometimes I hit my stride with the smokers at work.

They're like, "There he goes again ..." But they get it. The few times I've been to my local Occupy, I've been able to share and rant without skipping a beat. I guess it's all in the moment.

[7wo7rees]

95. Will the revolution put a tiger in my tank, and help me get rid of the nubs?

Recs in effect.

[workinclasszero]

98. Nice rant!

Oh shit! 1%ers nanny's have to push their charges around the common people in OWS! HORRORS! OH THE HUMANITY!

Call off the revolution IMMEDIATELY!!! :sarcasm:LOLOLOLOL!

[Brigid]

99. This guy is like KO on steroids!

I think my blackberry overheated, and I'm just glad I didn't watch this with kids around! I only wish I had seen this soon enough to rec it. How come I've never heard of Lee Camp before?

[lonestarnot]

103. Eat the rich!