Oh great...thanks to you guys, I'm now "crazy liberal!"

[senseandsensibility]

Just got back from my congressman's town hall meeting on social security in the liberal San Francisco Bay Area.

As expected, the crowd was at least 4-1 liberal, with exactly one vocal freeper type who was easily yelled down by the others.

However,...one gentleman (I'm thinking he might have been a DUer) lost even this very liberal crowd when he began shouting out at the assembled politicians to "get out of Iraq, and spend the money on Social Security!" He also interrupted them to yell that they should stand up to * and be more like Barbara Boxer, and said "What's wrong with you MEN?" It was funny, and my hubby and I laughed and applauded.

The rest of the crowd seemed offended and he almost got thrown out by security.

So, there you go...I'm now a crazy liberal nutcase, I guess. He made perfect sense to me. Both the hubby and I congratulated him on the way out.

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[slor]

1. Sounds like a good idea to me...

and I live in "red" Ohio. It would not even take 1 week worth of the money being spent in Iraq, to fix SS. And we could use the rest to start a WPA inspired push for manufacturing of renewable energy sources. "Crazy" is anything short of that.

[Ishoutandscream]

27. So true, so true, so true

If that's being a crazy liberal, then call me one.

[B Calm]

2. I would have loved to been there..

I'm afraid I would have jumped up and chimed in...

[ClassWarrior]

3. I tend to think of you as more of a "lunatic Progressive"...

...but close enough.

<LOL>

:hi:

NGU.

[senseandsensibility]

4. lunatic progressive?

I feel much better now. :silly:

[ClassWarrior]

16. (it's all in the framing...)

<LOL>

NGU.

[intheflow]

5. I'll bet you made his day, congratulating him.

I have friends who were charged with trespassing for holding a prayer vigil outside Raytheon headquarters. Of course they got off with just community service (a "punishment" they loved, being seminary students). But it was such a frustrating experience to go through the court process. Raytheon made sure anyone sympathetic to civil disobedience was off the jury, to be sure. But after the women were sentenced, as they were leaving the courtroom, the stenographer caught them and said, "I loved what you did. I wish I was brave enough to do something like that!" My friends were gratified to hear that they had left a positive impression on someone in the courtroom.

As for blaming us for your radicality... I don't think that's fair. I'm sure you were radical before you met us! But then, what do I know? I hang around with civil disobedients! LOL!

Here's to us crazies! :toast:

[senseandsensibility]

6. He did seem happy to be congratulated

And as far as blaming DU, I'm joking, of course. The only thing DU has done is make me a "better informed" crazy liberal.

[EC]

15. You mean to tell me, that all that praying on the streets for

the 10 Commandments and all the other bullshit the fundies hit the street to pray for...if someone holds a pray meet for peace...it's bad?

[intheflow]

17. Ya gotta love the double standard.

Actually, there were another 40-50 praying in the street. These ladies just walked into the Raytheon parking lot.

They negotiated with Raytheon before we ll went there, letting them know we were just going to have a peaceful protest with a non-violent civil disobedience action involving 4 women seminarians. But you should have seen the SWAT teams they had positioned on us peaceniks--like we were going to be bringing a few grenades with us, and lob them into the lobby or something. :eyes:

[senseandsensibility]

20. Peace is evil

according to the fundies.x(

[Toucano]

7. Hi, crazy liberal. How DO you DO! n/t

[senseandsensibility]

9. EEEAAAAAOOWWWWWWWW!!!!!

I DO fine. We crazy liberals like to scream, you know.

[Career Prole]

8. Sure...crazy liberals...

...like the Boston Tea Party crazy liberals!
:yourock:

[Deep N RedLand]

10. Another Loony Leftist...just what we need!

Next thing you know you'll be acting like a Hollywood or Academic elitist, hugging a tree, persecuting Christians, wearing Birkenstock's, saving the whales, becoming a lesbian, revering Communism, hating America...

But, seriously, welcome to the side of reality and compassion!:)

[senseandsensibility]

11. Thanks

for the warnings about all the terrible behaviors involved in being a crazy liberal. And welcome to DU!!:toast:

[FreedomAngel82]

14. I wouldn't mind

being associated with them. :hippie:

[FreedomAngel82]

12. The guy made good points

Look at all the money spent on Iraq that could've gone to SS. Really sad. :cry:

[senseandsensibility]

18. His points were perfectly valid.

He did have a very angry delivery, which was not appreciated by the crowd. Plus he was interrupting and screaming. Nevertheless, it was obvious that the points he wanted to make could not be made any other way. The congress people asked for questions in writing and were screening them. Something tells me they wouldn't have chosen his question to read aloud to the crowd.

[seabeyond]

13. He made perfect sense to me

you are funny. that is funny. ya i hear you. and the real funny i am a flaming liberal, counter part to the flaming freeper and i am a damn conservative

ah well. glad you had fun. wish i could have been there applauding with you

[senseandsensibility]

19. and me, seabeyond!

It was fun! I hope everyone goes to their rep's townhall meeting! Make sure your voice is heard!

[SixDollarBurger]

21. Yelling down others

So yelling down others in a public forum is freedom of Speech?

[senseandsensibility]

23. Welcome to DU

And yes, in some instances, yelling is freedom of speech. In the case I was describing, a freeper (I'm sure you don't like freepers) was yelling down our elected representatives, who were trying to explain their position on *'s social security rip-off (which I'm also sure you disapprove of) and the crowd shouted him down. They wanted to hear the representatives. It was actually quite amusing to see an old 80 something year old dude yell down the forty something freeper. And yes, it was freedom of speech, since that was your original question. I'll look forward to reading more of your posts.

[SixDollarBurger]

25. Thanks

Thanks for the welcome, and the response. I wasn't clear on exactly what had happened.As far as liking freepers? I don't know any...I like to limit my exposure to stupidity....

[SmartBomb]

22. Our future is on the line, we should all be shouting at the top of our

lungs.

[senseandsensibility]

24. My point exactly.

;-)

[ronnykmarshall]

26. Who's your congresscritter?

Sounds like fun!