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In reply to the discussion: Occupy Steubenville at noon today. I'll be there [View all]TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)71. "we"?... Maybe you. Not me. Not "we". ...nt
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So, now everytime there is a demonstration of any kind anywhere in the US..............
George II
Jan 2013
#17
A more appropriate name for the protest would be 'Justice For...' Um, whatever her name is.
randome
Jan 2013
#26
It conveys that the powers that be in Stubenville wanted to sweep a heinous crime under the rug.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#55
Um. I know all that. Why all the rape apologist spamming here? I'm embarrassed for you.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#119
Amazing that anyone thinks an idea they fart out thoughtlessly is smarter than the Occupy movement.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#67
humble opinion = fleeting thought you reject as soon as it's analyzed here? why bother posting?
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#80
i actually think the OP had it wrong because the protest had been scheduled for tomorrow.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#87
It's only because you are obviously wishing the protest ill, that we seem to be at odds.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#90
Here's a story link to a local station that also will be covering on-scene tomorrow:
pinboy3niner
Jan 2013
#91
But.......if you don't praise the sacred "Occupy movement" you're perceived on the opposite side....
George II
Jan 2013
#146
I have no problem with support growing. Nor for keeping the pressure on the authorities.
randome
Jan 2013
#172
And I see people who disagree tend to be those who have walked the walk, participated in protests
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#184
It's hard to marginalize people/movements when they keep rallying for rights and get noisy
suffragette
Jan 2013
#208
You know that the local officials tried to cover it up, isn't that good reason to protest?
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#81
and the local media has been lax in reporting this also. Another great reason to protest!
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#83
Totally false - the reports were in the newspapers when they heard about it.
George II
Jan 2013
#199
You know the local police said they have no evidence before a blogger publicized the easy to find
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#166
Don't know what reports you were reading, but here is a newspaper article..........
George II
Jan 2013
#198
you believe people involved in a coverup would say anything else? I doubt it.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#201
That is the FOURTH insulting post from you, all just simple-minded one-liners with zero substance...
George II
Jan 2013
#207
Again the idiotic "rape apologist" insult since I dare to disagree..........
George II
Jan 2013
#209
All of the people who covered up the crime are still in positions of power
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#115
Covered up the crime? The two principles were arrested 11 days after it occurred....
George II
Jan 2013
#154
No more like I don't have time to answer five essay questions from someone who won't listen
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#178
It would take about 60 seconds to post the links to the answers, just as I posted........
George II
Jan 2013
#200
Your nasty comment notwithstanding, I've seen that before and I have read through some of it....
George II
Jan 2013
#204
A rape in Steubenville, as horrible as that is, has nothing to do with an 'oligarchy'.
randome
Jan 2013
#57
Oligarchy: powers that be in Stubenville were allowing this to happen because they are entrenched in
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#63
THEY DIDN'T "ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN"! The trial of the perpetrators is beginning in a few weeks......
George II
Jan 2013
#114
Nah...actually, we just want to expose and annoy the phony progressive Third Way corporate ass
Zorra
Jan 2013
#51
Only if you believe nearly all political organizing is an opportunistic social event.
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#148
The protest is front and center, do you honestly think they are promoting this as a big pizza party?
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#150
No that is not what they are saying at all, and you criticized me for lack of objectivity
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#160
Maybe you should investigate whether Martin Luther King ever attended a barbecue
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#139
MLK never advertised free food and music to get people to the march, and.........
George II
Jan 2013
#141
So now you're comparing Obama's campaign events to this demonstration today?
George II
Jan 2013
#151
Yes I am, they are different organizations but they both involve organizing the community
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#152
Exactly- DU had some serious parties in NYC and DC before and after protests, and they were GREAT.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#192
yes, not getting it either- what does this have to do with holding the banksters accountable?
No Compromise
Jan 2013
#35
"Occupy" has no coordinated objective or strategy, just hit and miss tactics
George II
Jan 2013
#107
Occupy is about justice for the oppressed, and the Stubenville powers that be allow those jocks
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#58
You mean the jocks that have been arrested and charged, with more to possibly be arrested?
George II
Jan 2013
#108
It has nothing to do with "rape", it has to do with self-serving public displays by "Occupy"....
George II
Jan 2013
#125
This case is about rape, the fact that you put quote marks around the word is very telling
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#138
I was pointing out the lunacy of all these ad hoc "Occupy" demonstrations, I never commented........
George II
Jan 2013
#143
not me, but 'we' ,collectively, as a society- we cannot just be bystanders and watch
No Compromise
Jan 2013
#75
I am heading up there to Steubenville right now. I'll take alot of pictures
ArnoldLayne
Jan 2013
#131
wrong. the case would have gone nowhere without the activists. and not a relevant agenda?
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#174
you think activist groups shld " be supportive of situations without being so noisy"? HILARIOUS.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#182
It's all over the news today because of the protest. I give credit to ALL the activists involved,
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#187
Well, you see, I have no problem with saying that maybe someone else's point of view is valid.
randome
Jan 2013
#189
Occupy is about social and economic justice, and how they are oft intertwined.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#195
I guess you've never protested before? You should have seen the DU meetups in NYC and DC before AND
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#190
there was NO DANCE party, FFS. they played some music in the background while speakers talked
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#197