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In the discussion thread: The Outstanding Hypocrisy Here At DU [View all]

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 04:28 PM

5. Agreed. But I think the media has a lot to do with people's perceptions.

The news doesn't show the peaceful protestors.

"That SH!T is BORING!"

They have to show the ones throwing rocks and fighting with police. People tune in for that stuff.

...and of course, if that is all people see, that's what a lot of them start to think.

Not that I think this is true with the majority of DU, or even half... but it certainly happens.

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56 replies	Author	Time	Post
The Outstanding Hypocrisy Here At DU [View all]	jberryhill	Sep 2012	OP
Oh, you mean the "crazed mobs"?	Scootaloo	Sep 2012	#1
those were NOT crazed mobs	dixiegrrrrl	Sep 2012	#24
I think that one was definitely different.	sabrina 1	Sep 2012	#34
Luckily, Al quada has emerged to take credit for it	dixiegrrrrl	Sep 2012	#47
Well in Libya we first made an agreement with Gadaffi to keep the fairly	sabrina 1	Sep 2012	#55
Thus the quote marks	Scootaloo	Sep 2012	#43
dude no shit.. sometimes the mind boggles....	dionysus	Sep 2012	#50
+1	2on2u	Sep 2012	#2
Well said! n/t	Spazito	Sep 2012	#3
Didn't realize attacks on embassies were peaceful free speech. nt	geek tragedy	Sep 2012	#4
Only when Muslims do it.	lamzydivy	Sep 2012	#7
How many of the protestors did that?	jberryhill	Sep 2012	#11
We're talking about the violent attacks on	geek tragedy	Sep 2012	#31
Most of the people out on the streets weren't attacking anything.	backscatter712	Sep 2012	#16
Societies that tolerate this kind of violent, primitive response	geek tragedy	Sep 2012	#28
Agreed. But I think the media has a lot to do with people's perceptions.	Curtland1015	Sep 2012	#5
I don't have any issue with the peaceful protestors.	Nye Bevan	Sep 2012	#6
This post was hidden by jury decision.	lamzydivy	Sep 2012	#9
Why should they need to understand free-speech, it's in OUR Constitution, not theirs.	JaneyVee	Sep 2012	#8
Constitutions have no connection with whacked-out religious principles.	lamzydivy	Sep 2012	#10
Oh I love free-speech. But trying to understand why some over there don't is ridiculous.	JaneyVee	Sep 2012	#12
This post was hidden by jury decision.	lamzydivy	Sep 2012	#14
anti-islamic garbage from the cesspools of the far right	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#18
We seem to have peace here in the US	Paulie	Sep 2012	#19
That's a ridiculous generalization.	Blue_In_AK	Sep 2012	#20
Based on the posts in this thread	mythology	Sep 2012	#27
You're trying to convince us they don't deserve to live, aren't you?	treestar	Sep 2012	#26
Most do codify religion into their constitutions	Paulie	Sep 2012	#13
Yes, you are correct, I should have said "Rational Constitutions".	lamzydivy	Sep 2012	#15
yes, plenty -- either in their constitutions or in their law. for example, norway only just this	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#21
+100	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#17
I usually agree with you	Aerows	Sep 2012	#23
or it could be that americans are the most propagandized people in history and these stories	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#25
Probably is the truth	Aerows	Sep 2012	#29
in my experience with local issues, the media always gets part of it wrong. & where there are	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#36
So this is concocted bs?	Aerows	Sep 2012	#38
I'm always skeptical of reporting dealing with highly politicized matters & try to consult sources	HiPointDem	Sep 2012	#40
Concocted bullshit	Aerows	Sep 2012	#46
Riots	Aerows	Sep 2012	#22
Kay + Are	M_M	Sep 2012	#30
Are you insinuating that this is	Aerows	Sep 2012	#33
Finally, someone has dared to speak the truth behind the hyperbole...	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#32
I agree.	OneGrassRoot	Sep 2012	#35
Yeah, chanting "Death to America", and "Obama, Obama, we are all Osama" is SoooooooOOOooo peaceful	MNBrewer	Sep 2012	#37
If you don't see this as a bunch of bullshit	Aerows	Sep 2012	#49
Indeed	RobertEarl	Sep 2012	#39
Observation	ProSense	Sep 2012	#41
I'm expecting	Aerows	Sep 2012	#52
As an old 60's anti-war Democrat....	cr8tvlde	Sep 2012	#42
What "those people" (overseas Muslims) don't understand	Warpy	Sep 2012	#44
Aren't "See? THOSE people don't deserve freedom!" threads fun?	Posteritatis	Sep 2012	#45
+1, so fucking true. The entire Muslim world has been slandered to shit and back.	joshcryer	Sep 2012	#54
K & r	The Midway Rebel	Sep 2012	#48
indeed, it's part of the percieved "war on islam" that underlies their protest	stupidicus	Sep 2012	#51
Yep. On DU they've been called jihadists and extremists	joshcryer	Sep 2012	#53
Locking, feel free to repost in Meta	taterguy	Sep 2012	#56

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