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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-21-11 01:45 PM
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41. To people who are not fans ...
... those "V" masks are just as silly.


By the way, mouseketeers wore hats with ears, not masks.
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  -Can someone explain the appeal of "V" masks? brooklynite  Sep-21-11 12:29 PM   #0 
  - It's an adopted symbol of Anonymous.  Chan790   Sep-21-11 12:31 PM   #1 
  - And why is that good?  brooklynite   Sep-21-11 12:34 PM   #5 
     - I think anonymity in protest is OK.  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 12:46 PM   #11 
     - That's where I have to leave you...  brooklynite   Sep-21-11 12:51 PM   #13 
     - that's pretty easy to say if you are a millionaire.  ret5hd   Sep-21-11 01:02 PM   #30 
     - The US is not oppressive?  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 01:23 PM   #37 
     - Oh well, you know...  MADem   Sep-21-11 01:49 PM   #44 
     - Stolen elections (think 2000 Bush v. Gore) do not reflect citizen's "choices". please. ~nt  99th_Monkey   Sep-21-11 02:07 PM   #55 
     - You forgot to click your heals and salute. nt  Javaman   Sep-21-11 02:13 PM   #56 
     - Well compared to, say, Iran it isn't.  alarimer   Sep-21-11 02:58 PM   #82 
     - Hehe, if you think the US is a oppressive regime I hope you never have to travel outside the country  NeedleCast   Sep-21-11 12:55 PM   #20 
     - I have traveled abroad several times.  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 01:12 PM   #35 
        - I'll bite:  Robb   Sep-21-11 02:33 PM   #64 
           - +1 n/t  MADem   Sep-21-11 02:38 PM   #67 
           - I'll bite back.  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 03:21 PM   #85 
              - Mai Lai also fits with my (arguably un-fleshed-out) theory  Robb   Sep-21-11 03:34 PM   #88 
                 - Please advise me of these  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 03:46 PM   #91 
                    - That's another topic, certainly.  Robb   Sep-21-11 04:01 PM   #94 
                       - A draft is the usual ingredient  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 05:27 PM   #96 
     - ...and because a Mickey Mouse or Spiderman mask would make them appear silly.  JohnnyRingo   Sep-21-11 12:59 PM   #27 
        - To people who are not fans ...  surrealAmerican   Sep-21-11 01:45 PM   #41 
           - I prefer a protester with a mask  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 02:21 PM   #59 
     - Annonymous is a group, albiet losely knit  Marrah_G   Sep-21-11 12:52 PM   #14 
     - If 5 million people protested, they wouldn't need masks...  brooklynite   Sep-21-11 12:54 PM   #19 
     - Because you don't have Johnny showing up at your home...  Taverner   Sep-21-11 02:54 PM   #78 
  - um, because they're Anonymous...?  mike_c   Sep-21-11 12:32 PM   #2 
  - lurk moar n/t  LoZoccolo   Sep-21-11 12:32 PM   #3 
  - Viral marketing for Warner Bros?  arcane1   Sep-21-11 12:33 PM   #4 
  - Thank you. And the marketing works because Americans are a bunch of whiners.  Bucky   Sep-21-11 05:29 PM   #97 
  - Why are you so bothered by them?  OnyxCollie   Sep-21-11 12:37 PM   #6 
  - I'm not bothered....but I think they're a wasted effort  brooklynite   Sep-21-11 12:41 PM   #8 
     - I feel the same way about Obama 2012 campaign buttons. nt  OnyxCollie   Sep-21-11 12:44 PM   #10 
     - Mrawr!  Warren DeMontague   Sep-21-11 03:38 PM   #90 
     - You don't KNOW  marions ghost   Sep-21-11 12:56 PM   #21 
     - I believe the reason they are being ignored by SCMSM  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 12:58 PM   #25 
     - I think it may be a wee bit more truthful if your statement read...  LanternWaste   Sep-21-11 03:01 PM   #83 
  - i give them the benefit of the doubt because they are there and I am not.  aikoaiko   Sep-21-11 12:39 PM   #7 
  - I think because they look cool and iconic...  WCGreen   Sep-21-11 12:41 PM   #9 
  - Why not dress up like Moses?  brooklynite   Sep-21-11 12:52 PM   #15 
     - Because Moses isn't a hipster  NeedleCast   Sep-21-11 12:56 PM   #22 
     - whats a hipster?  patrick t. cakes   Sep-21-11 01:06 PM   #32 
     - Here:  OneTenthofOnePercent   Sep-21-11 01:50 PM   #45 
     - I was hoping needle cast would explain  patrick t. cakes   Sep-21-11 06:46 PM   #106 
     - Most of them, at this stage in their lives, are looking at new hips! NT  MADem   Sep-21-11 01:52 PM   #47 
     - A 25 year old white suburbanite kid wearing a Che shirt  NeedleCast   Sep-21-11 02:02 PM   #51 
        - Not from my experience  patrick t. cakes   Sep-21-11 06:48 PM   #107 
     - .  Bucky   Sep-21-11 05:33 PM   #98 
        - and  Bucky   Sep-21-11 05:33 PM   #99 
           - and  Bucky   Sep-21-11 05:34 PM   #100 
           - haha! n/t  OneTenthofOnePercent   Sep-22-11 07:53 AM   #109 
     - Probably better to leave the religious symbols to the right  marions ghost   Sep-21-11 01:04 PM   #31 
     - Moses wasn't a Christian. ;) nt  greyl   Sep-21-11 02:49 PM   #72 
        - Don't tell the fundies that--they can't deal with the fact that JC lived/died a Jew, either!! NT  MADem   Sep-21-11 02:56 PM   #79 
        - I know  marions ghost   Sep-21-11 03:25 PM   #86 
        - Nor was Jesus! n/t  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 03:34 PM   #89 
     - The post asked what is so special about the mask...  WCGreen   Sep-21-11 02:16 PM   #58 
        - Do you support the point of their protest?  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 02:32 PM   #62 
           - I do but I think they do a diservice to the cause...  WCGreen   Sep-21-11 02:45 PM   #70 
              - Perhaps,  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 02:58 PM   #81 
              - The news media doesn't take them seriously because they are  WCGreen   Sep-21-11 05:40 PM   #102 
                 - What's your theory for  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 05:56 PM   #103 
                    - For that it was because the media was supporting the war....  WCGreen   Sep-21-11 06:02 PM   #104 
              - What specifically leads you to believe they do a "disservice" to the cause?  LanternWaste   Sep-21-11 03:06 PM   #84 
                 - It's not a hunch...  WCGreen   Sep-21-11 05:36 PM   #101 
  - I give them all a great big thumbs up  Marrah_G   Sep-21-11 12:49 PM   #12 
  - They're trendy  NeedleCast   Sep-21-11 12:53 PM   #16 
  - It makes govenment surveillance of political protest more difficult. nt  bemildred   Sep-21-11 12:53 PM   #17 
  - lol  pmorlan1   Sep-21-11 01:13 PM   #36 
  - Its a great idea. It takes a commercial icon and turns it to use  EFerrari   Sep-21-11 12:54 PM   #18 
  - it's just another generation's heroes. They never heard of Abbie Hoffman  librechik   Sep-21-11 12:58 PM   #23 
  - Anonymity.  FarLeftFist   Sep-21-11 12:58 PM   #24 
  - It's a really good movie. :)  Whisp   Sep-21-11 12:58 PM   #26 
  - Read the book. See the film.  Fire Walk With Me   Sep-21-11 01:00 PM   #28 
  - The underlying message of Guy Fawkes worship has a lot of fans.  Xithras   Sep-21-11 01:01 PM   #29 
  - They're there to bother people like you  patrick t. cakes   Sep-21-11 01:08 PM   #33 
  - I think you're in the minority on this.  sabrina 1   Sep-21-11 01:12 PM   #34 
  - Can anyone explain the appeal of trashing the symbols of a struggling protest movement  Fire Walk With Me   Sep-21-11 01:32 PM   #38 
  - exactly  marions ghost   Sep-21-11 01:42 PM   #39 
  - I don't think it works, either. It's not "trashing a movement" to say it's a crappy idea. NT  MADem   Sep-21-11 01:45 PM   #42 
  - Please send pizza to the protesters. Support is needed please.  Fire Walk With Me   Sep-21-11 01:50 PM   #46 
     - Naaah. Don't think so.  MADem   Sep-21-11 02:06 PM   #54 
        - Here is how to send food and to support them:  Fire Walk With Me   Sep-21-11 02:32 PM   #63 
           - Again, sorry.  MADem   Sep-21-11 02:37 PM   #66 
              - Well then, if you can't say or do anything nice....?  Fire Walk With Me   Sep-21-11 02:39 PM   #69 
                 - I think my constructive criticism hasn't been unkind or "not nice."  MADem   Sep-21-11 02:45 PM   #71 
                    - Certainly.  Fire Walk With Me   Sep-21-11 02:50 PM   #75 
  - So very true!  JuniperLea   Sep-21-11 03:53 PM   #93 
  - I am with you. You know what would scare the living shit out of "The Haves?"  MADem   Sep-21-11 01:44 PM   #40 
  - Or if enough people stopped believing what the haves have is wealth  The2ndWheel   Sep-21-11 02:00 PM   #50 
  - I agree...  brooklynite   Sep-21-11 02:03 PM   #52 
     - And who doesn't know how to "relate" a tri-corner hat to our history?  MADem   Sep-21-11 02:28 PM   #60 
  - To me they symbolize standing up to corruption and  Greybnk48   Sep-21-11 01:47 PM   #43 
  - They are a statement. n/t  Bonhomme Richard   Sep-21-11 01:53 PM   #48 
  - I support their right to protest and I applaud them for doing it  lunatica   Sep-21-11 01:58 PM   #49 
  - I think if you read the Wiki entry about the movie, it'll give you a better understanding  justiceischeap   Sep-21-11 02:06 PM   #53 
  - They make a better impression than Satan masks.  dtexdem   Sep-21-11 02:15 PM   #57 
  - LOL  EFerrari   Sep-21-11 02:29 PM   #61 
  - Unfortunately, to people who haven't seen the film, they're perceived as Musketeers.  MADem   Sep-21-11 02:35 PM   #65 
  - Actually, the "traditional" image of the devil with the pointy beard comes from... Guy Fawkes  Recursion   Sep-21-11 02:57 PM   #80 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-21-11 02:38 PM   #68 
  - What, precisely, are you saying? That anyone who doesn't think the whole  MADem   Sep-21-11 02:50 PM   #73 
  - Good one! n/t  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-21-11 02:53 PM   #77 
  - If you don't already know,  bvar22   Sep-21-11 02:50 PM   #74 
  - What masks  malaise   Sep-21-11 02:53 PM   #76 
  - Because Burger King masks were a little TOO creepy.  eShirl   Sep-21-11 03:27 PM   #87 
  - It's a symbol of being fed up and ready for action...  JuniperLea   Sep-21-11 03:51 PM   #92 
  - Well, the movie sucked. Tried to sit through it. Ugh.  Zax2me   Sep-21-11 04:04 PM   #95 
  - They started as Scientology protesters  Nevernose   Sep-21-11 06:43 PM   #105 
  - I'm late to this party and totally agree.  Brickbat   Sep-21-11 06:50 PM   #108 
  - I don't question the methods of protest from the comfort of my laptop...  Modern_Matthew   Sep-22-11 08:04 AM   #110 
  - Boom Shakka Lakka!  Admiral Loinpresser   Sep-22-11 08:09 AM   #111 
  - Was Guy Fawkes "challenging religious oppression"?  Spider Jerusalem   Sep-22-11 08:12 AM   #112 
  - I'm with you. If people are scratching their heads at these masks,  Chorophyll   Sep-22-11 08:20 AM   #113 
 

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