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yurbud

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55. and a lot of people are looking at the black experience and realizing "that could be me"
Thu Aug 21, 2014, 03:47 PM
Aug 2014

I felt that for the first time during the Bush administration when they treated dissent the way Bull Connor treated black Civil Rights protesters, and the teachers union I belonged was called a terrorist organization by a cabinet member.

But that's what the TeaParty was created for, YurBud... villager Aug 2014 #1
It is the story of history. Trillo Aug 2014 #2
I realize cautious optimism is required here. Rod Beauvex Aug 2014 #3
I think your last sentence is quite correct and the noose is tightening. Also, the militarization of RKP5637 Aug 2014 #8
. Rod Beauvex Aug 2014 #13
Yep! It's all part of the plan IMO. Control of the populace. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #14
So true! OWS caught them off guard and they decided to prepare for next time! Dustlawyer Aug 2014 #25
I seriously often wonder how many in the population really get what is going on, and how RKP5637 Aug 2014 #27
Watching Shark Week I will use the analogy that we are a school of Tuna surrounded by Great a Whites Dustlawyer Aug 2014 #33
Excellent visual! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #34
the internet made a huge difference during Bush years and probably saved us indirectly yurbud Aug 2014 #17
I truely shudder to think.. Rod Beauvex Aug 2014 #23
Definitely, and hence the quest to stifle and control the internet. Governments do not like it when RKP5637 Aug 2014 #28
Nice point of view and I agree with it. out of chaos and darkness comes beauty and order. Voice for Peace Aug 2014 #20
i don't think this is true JI7 Aug 2014 #4
Well you realize I hope, that it's not all going to happen at once....... socialist_n_TN Aug 2014 #5
i don't think it was a large portion and again they object to local cops having military JI7 Aug 2014 #6
What is your source for this? leftstreet Aug 2014 #7
media whores, internet , the usual crap, even on DU JI7 Aug 2014 #9
You have no actual statements or anecdotes to submit? leftstreet Aug 2014 #10
there are threads on DU where people still do the "we don't really know what happened" JI7 Aug 2014 #11
But even those are in a minority......... socialist_n_TN Aug 2014 #12
Where is the evidence on the other side? former9thward Aug 2014 #24
and my point wasn't even primarily about racism--just ENOUGH white people agreed with blacks yurbud Aug 2014 #18
I think you are right Trayvon Martin was the start (among many others prior and subsequent). gordianot Aug 2014 #16
I've had a feeling through all of this that the protests in Ferguson LuvNewcastle Aug 2014 #15
The likely police response would be epic in its brutality. Drones would fill the skies. kairos12 Aug 2014 #19
Not likely, certain. But it wouldn't all be drones. Just an escalation in the use of enough Aug 2014 #21
that would incite wider rebellion yurbud Aug 2014 #41
Thomas Jefferson.... ReRe Aug 2014 #22
Yep, there is a lot of truth in that statement. I've always felt Thomas Jefferson had the right idea RKP5637 Aug 2014 #29
I've often thought politics is the root of all evil. ReRe Aug 2014 #36
... RKP5637 Aug 2014 #38
I like to hope that this will be the thing that brings the lower/working class people logosoco Aug 2014 #26
I'd like to reiterate something I said above in a sub-thread...... socialist_n_TN Aug 2014 #30
This is the silliest thread I've seen today (although the day's not over yet) brooklynite Aug 2014 #31
Its coming if things don't change madokie Aug 2014 #32
We shall see, if the Ferguson reaction sadoldgirl Aug 2014 #35
After the historic protests in Wisconsin that were channeled into a recall election with the usual yurbud Aug 2014 #44
Why do some think that the possibility of a "revolution" scares the aristocracy? rhett o rick Aug 2014 #37
It's worse than that. Their money is overseas, folks that believe in no taxes have most of the guns stevenleser Aug 2014 #40
they do fear a situation when cops and military think twice about following their orders yurbud Aug 2014 #45
What I think will happen is that the gun happy rednecks will fight for the aristocracy along rhett o rick Aug 2014 #46
Maybe it shows moondust Aug 2014 #39
No it does not quaker bill Aug 2014 #42
My point was not that the riots work but different groups seeing common ingests whet they usually yurbud Aug 2014 #43
do not read too much into it quaker bill Aug 2014 #47
It's not the people who showed up that was different. It was the audience across the country yurbud Aug 2014 #49
I am sure the second ammendment crowd quaker bill Aug 2014 #50
Pragmatically, im not sure their reasoning matters yurbud Aug 2014 #51
Very hard to imagine Doctor_J Aug 2014 #48
Fox Nation will lose its audience to senility and death, given their average age! LongTomH Aug 2014 #53
K&R I've been thinking that Ferguson marks some sort of turning point in this country. LongTomH Aug 2014 #52
and a lot of people are looking at the black experience and realizing "that could be me" yurbud Aug 2014 #55
Maybe time will heal us all in a different way fadedrose Aug 2014 #54
Do you think the ferguson situation is even on the average 0.01%er's radar? Taitertots Aug 2014 #56
not Ferguson by itself, but the piece of it that is white people across the country agreeing yurbud Aug 2014 #57
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