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ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)
34. No
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 11:20 AM
Jan 2012

Last edited Fri Jan 27, 2012, 11:55 AM - Edit history (1)

This is not a credible threat, been happening in one form or another since I can remember. I remember some pretty sordid things done to Chimpy pictures...

Not sure the cop can be fired. Its legal conduct off hours. However he will get some grief for it at work, most likely unofficially.

The event in the picture I believe happened before the finger incident.

God, they're stupid. Ecumenist Jan 2012 #1
Refer back to the thread on low intelligence of conservatives Gman Jan 2012 #13
Oh, I didn't realize that the 2006 movie, "Death of a President" was a right wing production 24601 Jan 2012 #109
WTF are you talking about? First of all, it was MOCKUMENTARY NOT Ecumenist Jan 2012 #112
good LostinRed Jan 2012 #2
I do...going back to Reagan. Then again it was mostly dart boards ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #22
I seem to remember episodes of the sitcom 'Murphy Brown' BrendaBrick Jan 2012 #82
Murphy Brown's dartboard changed constantly csziggy Mar 2012 #167
Post removed Post removed Feb 2012 #163
Eight dickheads in need of an asskicking madokie Jan 2012 #3
if they do get jail time- the ass-kickings are certain. stlsaxman Jan 2012 #6
Their combined IQ is 7, and their combined pee pee length is 5 inches. NYC_SKP Jan 2012 #18
"Nice guns. Sorry about your pee pees." n/t Beartracks Jan 2012 #137
Hyperbole ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #26
Just Wondering, Mr. "Progressive": Paladin Jan 2012 #52
Just wondering if you have taken reading comprehension again ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #56
I think it's more like false equivalence than defending it dreamnightwind Jan 2012 #126
Truly. It's not what our side does. calimary Jan 2012 #129
Yeah, it's a seed you don't want planted dreamnightwind Jan 2012 #131
Just members of the right wing "gun culture" having a big old time. Screw em. Hoyt Jan 2012 #92
Check your grammar, "Professor." n/t SunSeeker Jan 2012 #110
Thank you ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #115
Gunstremists. onehandle Jan 2012 #4
The teabaggin' kkkluckers seem to forget something........... TxVietVet Jan 2012 #5
Dumbasses n/t deutsey Jan 2012 #7
Love the guy on the right, with the semi-automatic... secondwind Jan 2012 #8
Yep. "JUST DO IT" emulatorloo Jan 2012 #83
I'm wondering when the guy on the left is gonna shoot his own foot off. caveat_imperator Jan 2012 #86
or the guy with pistol shooting the guy next to him ThomThom Jan 2012 #88
"... LET this get posted"? Dumb Facebook question ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2012 #9
Pictures have been posted The Wizard Jan 2012 #10
You can have your account settings not allow that obamanut2012 Jan 2012 #14
Posting on your wall is one thing rocktivity Jan 2012 #48
You should be able to delete them. If you can't delete them, MH1 Jan 2012 #72
fixed (NT) The Wizard Jan 2012 #80
You have to approve photos posted to your wall by others obamanut2012 Jan 2012 #12
You can post on other's pages Mz Pip Jan 2012 #46
Is the idiot on the left about to shoot their foot off? It looks like it. n/t fasttense Jan 2012 #11
Yep- that's bunch of real macho he-man badasses right there... LeftinOH Jan 2012 #15
DU-Friendly adjectives fail me. HughBeaumont Jan 2012 #16
Seven losers toting deadly weapons TheCowsCameHome Jan 2012 #17
The fact that it's a tee shirt implies they did violence to an Obama supporter. TalkingDog Jan 2012 #19
Look at them. If any ONE man every confronted them, they'd run like babies....unless, of course, judesedit Jan 2012 #20
Just one more reason NOT to vote for a conservative. Need I say more? judesedit Jan 2012 #21
There is no such thing as a conservative anymore INdemo Feb 2012 #164
These are exhibits 1-8 (including the jag-off with the camera)... Moostache Jan 2012 #49
If they want to shoot guns so badly, send them to Afghanistan. Tired of these Liberal_Stalwart71 Jan 2012 #23
Or Somalia. calimary Jan 2012 #127
These Madmiddle Jan 2012 #24
This has been going on for multiple presidents and other public figures since I can remember ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #25
What horseshit - this is not "political speech" It's gun nut douchebaggery jpak Jan 2012 #30
Its right wing nuts behaving stupidly, but under the law, its political speech ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #32
disagree, firearms ARE a key point here. The numbskulls are holding guns with pic of shot up Pres.O wordpix Jan 2012 #39
Not from a legal perspective or a practical one... ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #42
however, this being AZ, this should not be taken lightly IMO wordpix Jan 2012 #50
There is no tie to Giffords. It could have happened in any state in the union ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #55
I did not state there was a tie to Giffords, I said it was AZ (land of the gun-toting nutcases) wordpix Jan 2012 #64
My point is that it is AZ has nothing to do with it ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #65
Post removed Post removed Jan 2012 #146
It's not bigotry when I read news from AZ & draw my own conclusions wordpix Jan 2012 #158
Apologizing for teabagger douchebaggery is just plain stupid jpak Jan 2012 #53
Then you should quit doing it ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #59
lol jpak Jan 2012 #76
Professor, kurtzapril4 Jan 2012 #123
douch stonecutter357 Jan 2012 #99
Then you need to brush up on your "legal and practical" skills. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2012 #139
There will be no investigation since there is no threat ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #142
I guess your crystal ball was on the fritz... Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2012 #165
Somewhat surprising ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #166
If I posted a picture of myself holding a gun and a shot-up orange juice bottle... PavePusher Jan 2012 #116
Is your orange juice bottle a SS protectee? Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2012 #144
Is a t-shirt a Secret Service protectee? ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #148
not horseshit. onenote Jan 2012 #91
Please provide examples of this happening with previous presidents Hugabear Jan 2012 #78
Does a bunch of irate Canadians throwing shoes at a burning effigy of George W. Bush count? slackmaster Jan 2012 #96
Show me an example of a bullet-ridden image of Bush, where the Secret Service did not investigate Hugabear Jan 2012 #98
So, punching holes in a 2-dimensional image is morally worse than burning a 3-dimensional one? slackmaster Jan 2012 #101
Actually I asked for a data since I could not find one ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #106
Lots of things are legal, but best left undone. Like a bunch of punks shooting off their weapons. Hoyt Jan 2012 #94
You are letting your weapons phobia interfere with a marvelous PR opportunity for Obama ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #105
Your love of weapons is keeping you from getting outraged at this kind of junk, that is too common. Hoyt Jan 2012 #111
Hardly, I see this as an opportunity ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #117
Well it would be nice to see a little outrage, rather than defense of a bunch of punks blasting away Hoyt Jan 2012 #118
So urinating or defecating on it would have been okay by you just as long as it wasn't firearms? ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #120
I imagine the difference between what may be changed LanternWaste Mar 2012 #168
What other of our constitutional freedoms, liberties, and rights would you like to see "changed" ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #171
Just by looking at the pic... Wait Wut Jan 2012 #27
Prediction: Ken Burch Jan 2012 #28
No doubt claiming that they are "progressive" too ... Nihil Jan 2012 #40
GOP/NRA gun nut thugs jpak Jan 2012 #29
Painting with sort of a broad brush aren't we?n/t Johnson20 Jan 2012 #71
OK - I will redefine them - teabagger douchebag GOP/NRA gun nuts jpak Jan 2012 #75
Nope. Rather bigoted in my humble opinion. n/t Johnson20 Jan 2012 #77
The bigots are holding the guns jpak Jan 2012 #93
Exactly. And bigots and guns seem to go together in this country. Hoyt Jan 2012 #95
Tell that to the Pink Pistols ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #143
Where did you read anything about that, not in the OP's article?n/t Johnson20 Jan 2012 #135
I imagine if we look closely enough, we can find bigotry anywhere LanternWaste Mar 2012 #169
What's bigoted about a group of armed white men shooting up a photo of a black president? Hugabear Jan 2012 #100
Sorry, but I won't leap to Johnson20 Jan 2012 #136
Do you deny that most of the anti-Obama hatred is racially motivated? Hugabear Jan 2012 #138
Yes, I do. I believe, for the most part, it is politically, not racily motovated. n/t Johnson20 Jan 2012 #150
You have got to be fucking kidding me. Hugabear Jan 2012 #157
If this would have happened when Bush was President ..wouldn't these idiots be in jail already? INdemo Jan 2012 #31
No ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #34
Yes - People were sentenced to jail time for far less during the Bush regime jpak Jan 2012 #35
And you have on point citiations for that? ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #36
I do recall someone getting sentenced to nearly three years in jail for making a reference rocktivity Jan 2012 #41
Do you have a citation in context? ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #43
Found a link to the story that works. rocktivity Jan 2012 #45
Then post it ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #47
This what he was busted for rocktivity Jan 2012 #51
Interesting read ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #61
yes, a man made a joke about a burning bush newspeak Jan 2012 #58
The link above was an interesing read about that ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #62
Um - a MOVIE was made about Bush getting shot. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #87
There was also a movie made about the earth being smashed by an asteroid... Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2012 #140
Yeah...let anyone make a faux documentary about Obama being shot Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #152
Are you kidding? Spirochete Jan 2012 #125
Is there something in the air or water COLGATE4 Jan 2012 #33
AZ does appear to be a wingnut magnet peace frog Jan 2012 #37
Terrorists. Loge23 Jan 2012 #38
If Bush was in office... SpankMe Jan 2012 #44
"And a police officer willfully let this get posted on his Facebook?" Do we know that? yellowcanine Jan 2012 #54
More TeaTerror Ian David Jan 2012 #57
Not very good shots either, from the looks of it. nt mistertrickster Jan 2012 #60
And as others have pointed out, their gun safety is not so hot either. ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #63
Loughners in training. Giffords' father said if she got hurt, it'd be by a Teabagger, since the... freshwest Jan 2012 #66
Amen. 2kevlane Jan 2012 #85
Thanks. Like your profile. Welcome to DU. freshwest Jan 2012 #124
The bigger the gun, the smaller the penis. nt bathroommonkey76 Jan 2012 #67
And just how would you know that? Just curious is all. n/t Johnson20 Jan 2012 #89
Arizona MountainLaurel Jan 2012 #68
"trip to the ranch"???? GoldenOldie Jan 2012 #69
Gee, I wonder how Nike feels about all that promotion (the green shirt on the doofus to the right)? SoapBox Jan 2012 #70
So will Jan Brewer shake her claw in the faces of these violent gun thugs? NBachers Jan 2012 #73
Looks like they're going rogue JJW Jan 2012 #74
Not sure whether to rec this for its sheer stupidity or hide it because its so sickening. eom tawadi Jan 2012 #79
Now I really don't feel safe DreamSmoker Jan 2012 #81
Minor point on CA law ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #108
Damn glad I don't live there. 2kevlane Jan 2012 #84
Hell I won't even travel there... bayareaboy Jan 2012 #90
sorry BVL1994 Jan 2012 #103
Douchebags. I hope the SS kicks their ass and takes names. Initech Jan 2012 #97
Hey Tough Guys? So What was the Point/message? fascisthunter Jan 2012 #102
These dittoheads have never known a time without hate radio. Faygo Kid Jan 2012 #104
It's just today's threat of violence by conservatives.. dsharp88 Jan 2012 #107
God. This is frightening! When will this incendiary rhetoric stop?! haven't we had enough tragedy? tropicanarose Jan 2012 #113
How about this? PavePusher Jan 2012 #114
Nope. Try looking up the definition of "burned in effigy". Here are a couple: That Guy 888 Jan 2012 #132
Distinction without a difference? PavePusher Jan 2012 #134
You are trying to compare the "shooters" to people who burned bush in effigy, right? That Guy 888 Jan 2012 #145
I'm pretty sure that shooting a picture of someone... PavePusher Jan 2012 #147
Try reading my posts a little more carefully That Guy 888 Jan 2012 #151
Try reading history a liitle more carefully ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #153
Professor, please cite your historical evidence That Guy 888 Jan 2012 #161
It seems way more threatening to those who might WEAR such a shirt Nevernose Jan 2012 #119
this is a real problem gopiscrap Jan 2012 #121
Post removed Post removed Jan 2012 #122
I'm worried about the guy on the right. Bette Noir Jan 2012 #128
Yep, bad idea Zippydo77 Jan 2012 #130
for those who say both sides do it newspeak Jan 2012 #133
They should have read the story of Sir Anthony Babbington SemperEadem Jan 2012 #141
Looks like someone's getting a visit from the NSA. Fearless Jan 2012 #149
Huh? What would the NSA have to do with this? n/t PavePusher Jan 2012 #154
This message was self-deleted by its author Fearless Jan 2012 #156
I meant Secret Service. Fearless Jan 2012 #159
Ah. I thought my alphabet soup had run away with itself for a minute. n/t PavePusher Jan 2012 #160
Wsn't there someone back in the Shrub Era... BiggJawn Jan 2012 #155
That's sick! n/t New7up Jan 2012 #162
Yikes....These kids would do better by their families, and themselves if they midnight Mar 2012 #170
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