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Courtesy Flush
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Wed Nov-02-11 01:49 PM Original message |
Can we keep away from threats of violence, even in jest? |
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Richardo
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Wed Nov-02-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I concur. |
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FSogol
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Wed Nov-02-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Do we have guillotines around ready to be used on the rich? Isn't that just a metaphoric |
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TheWraith
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. That's what Palin's people would have said about the crosshairs map. |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Again - we don't HAVE guillotines. They HAVE guns. |
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TheWraith
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. You're splitting hairs to ignore the point. nt |
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Robb
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Wed Nov-02-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. Splitting crosshairs, even. |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Thu Nov-03-11 09:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Splitting hairs: |
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Deleted message |
FSogol
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. LOL, I don't know why the right even bothers criticizing us, we do a good enough job ourselves. |
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redqueen
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Wed Nov-02-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Agreed. |
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TBF
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Wed Nov-02-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. They will crack down no matter what we say - |
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redqueen
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Wed Nov-02-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Eventually, yes. |
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TBF
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You don't have to give thugs "an excuse" - they will do what they want when they want - |
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redqueen
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That wasn't cracking down. |
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TBF
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Answer the question - did he do a thing to provoke that "warning shot"? nt |
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redqueen
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. deleted |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Thu Nov-03-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
42. Depends on your tactics. |
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Occulus
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Wed Nov-02-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Someone here doesn't know their history, methinks n/t |
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Courtesy Flush
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Wed Nov-02-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Then why don't you explain it to me |
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valerief
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Wed Nov-02-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
5. The 1%ers built the guillotine. And the drones. And the lobbyist laws. |
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county worker
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Wed Nov-02-11 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. The idea was a reference to the French revolution. |
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Courtesy Flush
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Wed Nov-02-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Gee, ya think? |
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TBF
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Wed Nov-02-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. My view is that the 1% are the ones waging war - |
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gratuitous
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Good luck with that |
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redqueen
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. +1 |
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Bigmack
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'll refrain from threats.... |
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sabrina 1
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. The OWS movement is seriously non-violent, if people are |
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blindpig
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
19. It is entirely appropriate |
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Nye Bevan
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. The nice thing about a democracy is that we don't need violence. |
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blindpig
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Wed Nov-02-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Replace them with other capitalist tools. Big deal. |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Thu Nov-03-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
44. And if 1% succeeds in buying 50% of the votes, the other 49% are fucked. nt |
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TheWraith
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. There's a big difference between non-pacifism and rabble rousing. |
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blindpig
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Wed Nov-02-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Picking a fight? This is self defence. |
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TheWraith
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Wed Nov-02-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Making references to mass executions and purges is not "self defense." nt |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. Violence is always bad, even when absolutely necessary. |
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DeSwiss
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. ''We lose all credibility when we go against our stated values.'' |
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Sheepshank
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. good idea. |
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NightWatcher
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
29. if they're not scared of us, why would they change their ways? |
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LanternWaste
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Wed Nov-02-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's not a question of credibility, it's a question of literacy... |
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JuniperLea
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Wed Nov-02-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
32. I think handcuffs are a better image anyway... |
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lunatica
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Wed Nov-02-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. I appreciate your sentiment and commend you on following our own advice |
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Courtesy Flush
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Wed Nov-02-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I didn't mention you specifically |
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lunatica
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Wed Nov-02-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. What I was trying to hint at is that being the self appointed morality police |
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Iggo
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Thu Nov-03-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. You said "We". |
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hobbit709
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Thu Nov-03-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Remember the Mark Twain statement about who had the right to use "we" |
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Iggo
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Thu Nov-03-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. LOL. |
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