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58. The Picard meme is useful two ways in this context

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Jun 19, 2013, 06:28 PM

Jun 2013

"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."

Picard as Data's counsel in 'The Drumhead'

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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