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craigmatic

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12. Yup. There are many ways to fight injustice. There's talking, economics, and then there's force.
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 12:58 PM
Jul 2016

Hopefully they can get police to stand down on all these shootings so force doesn't come from our side and we can do the peaceful ways.

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Re: Baton Rouge [View all] LuckyTheDog Jul 2016 OP
Good post mainstreetonce Jul 2016 #1
Let's not turn into the beast we detest Hulk Jul 2016 #33
Exactly!! n/t michaz Jul 2016 #2
I am sorry do you think BLM supports shooting officers? Silver_Witch Jul 2016 #3
See above. LuckyTheDog Jul 2016 #4
Obviously not. Read the original post for comprehension. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2016 #6
John Brown's body lies a'mouldering in his grave, but his soul KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #5
John Brown's plot failed Martin Eden Jul 2016 #8
Brown had little to do with Lincoln winning the election but a lot to do with southern secession. Hoppy Jul 2016 #20
Brown's raid apparently prompted several southern states to form, arm and train new KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #24
If Lincoln lost, the South wouldn't have seceded in response to the election. Martin Eden Jul 2016 #41
The 1992 Los Angeles insurrection in response to the brutal beat-down KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #44
I don't think you understood my question Martin Eden Jul 2016 #45
Hiw much do you know or remember about the 1992 LA insurrection? The KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #50
The LADP ran outta my neighborhood so fast you'd think the devil was on their heels bravenak Jul 2016 #52
Enough to know it doesn't support your argument Martin Eden Jul 2016 #54
The LA insurrection defeated soundly the LAPD (the force in question) and KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #55
The authorities were not defeated by force of arms Martin Eden Jul 2016 #56
The LAPD were defeated. That's all that's been at issue, as far as I'm concerned, per your KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #57
"organized mass resistance or even unorganized mass resistance is another matter entirely" Martin Eden Jul 2016 #59
Inferring from your most recent post, you seem to believe the system is capable of reforming KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #60
That depends on how "system" is defined. Martin Eden Jul 2016 #61
Back to John Brown. He and his followers represented the fringe of the fringe at the time. Most KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #62
"And yet history vindicated Brown" Martin Eden Jul 2016 #63
Douglass may have been cool to Brown's entreaties before the raid, not wishing to embark on what he KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #64
John Brown's raid was perhaps one of the last turning points leading to the Civil War . . . brush Jul 2016 #53
Oy. "John Brown's plot failed." Shows a decided ignorance of the KingCharlemagne Jul 2016 #22
"John Brown's plot failed" is a fact. Martin Eden Jul 2016 #39
Fixed the typo LuckyTheDog Jul 2016 #10
Yup. There are many ways to fight injustice. There's talking, economics, and then there's force. craigmatic Jul 2016 #12
Did I Miss Something mrsv Jul 2016 #7
Nobody said that. LuckyTheDog Jul 2016 #9
Oh I see mrsv Jul 2016 #23
That was... LuckyTheDog Jul 2016 #46
These are not BLM supporters even if they claim they are.... chowder66 Jul 2016 #11
You can't have it both ways Democat Jul 2016 #13
er, you're equating people asking simply to not be shot to "right wing anger"? Schema Thing Jul 2016 #14
People are not asking not to be shot. They are raging about black men being shot Democat Jul 2016 #17
Right wing radio and personalities foment and call for violence chowder66 Jul 2016 #19
Unstable people sometimes go from rage to violence Democat Jul 2016 #25
That is not my point in response to the OP though I agree. chowder66 Jul 2016 #27
I agree Democat Jul 2016 #28
OH FOR FUCKS SAKE Cosmocat Jul 2016 #38
Strongly disagree GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #21
I too disagree with my own statement regarding religion chowder66 Jul 2016 #29
All good. GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #34
Thx, you too! nt chowder66 Jul 2016 #35
That's a bit of a 'no true scotsman'. n/t X_Digger Jul 2016 #36
I'm not sure if you saw my edit but chowder66 Jul 2016 #37
Not an ambush Johnny2X2X Jul 2016 #15
There was no people shooting at each other. LisaL Jul 2016 #51
The NRA and freepers don't know it. IronLionZion Jul 2016 #16
Right wingers openly talk about their hatred of government Democat Jul 2016 #18
Blows the NRA Mantra HockeyMom Jul 2016 #30
Police Chief and mayor of Dallas came out against good guys with guns IronLionZion Jul 2016 #31
Nonviolence is the best way to go. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #26
You do know Gandhi was racist right? NobodyHere Jul 2016 #32
I believe he was... Deuce Jul 2016 #43
which makes me wonder how much this really is related to BLM yurbud Jul 2016 #40
This thread... Wednesdays Jul 2016 #42
"Fighting brutality by the authorities with violent retribution always backfires." Tell that to the Rex Jul 2016 #47
George Washington... LuckyTheDog Jul 2016 #49
Voting and spending are the ways to effect change....NOT violence. MoonRiver Jul 2016 #48
Well stated. NaturalHigh Jul 2016 #58
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