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gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
40. I responded in the wrong place
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 10:40 PM
Nov 2014

I got your point. I agree with you. I am not understanding how some folks think protest is supposed to be convenient for drivers.

I have no sympathy for the assholes... SoapBox Nov 2014 #1
100% agree with you Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #5
So you're not really criticizing the tactic of blocking roads, merely criticizing how KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #17
I believe Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #23
There's someone idiotic and moronic here and it sure ain't the protesters. - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #24
Roads are for cars Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #26
Happy Thanksgiving denbot Nov 2014 #27
Said Alabama Governor George Wallace to John Lewis, prior to marchers KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #28
Nice try Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #29
Post removed Post removed Nov 2014 #30
You mighty ant to tell that Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #31
every day i'm stuck behind slow drivers, obstructing traffic for no good reason. uncle ray Nov 2014 #8
Do you have any sympathy for the Brown family? Or are you just a stone-cold KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #16
They probably did, if you are asking seriously. /nt Ash_F Nov 2014 #44
from the article tomm2thumbs Nov 2014 #2
If you dont block traffic the day before thanksgiving, you probably wont be in jail on thanksgiving. Travis_0004 Nov 2014 #3
Thanks for the words TBF Nov 2014 #4
They deserve to be in jail Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #6
Darren Wilson is the person who TBF Nov 2014 #7
Possibly but blocking streets in LA Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #9
Possibly? TBF Nov 2014 #10
Yes possibly Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #11
From the comments you've made TBF Nov 2014 #12
No it's you that does not get it Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #13
if they protested in a park do you think they would get as much media attention? orleans Nov 2014 #43
My, aren't you precious? - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author U4ikLefty Nov 2014 #25
Wow! just WOW!! Howler Nov 2014 #14
The only reason my wife and I were not among them last night is that my wife KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #18
They always ALWAYS Howler Nov 2014 #20
We went to a stationary protest at Santa Monica City Hall the night the KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #22
LA TIMES: More than 300 arrested in 3 days of Ferguson protests in L.A. proverbialwisdom Nov 2014 #15
Wow! YAY!!!! Howler Nov 2014 #21
Criticizing these protesters for blocking traffic? Mr_Jefferson_24 Nov 2014 #32
My wife and I would have been among those arrested, save that my wife has a disability that KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #33
My hat is off to you... Mr_Jefferson_24 Nov 2014 #34
It creates some weird tensions when one is in a relationship with someone KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #36
Seems to me you ARE in Ferguson in spirit if not physicality... Mr_Jefferson_24 Nov 2014 #38
If not this tactic than what? gwheezie Nov 2014 #35
Something in the wording of my OP may have miscommunicated my thoughts. I endorse KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #37
I responded in the wrong place gwheezie Nov 2014 #40
Frederick Douglass said it best, way back in 1857: KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #42
Some were released in time for Thanksgiving dinner: LiberalElite Nov 2014 #39
That's a 180 from the gloating and smirking his underlings were doing KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #41
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