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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:59 AM Original message |
If we tried to do what they just did in Egypt? They would shoot us dead in the streets. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. You aren't wrong. n/t |
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dd2003 (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. disagree |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Right. |
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right2bfree (383 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. The cops would be breaking heads like they did back in the 30's strikes. nt |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. They would just fly over with helicopters |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. They would insert violent under over agent |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Agents Provocateurs is standard procedure at |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. They can't shoot all of us. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. If only one city, you are correct |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. Who would shoot us? The authorities, or the Right Wingers? nt |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. You are dead wrong... |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. And I agree with you. I was not trying to be over the top. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. I take it then that you've never had a cop in riot gear point a shotgun at you at point blank range? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
37. it is a police state |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
65. The hyperbole at DU is the best of all time!...nt |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. No, they'd use tear gas, fire hoses |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. They have wicked sophisticated SOUND weapons to control riots |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
49. Right, and punks getting paid to make sure they're violent |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. i don't think so. for reasons similar to the reasons they didn't do so in egypt. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I hope you are right |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. Who would give the shoot order? The President? n/t |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. Too many cameras on Wall Street. n/t |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. How many people were shot during the Immigration Marches in 2006? |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. They just ignore them. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Wow! I hadn't known this |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. 100+ cities with largest marches in US history |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. If those people had stayed there for weeks |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Law enforcement would do what they did that day - absolutely nothing |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
58. We are beginning to unite in small actions ... and we need to expand them ... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
42. At the end of the day, did those same protesters leave? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
62. Yes, but they went HOME. |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. It's more likely the teapartiers would have such a rally |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. +1 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
61. T-BAGGERS are Koch Bros' hired "thugs" similar to Mubarak's "thugs" ... |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
20. I could see right-wingers taking pot shots from roof-tops. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
56. Well, then, let's just let fascists have the country? |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. Not without a fight! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Think if we stuck with what you're saying -- "non-violent" -- we'd find out the rw "thugs" |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. Over 300 people died in those streets... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #26 |
46. Exactly -- FEAR is the psychological barrier that at some point has to be broken -- !! |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Someone has found a way to cheat with every method ever used to count votes. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Keep in mind, the voting computers began to come in during late 1960's ...!!! |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. I never used one until 2002. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. They began coming in during late 1960's... when you're stealing elections ... |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:48 AM Response to Original message |
29. Some history: Bonus March... |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 02:50 AM Response to Original message |
30. As long as you do it on your time... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
33. I disagree. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. You only have to shoot one... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 07:27 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. And you only have to learn from Rosa Parks' actions |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
36. The "Great Heist" is taking place right before our eyes. nt |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
38. I think the police would hand out bad donuts to the people and |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
39. They wouldn't shoot us dead - they'd just stand their ground until |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. WTF? |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
41. Hundreds were killed and many thousands injured in Egypt, as well as detained and tortured. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
43. Yeah they would cause we live in a police state! |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Oh, please... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. Evidently the trigger for the original revolution was interference with right to free assembly! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
44. If we had same percentages as Egypt had in street -- and kept increasing numbers ... ? |
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Lisa D (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
47. All this hyperbole is giving me a headache. |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
48. Taser here, Taser there.Non-lethal hear but I bet it hurts like heck. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
51. I think you are absolutely correct. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
52. They'd send out vans with giant bullhorns blaring teasers for the next "Oprah" show |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
53. Way to scare people into doing nothing - bravo. Do you really think with all the |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
57. A couple of things to consider. |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
59. Just curious... |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Ha! |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
68. And do you think the rest of the nation would just watch half a million people being shot dead? |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
69. So what do we do? |
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