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Hissyspit

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141. And has has been pointed out NUMEROUS times in this thread
Wed Jul 18, 2012, 10:36 PM
Jul 2012

it's one image from one person, who knows who, associated with one FACEBOOK page cherry-picked to bash a whole modern protest movement.

they haven't lost me, though I oppose that message fishwax Jul 2012 #1
105 Likes !!! otohara Jul 2012 #9
It was a Democratic governor who ordered the cops to tear down the Occupy Denver camp. Hissyspit Jul 2012 #120
I don't agree with the sentiment either UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #134
On a related note... LibAsHell Jul 2012 #2
And this is why "the movement" can't be successful. Conspiracy shit is a turn off. (nt) Tarheel_Dem Jul 2012 #28
Yeah, all the Rove conspiracy and Bush's Iraq War Group conspiracy and Valerie Plame conspiracy Hissyspit Jul 2012 #58
Were those conspiracy theories? Who knew? I thought the subject was 911? Tarheel_Dem Jul 2012 #60
Yes, the mainstream considered them conspiracy theories. Hissyspit Jul 2012 #61
If you say so. I see I'm talking to a "true believer" so I'll just be over here--------->>>>>>>, Tarheel_Dem Jul 2012 #63
Those were without a doubt conspiracies at one time or another whether you recognize that or not. EOTE Jul 2012 #73
TRUTH! Tarheel_Dem Jul 2012 #84
And if they think they are screwed now, rmoney will be screwing them in ways they can not imagine if kimbutgar Jul 2012 #3
It will get worse. randome Jul 2012 #4
Have you been able to figure out the purpose of this "movement"? The fact that they hate.... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2012 #30
Sure. The purpose was to get people talking about the purpose. randome Jul 2012 #39
"still without a leader". This is where we vehemently disagree. I believe there is indeed..... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2012 #55
I'll tell ya, if I were a NYC cop with kids, I'd have spent a lot of time plussing up the rugrats' MADem Jul 2012 #153
Someone needs to instruct them that turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #5
There Are Many Comments Against This otohara Jul 2012 #11
WHY don't they think they need the MASSES to force change? turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #23
This is the main reason OWS is a failure. MrSlayer Jul 2012 #6
Bullshit. Not wanting to be co-opted was not a plan. It was a rationalization. randome Jul 2012 #8
Whatever it was, it was dumb. MrSlayer Jul 2012 #10
All excellent points. zappaman Jul 2012 #15
I think you two are BOTH right. nt MADem Jul 2012 #27
Not really. Hissyspit Jul 2012 #29
And how many 'occupiers' do you think actually read that? randome Jul 2012 #41
Yes, actually, there have been classes. Hissyspit Jul 2012 #56
The teabaggers are owned outright by the Koch brothers. Occupy will not be bought. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #77
Yeah because they aren't worth anything 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #144
Occupy is a social movement. (((facepalm))) Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #149
No, it was a political movement 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #162
That is why a local occupier got arrested nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #99
The GOP's useful idiots. Robb Jul 2012 #7
That's the vibe I was given. n/t vaberella Jul 2012 #35
I understand the frustration expressed. mmonk Jul 2012 #12
I think this is actually a pretty old logo RZM Jul 2012 #13
You're Right - otohara Jul 2012 #14
Posted by an agent provacateur, surely...nt SidDithers Jul 2012 #16
You cracked me up again, Sid pintobean Jul 2012 #24
why do you diss the movement sid? are you an agent provacateur? occupy dionysus Jul 2012 #70
Sid is not a liberal. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #133
I'm much more liberal than you are... SidDithers Jul 2012 #142
That was then, this is now. UnrepentantLiberal Jul 2012 #146
Yeah. OK... SidDithers Jul 2012 #151
Disappointing. backscatter712 Jul 2012 #17
Occupy the Vote! pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #18
Thank you, I've been reading this thread with amusement. The anti-Social Justice Movement sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #31
Well, last year they inspired my sig line. randome Jul 2012 #37
Why am I not surprised? sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #40
The anti-Social Justice Movement. That's so accurate. Zorra Jul 2012 #65
"The System is good" whatchamacallit Jul 2012 #86
... Zorra Jul 2012 #88
That's more like it! KamaAina Jul 2012 #90
It's like Naderologically Radicalicious, Brah Warren DeMontague Jul 2012 #19
!!!! Tarheel_Dem Jul 2012 #32
This has been the huge flaw. If you want to change things, you have to get your people in positions Pirate Smile Jul 2012 #20
Why not take the advice of a genius: Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #74
Why local occupiers RAN for office here nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #85
That graphic is a massive failure. MineralMan Jul 2012 #21
i bet they can get the koch brothers and the us chamber of commerce to print as many as they need arely staircase Jul 2012 #22
Occupy Colorado is a much better organization. DevonRex Jul 2012 #25
Probably some Young College Republican, disguised as one of those black hoodie types, came up with MADem Jul 2012 #26
You are probably correct. Because no one I know from any of the occupations across the country sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #33
I keep saying that those black hoodie guys are no friends to Occupy; usually I get my ass handed to MADem Jul 2012 #50
Well, I agree with you, and have from the beginning. Their actions are counter to what sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #59
BINGO!! B Calm Jul 2012 #49
No matter what it's always infiltrators 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #145
You may have a point. MADem Jul 2012 #150
So what percentage of protesters would you say are astro-turf? 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #160
I couldn't even begin to speculate. I don't think you'd need a LOT to MADem Jul 2012 #163
Finally, after all these many years, an understated OP Zanzoobar Jul 2012 #34
Meh...whatever. The Occupiers never had me. n/t vaberella Jul 2012 #36
One shouldn't judge a whole movement based on the opinions of some. joshcryer Jul 2012 #38
Ideological diversity! Oh noez! LeftyMom Jul 2012 #42
People whose opinions you respect advocate not voting? Robb Jul 2012 #43
How many books do you want to read? LeftyMom Jul 2012 #45
I read one time you don't have to put stamps on letters. Robb Jul 2012 #46
Vietnam. Just write FREE in the corner! MADem Jul 2012 #52
Somebody else already beat me to it, Jamaal510 Jul 2012 #44
Yes, I'm sure it was RW infiltrators. zappaman Jul 2012 #51
Those infiltrators aren't new, though. They've been pulling this shit from the git-go. MADem Jul 2012 #54
Well said.. SidDithers Jul 2012 #69
I came up with Martin. I still believe that shit! nt MADem Jul 2012 #108
I will have to ask, since I have been covering them nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #94
I really don't want to get into a Smothers Brothers skit. I don't care who "started it." MADem Jul 2012 #107
Well the problem is that the vibe nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #109
Well, fine, those are your anecdotes. They aren't what went on in Beantown or Oakland. MADem Jul 2012 #110
I am willing to bet some of the black block in Oakland nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #111
I am not having a "problem." I told you I had no interest into playing a speculative game about who MADem Jul 2012 #115
And I told you some real facts from the ground nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #117
No, they don't contradict anything, they are simply your personal experience. Have a nice day. nt MADem Jul 2012 #122
Thanks to great reporting by journalists like yourself zappaman Jul 2012 #125
Well in that the U.S. is now owned by 17 richer fucks, there may be something to be said for fucking lonestarnot Jul 2012 #47
Absolutely. I'm sure there is an anarchist or socialist site somewhere that would welcome them. randome Jul 2012 #53
Two issues with OWS that formed my opinion - AtomicKitten Jul 2012 #48
And there it is! That was my tipping point as well. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2012 #57
Too bad you got that wrong, re Lewis. He understood and was not upset at all, but then he would. sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #62
Uh huh. AtomicKitten Jul 2012 #68
Allow me to very clear when I say that the Occupy movement is one of the most useless things I've cecilfirefox Jul 2012 #64
Last week Occupy Fights Foreclosures got CA Gov Jerry Brown to sign a Homeowner's Bill of Rights Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #75
Well locally an Occupoer nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #95
Um, show me where this is an official position of Occupy Denver. U4ikLefty Jul 2012 #66
Lame. I like Occupy but that's dumb. limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #67
The Occupy movement is dead leftynyc Jul 2012 #71
Here is a nice simple message from Occupy: Fuck the banks who are stealing the country. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #78
It's not going to be done leftynyc Jul 2012 #100
Please, outside of Madrid (Spain), point to me ONE nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #102
I never said their message was horrible leftynyc Jul 2012 #112
Well here is the shocking thing nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #113
Explain it away to yourself, while we're busy doing things. Cheers! Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #118
Yup, it is so dead that they were out protesting nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #81
Yeah, and telling people not to vote will sure get them the results they want Arkana Jul 2012 #89
You are making a classic mistake nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #93
Feel free to get pissed at me leftynyc Jul 2012 #101
You have an opinion nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #103
Hopefully Phase Two leftynyc Jul 2012 #114
One person posting a post at Facebook nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #116
"One person posting a post at Facebook" zappaman Jul 2012 #126
Occupy is not the democrat's tea party. Occupy supports neither candidates nor parties. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #72
Slight correction, depends on where nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #82
I think that is a horrible idea and can end in catastrophic failure. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #87
You may think that but they concluded nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #91
By failure I mean potential failure in terms of those running in the existing system Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #96
That exists regardless nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #98
Please remember: Occupy is a social movement, not a political movement. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #76
when I was young and naive I thought the election of Ronald Reagan would hasten the rise of the new Douglas Carpenter Jul 2012 #79
30 years of that crap is coming to a close. randome Jul 2012 #83
Luckily, they do not represent 99% of the people kctim Jul 2012 #80
By your "1%er" signature, I understand your post. Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 #97
Only enforces the fact kctim Jul 2012 #104
So you are not concerned about the crisis with the banks nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #105
Well put. randome Jul 2012 #106
Well-put bullshit. Hissyspit Jul 2012 #121
Then you should have no problem kctim Jul 2012 #127
Why should I "explain" those questions? Hissyspit Jul 2012 #130
. kctim Jul 2012 #131
You said people not showing up for protests = not support ideas. Hissyspit Jul 2012 #139
Well, there you have it. One seriously bullshit elitist post. Zorra Jul 2012 #123
Your emotional response does nothing to refute the fact kctim Jul 2012 #128
Again. once again, you are not concerned about Citizens United? nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #129
I trust facts, not excuses or opinions kctim Jul 2012 #132
I asked a simple question nadinbrzezinski Jul 2012 #135
Excellent responses on this thread, kctim. Summer Hathaway Jul 2012 #136
No, they are not excellent responses. Hissyspit Jul 2012 #138
As was the OWS post of 'Fuck the Vote' that started this thread. randome Jul 2012 #140
And has has been pointed out NUMEROUS times in this thread Hissyspit Jul 2012 #141
Oh, do tell. Summer Hathaway Jul 2012 #148
Good grief. Hissyspit Jul 2012 #164
Then we're even. Summer Hathaway Jul 2012 #165
What a bunch of Romney-spew. woo me with science Jul 2012 #147
one image warrprayer Jul 2012 #92
Of course. And the fact that it was a Democrat (Hickenlooper) that sent in the stormtroopers to Hissyspit Jul 2012 #119
And therein lies a major part of the problem with OWS. Summer Hathaway Jul 2012 #137
Sun Tzu warrprayer Jul 2012 #158
"We've shown you people all the tax returns we are going to" n/t jtuck004 Jul 2012 #166
They're morons, in the sense that geek tragedy Jul 2012 #124
Anyone who thinks this is dumb is siding with the corporations 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #143
And so we've all been told. n/t Summer Hathaway Jul 2012 #152
Colorado's OWS is not the entire OWS movement. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #154
"OWS is a part of the political dynamic." zappaman Jul 2012 #155
"...a lot of Democrats including Homeland Security."? randome Jul 2012 #157
Obviously he's never been to a Civil Air Patrol meeting. Robb Jul 2012 #159
Actually, I did go to Civil Air Patrol occasionally when I was in high school. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #168
The head of Homeland Security was appointed by Obama, a Democrat, who is responsible JDPriestly Jul 2012 #167
Occupy? Inkfreak Jul 2012 #156
Fuck this post. The Midway Rebel Jul 2012 #161
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