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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:17 PM Original message |
a few dozen pigs trying to hold back 3-5000 protesters. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Pigs" |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. ... |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. yup. wasn't a typo. pigs. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. +1 They're not all pigs, but some definitely are. Here's the proof. nt |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I'll add a +1 to your +1 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Deleted message |
gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Understood. And agree. nt |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. PIGS. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yep! |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Calling names always helps. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Hey, that is a MILD reaction. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. No better way to alienate people than to use terms like 'pig' |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. you know how else to alienate your potential allies? |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Yeah. A 'word' doesn't make anyone bleed. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. +1 |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. And they're not alienated now? |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
52. Actually didn't alienate ME |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
59. Cop jock sniffers and cop bunnies will never be potential sympathizers. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. they have helmets and sticks. they can take a little name calling. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. It's not them I'm worried about. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Right there with you. |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. OH MY GOSH!!!! |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
42. some folks like to pretend they're living out the 60s.... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Mayor George Armstrong Bloomberg better have a back up plan. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Hopefully it will be a fast plane out of town. A long ways out of town. Forever. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's like the storming of the Bastille, except the people are non-violent. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
19. The big mistake made in 1968 was to alienate union workers. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. Tim is doing an amazing job of live streaming this! He rocks! |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. the guy's been going over 10 hours - amazing...... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I love him! |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. he is shaming the corporate media with his coverage. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. It's over for the corporate media. They just don't accept it yet. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. He is! And he is gaining support among the "MSM". Time.com is streaming him! |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
38. The heart is more powerful than the paycheck for many. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. Recommend |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
31. Yeah, that will work. But "pigs" is kind of an offensive term. They're just doing their jobs. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Bullshit, cops don't have to beat the fuck out of people. They can refuse. nt |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. the nuremberg trials proved that "just following orders" is not a valid defense |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. From a legal perspective I certainly agree. But from the same perspective... |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. They can always refuse |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Yes. "Pigs" should never be used. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Agreed. It's one of their trigger words. It encourages the us/them group think process. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Fuck. That. Police are to protect and serve. If they have a word, ANY word, that is a trigger |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. I can stand it all. it doesn't invalidate my update that explained it. If you want to be mad and be |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. i read your post. you believe they are allowed to have "trigger" words. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Not allowing. It just is. You've replied between my editing the original responses which took time. |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #31 |
50. "They're just doing their jobs." |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. That's 99 to 1 odds. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
41. unrecommend for use of word 'pig' we always hear about the bad ones |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
60. They are ALL bad ones until the good ones restrain or roll over on the bad ones. |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Do you know what a tautology is? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. One bad apple ruins the entire barrel is the full phrase. |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. So when someone with OWS does something bad... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Except the rest of OWS actually drums out the bad actors. |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Yeah, well, cops do good things across the country every day. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
43. Yesterday, one of my fellow occupiers reported receiving a death threat from the cops. |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
65. Openly escalating the needlessly fabricated tensions with protesters, then. |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Where do you get that anyone is defending the indefensible? |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Looks like you feel called out by my remark. |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Way to deflect from the question. |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Not interested in batting your strawman around. |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
44. Using expletives like 'pigs'... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Yep...it was used |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
64. +10 |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
51. Thanks For Posting! So Much Going On... Can't Get Away From TV |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
53. I thought we supported public employees here |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. We do. just not the ones that beat up non-violent, weaponless, defenseless, people exercising... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I doubt very much |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. +1,000 |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
55. I'd hazard that a few post-men are pigs also |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Great quote there. |
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