Crunchy Frog
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Sat Feb-04-06 04:06 PM
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| 11. They write as if this stifling of dissent was occuring on both sides. |
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I see the general claim being made that people routinely get thrown out of rallies for presidential candidates as if it were a general phenomenon and not limited to one single party. At the Kerry rally I attended in Denver, there were large numbers of Repuke hecklers, many of them sporting enormous posters of dead fetuses, and no one was ejected from the premises.
It's interesting to see how far the "news" media will contort the facts in order to appear "fair and balanced".
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| -Silencing dissent a growing trend (Knight Ridder) |
Wordie |
Feb-04-06 03:19 PM |
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Welcome to Amerika - Fascism in Democracy's clothing |
Angry Girl |
Feb-04-06 03:24 PM |
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Welcome to the CCCP |
Nomen Tuum |
Feb-04-06 05:33 PM |
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Need a ticket to see "our" president speak. |
faygokid |
Feb-04-06 03:24 PM |
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Let me guess, swiftboating is not an issuead because it's not about issues |
rosebud57 |
Feb-04-06 03:25 PM |
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You know, I wondered about that...seems to me there were issue ads |
Wordie |
Feb-04-06 03:28 PM |
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They Are Only "Issue Ads" If They Are Run By Democrats |
AndyTiedye |
Feb-04-06 11:46 PM |
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Self censorship? In their wildest dreams, only |
Warpy |
Feb-04-06 03:26 PM |
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It's a crime...to "disrupt" an event guarded by the Secret Service |
tridim |
Feb-04-06 03:26 PM |
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I never hear anything about this one in the news--it is always about |
rodeodance |
Feb-04-06 04:09 PM |
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I read someplace that Specter proposed that as a NEW provision of the PA. |
Wordie |
Feb-04-06 08:05 PM |
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Hmmm |
Hope springs eternal |
Feb-04-06 08:40 PM |
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Thank you Knight-Ridder for your very existence |
Lefty48197 |
Feb-04-06 03:26 PM |
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no thank you to knight ridder for easing the argument by blaming both |
bullimiami |
Feb-04-06 03:53 PM |
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A dictatorship is all fine and good, |
bluestateguy |
Feb-04-06 03:27 PM |
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hmm.... |
ClayZ |
Feb-04-06 03:29 PM |
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They write as if this stifling of dissent was occuring on both sides. |
Crunchy Frog |
Feb-04-06 04:06 PM |
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You're absolutely right. |
Lindacooks |
Feb-04-06 08:10 PM |
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My thought exactly |
alarimer |
Feb-05-06 09:38 AM |
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".Nor is it limited to one political party," |
rodeodance |
Feb-04-06 04:15 PM |
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...but the article points out this is a "Growing Trend"... |
Wordie |
Feb-04-06 04:27 PM |
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THEY NEVER print the WHOLE truth! |
WinkyDink |
Feb-04-06 04:51 PM |
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God D-mn |
lordwhorfin |
Feb-04-06 06:50 PM |
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We are still straightening out that Casey myth 13 years later |
bluestateguy |
Feb-04-06 08:34 PM |
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Knight Ridder goes for that wonderful faux "balance" |
high density |
Feb-04-06 09:34 PM |
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is it just me, or am i right when i think that only republicans silence |
leQ |
Feb-04-06 04:17 PM |
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Chicago? Mayor Daley? How soon they forget. NT |
mikehiggins |
Feb-04-06 07:42 PM |
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Another: Southern Dems v. Civil Rights movement. (nt) |
Voltaire99 |
Feb-05-06 05:10 AM |
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I want a t-shirt that sez simply |
Prisoner_Number_Six |
Feb-04-06 04:17 PM |
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How about one with the red circle and a "Not Allowed" red line |
WinkyDink |
Feb-04-06 04:52 PM |
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My email address is dissenter@, screw them all. |
vickiss |
Feb-04-06 05:24 PM |
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Silencing dissent AGAINST REPUBLICANS a growing trend. |
eppur_se_muova |
Feb-04-06 04:19 PM |
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"other vaguely defined national events..." such as when bush declares |
LynnTheDem |
Feb-04-06 05:13 PM |
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Apparently that is a NEW Patriot Act provision, now being considered! nt |
Wordie |
Feb-04-06 06:27 PM |
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It's a new provision. |
igil |
Feb-04-06 08:07 PM |
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The ACLU mentions that argument, but says checks and balances insufficient |
Wordie |
Feb-04-06 08:52 PM |
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Seems like the cartoon aversion of our Muslim friends |
BeyondGeography |
Feb-04-06 05:48 PM |
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The Bush administration can not silence |
democrank |
Feb-04-06 07:28 PM |
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Just what I was thinking... |
AbbyR |
Feb-05-06 08:50 AM |
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War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Dissent is Un-American. |
stickdog |
Feb-05-06 12:03 AM |
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Democrats must make protecting Dissent a major campaign promise |
iconoclastNYC |
Feb-05-06 03:14 AM |
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Just think of where we would be if our president was not a |
SoCalDem |
Feb-05-06 05:21 AM |
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This article should really mention the new detention centers... |
pinniped |
Feb-05-06 05:28 AM |
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Broadcast of issue ads w/in 60 days of elections is prohibited? |
eomer |
Feb-05-06 07:04 AM |
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You know, that does favor the incumbent, doesn't it? Good point, eomer. |
Wordie |
Feb-05-06 09:24 AM |
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I'm in; |
greiner3 |
Feb-05-06 07:27 AM |
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Silencing dissent a growing trend |
leftchick |
Feb-05-06 08:29 AM |
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Isn't this something only republicans have done: |
Cobalt Violet |
Feb-05-06 08:29 AM |
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Well, gee, why didn't this guy get hauled out for HIS tee shirt, then? |
MADem |
Feb-05-06 08:29 AM |
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