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DiamondDog

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8. Why are you assuming that we weren't outraged then?
Wed Jun 19, 2013, 03:57 PM
Jun 2013

Lots of people were indeed outraged twelve years ago, and ever since. But what, we're not supposed to be outraged now because the President in power now has a D behind his name?

Why the fuck... [View all] Playinghardball Jun 2013 OP
I was 12.... HeroInAHalfShell Jun 2013 #1
I was 13, and still outraged back then. nt RedCappedBandit Jun 2013 #14
I was 13 before you were 13, Hipster demwing Jun 2013 #27
LOL. Point taken. nt RedCappedBandit Jun 2013 #63
And I was only 10 n/t alp227 Jun 2013 #61
Yeah, Yeah, big deal. So you guys are young. Not a big deal. You'll get over it. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #92
Well WovenGems Jun 2013 #131
I was corkhead Jun 2013 #2
Good point. But better late than never. reformist2 Jun 2013 #3
If we can prove we were, will you join us now? Savannahmann Jun 2013 #4
I was then as well ybbor Jun 2013 #88
So we missed the chance... Got it. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #5
They may have been outrage. HappyMe Jun 2013 #6
Seeing as the site was less than a year old 12 years ago quakerboy Jun 2013 #106
DU was up and running on inauguration day - Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #128
That is correct Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #155
I have a stack -- Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #156
It does seem like there is some truth to that old cliche Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #157
I think we've been "fiddling around the edges" - Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #159
I started to be outraged 12 years ago Flashmann Jun 2013 #7
Damn tourists - look what they have caused. Marie Marie Jun 2013 #38
I started to be outraged in 2000 BobbyBoring Jun 2013 #74
Why are you assuming that we weren't outraged then? DiamondDog Jun 2013 #8
because reality conflicts with the OP's narrative / nt demwing Jun 2013 #30
WORD. MelungeonWoman Jun 2013 #114
Ad hominem blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #9
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2013 #10
I was Downtown Hound Jun 2013 #11
LOL. n/t JimDandy Jun 2013 #15
Thread Win. WilliamPitt Jun 2013 #29
! magellan Jun 2013 #32
And some hope...no longer have any of that either. MindPilot Jun 2013 #36
Talk about a hope breaker... MelungeonWoman Jun 2013 #115
What Downtown Hound said. Octafish Jun 2013 #42
There "it" is fredamae Jun 2013 #56
some people are just born furious at "the man" Monkie Jun 2013 #60
50 years is a long time to be furious. Martin Eden Jun 2013 #84
+1,000 malaise Jun 2013 #90
+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #46
+1 sibelian Jun 2013 #50
Yup Sentath Jun 2013 #54
me too. progressoid Jun 2013 #55
Perfect response. RedCappedBandit Jun 2013 #64
Exactly so, Downtown Hound suffragette Jun 2013 #67
+100000000 forestpath Jun 2013 #68
Thread over. Maven Jun 2013 #78
+1000000 (n/t) a2liberal Jun 2013 #81
+1000 n/t Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #82
+1 redgreenandblue Jun 2013 #109
LOL I agree. NT ctsnowman Jun 2013 #118
We were sold a bill of goods by BHO n2doc Jun 2013 #119
^^^ This ^^^ Hong Kong Cavalier Jun 2013 #122
May I associate myself with your remarks? Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #124
+1000 Nay Jun 2013 #142
+1, Succinct and poignant harun Jun 2013 #145
wtf? GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #12
it's one of the eleven excuses they have Skittles Jun 2013 #19
A lot of us were outraged 12 years ago. SheilaT Jun 2013 #13
I pissed away 8 years of my life protesting twice- and thrice-weekly HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #16
Same stroy here. MindPilot Jun 2013 #37
Who is this "you" that is being referred to? TheKentuckian Jun 2013 #17
anyone they perceive to taint the annointed one Skittles Jun 2013 #20
And it's really counter-productive for memes & arguments like this Hissyspit Jun 2013 #23
lmao@ "the annointed one" darkangel218 Jun 2013 #102
"annoited one" = winger phrases and we're not supposed to believe we're this is not fudr.... uponit7771 Jun 2013 #112
Actually, H2O Man Jun 2013 #18
Nixon accelerated it nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #49
It's a big part of why I voted twice for change Marrah_G Jun 2013 #21
After NDAA, didn't vote straight D for the first time RitchieRich Jun 2013 #121
I was. Hissyspit Jun 2013 #22
There was plenty of outrage here on DU Vanje Jun 2013 #24
Overused Meme Hydra Jun 2013 #25
Which is the better response? Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #26
May not apply to DU but definitely applies to the population at large eom treestar Jun 2013 #28
I think this is a very fair comment. NCTraveler Jun 2013 #138
I got outraged. I saw through the lies and propaganda leading up to Iraq RC Jun 2013 #31
... it's been a slow burn ... Squinch Jun 2013 #33
I did, thanks. n/t X_Digger Jun 2013 #34
I did thefool_wa Jun 2013 #35
I have been outraged and angry since the Patriot Act was passed. Boomerproud Jun 2013 #39
We were outraged but no one listened. Many of us were accused of being unpatriotic. Cleita Jun 2013 #40
Did. Marched. Marched again when a democrat both extended it and added to it. "NDAA section 1021" Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #41
We were *ALL* against the Patriot Act. Some of us changed our positions, however... Marr Jun 2013 #43
People here did n/t wryter2000 Jun 2013 #44
There we go. closeupready Jun 2013 #45
You were not around then I guess. nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #47
They would of it it had been about red meat, Oreos,caffeine, soda for the poor, or Olive Garden food DainBramaged Jun 2013 #48
Are you saying people here weren't outraged at the Patriot Act when it intially passed? LondonReign2 Jun 2013 #149
Where the hell did you get that from? DainBramaged Jun 2013 #152
OK, totally misunderstood your post then LondonReign2 Jun 2013 #154
I hate Bush and Cheney for everything they stand for, but I was on the fence on wiretapping. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2013 #51
It's no use arguing about the past watoos Jun 2013 #52
I was outraged. Still am. CrispyQ Jun 2013 #53
plenty of us did. as if you didn't know that. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #57
The Picard meme is useful two ways in this context AtheistCrusader Jun 2013 #58
I did.... WCGreen Jun 2013 #59
WC, I salute your service to the cause of peace. I was right there with you HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #62
Most of the people here were and are still outraged. GoCubsGo Jun 2013 #65
I suggest you look to DU's archives and see that many of us were outraged. myrna minx Jun 2013 #66
My outrage predates the Patriot Act. My outrage began with the Clipper Chip toddaa Jun 2013 #69
I was outraged, as was most of DU and most of the people that Autumn Jun 2013 #70
Yea DU started up felix_numinous Jun 2013 #71
Where does this idiot meme come from? whatchamacallit Jun 2013 #72
it's a reframe datasuspect Jun 2013 #134
I don't recall Picard ever making such a faulty assumption suffragette Jun 2013 #73
LOL Scurrilous Jun 2013 #75
Thank-you!!!! We did. robinlynne Jun 2013 #76
i was oitraged then Liberal_in_LA Jun 2013 #77
This message was self-deleted by its author Maven Jun 2013 #79
No one on DU supported it. Notafraidtoo Jun 2013 #80
LOL, really? No outrage back them. Were you alive? n-t Logical Jun 2013 #83
Here - this gets me expressly back to 2003, Ms. Toad Jun 2013 #85
Were you here 12 years ago? last1standing Jun 2013 #86
WE DID. Didn't YOU? Th1onein Jun 2013 #87
I was and am still outraged that this sorry excuse of a bill is being used neverforget Jun 2013 #89
If that's aimed at Union Scribe Jun 2013 #91
Anyone who was informed was outraged, what's your point? Corruption Inc Jun 2013 #93
I did! Who are you talking to? tblue Jun 2013 #94
i joined this site because i was outraged frylock Jun 2013 #95
I did. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #96
I was 25 with two kids under the age of 7. I was a little busy. I did protest the invasion of liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #97
I got outraged then because the neocons seemed to be gaining traction Amonester Jun 2013 #98
I about popped my relief valve Cobalt-60 Jun 2013 #99
Jean Luc Picard would never ask DUers such an ignorant question. Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #100
I did. OrwellwasRight Jun 2013 #101
I did TakeALeftTurn Jun 2013 #103
Because the Prezdint wasn't a Kenyan Userper 12 years ago. nt TrollBuster9090 Jun 2013 #104
I was, however this S#%t Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #105
The only people I see getting outraged are the same ones outraged 12 years ago Fumesucker Jun 2013 #107
it was one of the major reasons why some of us worked so hard to vote the Republicans out! Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #108
12 years? tomp Jun 2013 #110
I was, but no one listened. Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #111
Speak for yourself lunatica Jun 2013 #113
I always hated it, but this is how it was defended. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #116
Is not the point that Obama could reverse the trend instead of upgrading it? Civilization2 Jun 2013 #117
LOL Oilwellian Jun 2013 #120
Are you interested in having a conversation about the Patriot Act renewal in 2011? bullwinkle428 Jun 2013 #123
Were people here not outraged? Bradical79 Jun 2013 #125
Why didn't anyone shit their pants when we rebranded ourselves the Homeland? Rex Jun 2013 #126
I was so outraged -- Hell Hath No Fury Jun 2013 #127
Seriously? ohheckyeah Jun 2013 #129
Anyone Watch the Third Party debates? RitchieRich Jun 2013 #130
I was lucky enough to watch the 3rd Party Debates. bvar22 Jun 2013 #153
Thanks! I'll bookmark your link for 2016 RitchieRich Jun 2013 #160
I was then and I am now. Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2013 #132
I did. Lord knows I did. I have been against it and the AUMF since the beginning. morningfog Jun 2013 #133
I did. Why the fuck do you think I didn't? nt LWolf Jun 2013 #135
I was. I have been. WHY THE FUCK DON'T YOU LOOK AT THE OLD DU? TalkingDog Jun 2013 #136
I was. NCTraveler Jun 2013 #137
The OP did not respond to even one post in thread. Uses Picard's face, shows his own ass running Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #139
because republicans instituted it. they seem to get a pass on most things. spanone Jun 2013 #140
I did. nt awoke_in_2003 Jun 2013 #141
I did, and I still am. October Jun 2013 #143
Outraged then, outraged now. OnionPatch Jun 2013 #144
I did and protested... Javaman Jun 2013 #146
Why the fuck... The CCC Jun 2013 #147
Ding ding ding. krispos42 Jun 2013 #148
I did. Next phony excuse... 99Forever Jun 2013 #150
I guess Jean Luc (and you) weren't here in 2001-2002 then, huh. Pholus Jun 2013 #151
I was. Why weren't you? nt raouldukelives Jun 2013 #158
Wrong is wrong, no matter WHO is doing it. Lefty Nast Jun 2013 #161
My elected representatives didn't care that zeeland Jun 2013 #162
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