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In reply to the discussion: I had dinner with a Civil Disobedience Veteran ... [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)19. The point of the OP ...
was to present the impression of protest a 60-70s of today's protesters,, particularly libertarian (ron paul supporting) prostester.
In case you missed it, she opined that today's protester feel entitled to raise hell but not suffer or pay a price for their hell raising ... unlike the protesters of yester-year.
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Dr. King NEVER was anonymous, never wore a mask, Dr.King was PROUD of his name
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#1
Drop the 'I give you orders' pretense, man. You have no standing to do so
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#65
And you excel at making it all about insults to other people, personal, petty whining
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#71
No. Stomp your footsies and shout all you want. Tell your Mommy for all I care.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#79
When you make claims about 'modern day protesters' that is what you are doing.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#69
What I asked you, which got returned with more insults and personal attacks"
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#77
It's a lot more difficult to write what you think you mean than most people realize
Fumesucker
Jun 2013
#30
Writing unambiguously for a mass audience ranges from difficult to impossible
Fumesucker
Jun 2013
#41
Programming is a PITA because computers do what you told them to do not what you think you told them
Fumesucker
Jun 2013
#51
Let me make is very clear. Your OP says that modern protesters are selfish fucks
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#68
You are actually asking me if people who died in custody spent 'much time'?
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#75
Again, I do as I please, not as commanded by mendacious strangers on the internet
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#78
why do people have to be subservient to punishment in order to be considered heroes?
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2013
#83
The most respected whisteblowers, martyrs etc. pay for the crime of speaking truth to power
Number23
Jun 2013
#45
well one would hope that we have learnt from torturing our civil rights leaders
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2013
#64
Suffering police brutality is not a lawful price of peaceful civil disobedience
pinboy3niner
Jun 2013
#84
i seriously dont understand why suffering should be a natural expectation
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2013
#85