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7. From what I heard on Bill Maher there are not

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 06:37 PM

Sep 2012

as many protesters as the media is trying to portray.

The media is damn good at making all this look like WWIII and it is NO WERE NEAR THAT.

.i.e. Chis Hayes on Realtime

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/09/14/chris_hayes_explains_why_he_thinks_people_overreacted_to_hero_comment.html

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I don't quite get all the protests... [View all] fadedrose Sep 2012 OP

what do you mean you don't "quite" get it BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #1

none of the above... fadedrose Sep 2012 #5

Social media + 24 hour news. CJCRANE Sep 2012 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author BOG PERSON Sep 2012 #11

Oh dear... this will be a rough one. Curtland1015 Sep 2012 #4

I agree with all the bad stuff we did... fadedrose Sep 2012 #15

From what I heard on Bill Maher there are not onecent Sep 2012 #7

You were being sarcastic, right? darkangel218 Sep 2012 #8

Sadly, no. Am very sincere... fadedrose Sep 2012 #12

Look at the "Arab Spring"... CJCRANE Sep 2012 #14

They don't hate us for our freedom. backscatter712 Sep 2012 #10

Well, reading the thread, your question isn't "why," so much as "how" Scootaloo Sep 2012 #17

Scary... fadedrose Sep 2012 #18