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In reply to the discussion: FBI started surveillance of Occupy before it occupied [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)92. They sit back and let the Tea Party yell about armed revolution
and march around with their oh so lethal guns. They for some reason treat them totally different than how the LEFT is treated. When liberals get together, they are treated like terrorists, spied upon and sprayed in the face with mace by cops in riot gear.
It is one thing that makes America suck so bad.
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You can track them here. We had (have) our own surveillance state deniers who troll this board.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#29
Those you speak of are not happy that Meta is gone. They are trying to use
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#102
Hell, no. But when you have large groups of people gathering in public parks...
randome
Jun 2013
#17
Fuck the Tea Party, I'm sure they were monitored, too. But no one takes the time to find out.
randome
Jun 2013
#20
If no one on the Left wants to take the time to learn whether the TP was treated differently...
randome
Jun 2013
#27
Why is military intelligence, DHS, and the FBI "keeping an eye" on people camped out in parks?
leveymg
Jun 2013
#30
Really? Why did no one ask the armed Tea Baggers who attended Obama rallies to 'disperse'?
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#65
'Right to gather' is not the same as setting up tents and kitchens in other people's parks.
randome
Jun 2013
#69
So tents are more threatening than guns? And where is there a limit placed on how long
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#70
Again, many local residents did not want THEIR parks and THEIR cities occupied indefinitely.
randome
Jun 2013
#75
80% of NYers when polled, supported OWS in Zuccotti Park. Not that a few disgruntled
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#78
And we have the authoritarian response. The protestors deserved the treatment they got.
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#91
I only asked because it seems to me that you choose the authoritarian side
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#99
I am 100% behind the goals of OWS -when the wind blows right and they protest coherently.
randome
Jun 2013
#101
It's either shouting or shooting. Not many quite ready to cross that bridge, as yet.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#106
What, you think I'm going to insist that LE did not do some despicable things? Not at all.
randome
Jun 2013
#21
Maybe the FBI will be starting surveillance early on the next Farm Aid charity concert too.
Zorra
Jun 2013
#24
OWS succeeded and is still succeeding. So that isn't part of the argument. No one here believes
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#74
Keep defending the Tea Party and attacking OWS. Your avoidance of the questions
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#87
No, only if it really is the Tea Party. See the fixed link in my previous comment.
sabrina 1
Jun 2013
#89
No. If you want to go to origins, and how they're dealt with, look at these groups:
leveymg
Jun 2013
#33
On second glance, are you suggesting that OWS was preemptive of something bigger?
leveymg
Jun 2013
#38
Okhrana seems to have had several sources of inspiration (and allegiance) , but the figure who
leveymg
Jun 2013
#59
I always chuckle when the Brits claim that England was never conquered or ruled by foreigners.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#71
If there is one thing that the Brits do well, it is that they maintain their sense of history.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#82
TIA started as a DARPA-DIA project. NSA is the corpus for practically everyone else in the IC.
leveymg
Jun 2013
#68
I think it would be more accurate to say the NSA corpus is the source for others use.
hootinholler
Jun 2013
#79
How did I miss that '07 thread? The commments in the thread are timeless. Get this: "Waxman is
leveymg
Jun 2013
#100
Well since Adbusters magazine sent out a "communique" to readers calling for the ACTION
Generic Other
Jun 2013
#55
For the FBI or other Agencies surveiling this site, I just want to confirm you're doing a great job.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#80