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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 09:55 AM Original message |
I'm concerned with some of the OWS pictures I've seen. They're not sending the right message. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. I wasn't born in this country. I also lived in two other countries aside from this one. |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. +1000 |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Americans have been led into false beliefs that worshipping a flag pin is patriotism nt |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. The flag lapel pin "mandate" is disgusting. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. It sure is! It's pure bs. nt |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
93. Especially since the flag lapel pin was reserved for military veterans. |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. I agree that worshipping the flag is false patriotism, and it's blasphemous |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I think American priorities are f'd up. We need to START being patriotic about citizens.... |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. That may all be true. But for right now, we have to deal with what is, not |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #41 |
83. I have no problem with dealing with "what is" - and to me that says RESIST |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
166. Good luck with that |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
106. Do you really see |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #106 |
109. None. You tell me why a citizen represented by the flag cannot dance on it. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #109 |
126. +1 nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #109 |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:21 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Bad 'optics?' BAD OPTICS? What on earth are you talking about? nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #131 |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. Media narratives |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #132 |
147. You can post that picture all day long |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #147 |
158. It's not they do it argument |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. It is more a matter of showing disrespect toward it. The flag IS important here. |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Perhaps you should stop doing 'the other side's' job for them n/t |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Fine. Some people like fairy tales, and ignore reality. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
75. this country isn't a 'fairy tale' |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. "There's plenty to love and cherish about this country." You bet: ITS PEOPLE |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #79 |
87. we can worry about people and respect the flag |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #87 |
92. The point I am trying to make is that the people have been raped, destroyed, hurt... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #92 |
113. worship is your word and interpretation |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. I will not continue with this discussion of the flag as if it were a human being, which it isn't. n |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. that's your very own juxtaposition |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #75 |
86. Actually what we teach to kids |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #86 |
90. we teach kids many things |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #90 |
125. Yes, but a lot f what kids get attached to (insert nation here) |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. it doesn't have to be about 'patriotism' |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Thank you... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. You know. What I find ironic |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
38. It'd be a heck of a lot better if their sentimentality involved the people in this country. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #38 |
60. how do you know |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Tell me how do you feel bout this one |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #63 |
84. I'm not one who is bothered by such things |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #84 |
88. But the media did not go off rail |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #60 |
71. If it involves being sentimental about a piece of cloth, and NOT about the citizens it represents... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #71 |
98. who's to say that Americans can't respect the flag AND our citizens? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #98 |
104. Never mind. You're stuck in your symbol, and by golly, it's what you love the most. nt |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #104 |
114. No - that's not it |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #114 |
116. You are stuck in the obsession that the flag is a human. It isn't. Now I'd rather not continue |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #116 |
130. Deleted message |
bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #104 |
118. I actually don't have much of an emotional attatchment to it |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #104 |
163. for OWS they should use crocheted or knitted flag blankets, not made in China |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I was taught from a very young age |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. How about, did your family teach you that it was FAR more important to respect the citizens? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
140. As I said in my previous post.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Oh other countries engage in this prayer to the flag |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Really? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #56 |
82. What your response tells me is that you don't care a rat's ass about reality... |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #82 |
164. that's why they're on my iggy list |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
137. I agree with you on the flag stuff. It is false patriotism, but Americans |
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Rabblevox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
153. I WAS born in the US, and I don't understand it either... |
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Jumping John (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. Maybr you could go there and become part of their GA and speak your concerns. nt |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Best response ever! - n/t |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. So free speech and people having fun bothers you? nt |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Not a bit. It is the mixed message that's the concern. If they let it become a joke, that's all... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Become a joke to who? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. "to whom" - grammar police!!!! You're busted! And I don't watch TV. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You still fell for it |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Ah, but did you know where the aardvark hid his Izod polo shirts? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. This s why this is dumb |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Damn that picture pisses me off. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Good, but fox did not go off the rail |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #49 |
64. The president defacing the flag is pretty bad, but one of my FAVORITE pictures is.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #64 |
72. But that's not the point |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #72 |
80. Are Muslim lesbian communist liberal terrorist really behind the OWS movement? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. You joke, but I expect it |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. And smoking pot while reading the Communist Manifesto and the Qu'ran at the same time. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #85 |
89. In your joking I think you finally got it |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #89 |
96. Perhaps, but giving them material they don't have to Photoshop is not helping. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #96 |
100. For all I know it was |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #100 |
101. 1984 |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Exactly. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #103 |
110. I was assigned to read it in the late 70's and refused because I didn't want to pollute my vision. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #110 |
115. Yup, but once you are aware |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. Yeah, and that kid who tried to fuck up NPR - damn, what's his name? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. There you go, why outrage is best left to the side |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
51. But that would be you ridiculing someone else. The flag represents those that stomped on it.... |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. Everyone at OWS could spend 99.999% of their time |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. It's not the dancing that's the problem... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Shh here is what's going on |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
57. Okay, it's the usual right wing 'BEWARE OF THE COMMIES' bullshit again. I'm SO TIRED of that shit |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Cause it works... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #61 |
74. Evidently. What gets me is that there are still Americans around with that McCarthyist mentality |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Wow |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Alas to some it is |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #32 |
62. It IS scary, and that's exactly how the flag has been used: as if it were a religion. |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Yep. And if we are seeking significant, lasting change |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #69 |
76. The symbols have sunk us long enough. We've allowed the abuse of human beings because of symbols |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
141. I never said it was anything close to religious text... |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #141 |
159. "Just like dancing on the Bible or the Qur'an" --pipi_k |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
55. What does the flag represent? It represents CITIZENS. If a citizen is mad, they can stomp on it. |
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metalbot (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #55 |
134. If you don't get it, you're being intentionally obtuse |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. Symbols like the American flag |
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metalbot (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #138 |
167. I think you'll find that it's far more than 5% |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #134 |
143. I'm not obtuse. I'm quite aware that the symbols have replaced the citizens. |
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metalbot (234 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #143 |
168. So you get it, or you don't get it? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
54. Amen! nt |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
8. okay. more sullen and less flag dancing and you're okay with it? |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
10. What's an ideal OWS picture look like for you? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Most of the pictures. It only takes one mouse in a restaurant to destroy the reputation. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
16. Like this one? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
17. anyone can take a stupid picture and claim it represents the movement |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. Dancing on an American flag? Are you serious??? I was afraid |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
65. I'm so tired of fear. I'm tired of fear, and I'm tired of symbols, and I'm tired of bs |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #65 |
136. Why don't you get over yourself. I deal in reality. I don't know |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #136 |
151. I deal in refusing to bend over for the right wing mythologies and symbols |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #65 |
145. And I'm tired of... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
21. Here on what you are seeing, classic anti insurgency |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. You can always point out that every group has its idiots... |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
24. "They". Got it. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. How silly. So you see stuff in the media, and you think OWS |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. Your "concern" is duly noted. |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
36. I've seen a lot of OWS pictures and have yet to see one |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. This s what the op speaking off |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #40 |
91. Thanks! I hadn't seen that. Looks like they are making a |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #91 |
102. Or Breitbart. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
45. Here's the thing. People are dying. They are dying by the tens of thousands |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #45 |
66. Thank you!! nt |
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Melinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #45 |
157. Best. Post. Ever. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
48. Defacing the flag is not my first choice for protest |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I don't trust that photo. I think it was manipulated. n/t |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #48 |
68. EXACTLY! The flag is a MERE symbol of the citizens of the United States. Period, end of story. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #68 |
95. Yes, it's just a piece of cloth |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #95 |
107. Fine. We have to keep the image of a myth. Fine, but why continue the right wing thinking? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #95 |
112. Tell me how do you feel about this |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #112 |
154. I remember that well |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #95 |
165. people know little-behold-FLAG RUGS!!! |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
50. If there was leadership the assholes would be given direction |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Why did the press don't go after this? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Bought and paid for by the Right..... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. A tad more here |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #50 |
70. Oy vey. lol Never mind, okay? Go watch something on tv. nt |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #50 |
78. Fascism requires leaders. Democracy does not. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #78 |
121. Absolutely right! nt |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #50 |
152. Let's try not to conflate 'defining moment' and 'aberrations'. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
67. . |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #67 |
94. Corporation Logos instead of stars |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #67 |
133. That is not an American flag -- |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #67 |
142. Need to do facial-recognition search on these people. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
73. Maybe you could look at it as good people feeling joyful as they spread |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
77. Well, the United States of America does not respect American Flag |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #77 |
123. I'll bet the flags nowadays are made in China, where our jobs are nowadays. nt |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #77 |
128. I think they should be made in the States by American workers, out of hemp fibre. nt |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
97. You are correct HH. Why upset potential allies. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
99. OWS is the most HARMLESS "mass protest" I've ever seen. It doesn't threaten anything or anyone. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #99 |
124. Agreed. And it's beginning to drive people crazy that there's no leader. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
105. Blame SCOTUS |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
108. ... and you're certain it's a current photo from a real OWS event? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #108 |
155. Where would it be from, then... |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
111. Sending the right message gets you ignored and mistreated. |
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a simple pattern (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
135. They should just be dancing on the Constitution I suppose. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #135 |
139. They'd have to fish it out of the trash and tape it back together first. n/t |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
144. "If I can't dance, I don't want your revolution." - Emma Goldman (Anarchist) |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
148. I'm sure everyone who is actually involved was awaiting your internet critique with baited breath. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
150. I think that in many cases... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
156. Keyboard activists don't get to tell people sleeping in snowy parks how to do activism. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #156 |
162. Fat chance of that happening. |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
160. Define irony. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
161. O. F. F. S's |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
169. This is a textboook concern troll post. |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-08-11 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
170. wasn't "common sense" written by Thomas W Pain? |
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