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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:05 AM Original message |
Police brutality. It's not a "DU meme". |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. You are very right... |
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Onceuponalife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. kick & rec |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. recommend |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. Of course not, but this is... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. They don't like being confronted with that. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Who's 'they'? n/t |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Go over my thread. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. So yet again yr broadbrushing DUers. No surprises there n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:54 AM Response to Reply #31 |
62. Deleted message |
Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. It seems that you are objecting to the word, "pigs". |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
61. Actually I just object to bigotry in general |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&R |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, it is a problem. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I agree with you 100%. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Don't worry. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Right down the wormhole, then. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
8. Strawman. The assertion was NOT that "police brutality" is a DU meme |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I don't think so. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Can you post examples of... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Nope. That's not what my OP is about. So I won't. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. In other words you can't back your assertion with examples |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. No that is not the case. But you ask something impossible. |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:23 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. No, I'm asking you to prove a positive |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 04:11 AM Response to Reply #36 |
76. I would advise you to pay closer attention. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
73. This. THIS! I call it "saying without saying". |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Bullshit. I read the other OP and that's exactly what they were implying... |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Oh, really? |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yes, really. Stop trying to reinvent what the OP was talking about... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Exactly. That is not a "meme". |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It's more than one or two |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Here is the reason -and the thing that seems to be the hardest for you to "get". |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. "the current state of anxiety, fear and distrust that exists in the general population" |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. +1 |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. +1... except it was disproved by a scientific survey |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. What I said wasn't disproved by anything... |
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USArmyParatrooper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I was responding to "+1 Well said." |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. What I was responding to wasn't disproved at all... |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. It is only a very few. And clearly you have an issue with police brutality getting attention... |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
38. This obsession with rec/unrec of threads is so sad |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:32 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. You are a very sharp and observant person. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Thank you, Bonobo |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I agree and find it kind of pathetic... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. The truth is that some equate posting stories about cops doing bad things |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:58 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. I am so glad you joined this discussion |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. It would be much easier to take a more balanced approach to police wrongdoing.. |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:17 AM Response to Reply #18 |
50. Exactly. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #50 |
69. It seems that the normal laws simply do not apply. n/t |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
71. This is the correct answer. -nt |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
54. Yessir. nt |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
78. The reponse to police brutality in nearly EVERY case: |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
9. cops need to be exposed for their crimes. |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:52 AM Original message |
Cops policing cops. |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. dupe |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
28. Training has also gotten rather anti-civil rights/Constitution . . . |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
33. It's an about as overused term as " racism." |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:48 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. "My thesis"? What would that be? And why do you say I "hate them"? |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Dude, come on. nt |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:19 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. That's what I thought. You have no answer and can only get snarky. nt |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:30 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Oh, you thought that, huh? What did you base that on? nt |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:49 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. I based my prediction on this part of your post to me: |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:04 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Some DUers want to discuss, some DUers want to draw pre-concieved conclusions. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #59 |
77. And we all know what preconceived conclusions you've already come to. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
67. Some DUers want to discuss, some DUers want to draw pre-concieved conclusions. |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
63. on the whole they cover up for each other |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
35. Recommended. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
49. Here are a few stories |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
53. Oh noes, I hope no one broadbrushes police with all those examples! |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
55. OMG. After reading this, I HATE COPS. I'll just call Bonobo next time I'm in trouble. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 02:56 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. And I'll call Skip Intro when I want a clown to perform at my kid's birthday party. |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:59 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Nice, buddy. nt |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #58 |
79. clown is as clown does, buddy |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:06 AM Response to Original message |
60. Yes it is. Anyone can google what they like and post links. |
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bobburgster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
64. Holy shit! |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. It's even worse than that OP makes it seem. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
65. The Phoenix cop suing the Gilbert cop is an unusual story |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
66. K&R |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
68. Fine |
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mokawanis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
72. K + R n/t |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
74. Still a vast majority are good - there will be bad apples |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
75. Until they stop covering for each other... |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
80. But if I'm a good sycophant and lick their boots they won't beat me, right? |
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