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In reply to the discussion: The problem isn't that they burned it, its that they STOLE it! [View all]Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)45. I agree.
Once they agree to a wrong (trespassing was wrong) and move on, they can move onto dealing with the infiltration. Oakland has always been a location where there has been some suspicion of an infiltration due to violence. OWS in NYC and OWS was always peaceful until Oakland.
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It has nothing to do with me. Explain if you will, how a Democrat can disparage OWS?
rhett o rick
Jan 2012
#10
I am not disparaging OWS. I am disparaging the acts of a few people involved in the OWS movement.
renie408
Jan 2012
#21
It doesnt sound like you understood my post. I did not condone the behavior. I stated
rhett o rick
Jan 2012
#22
That's what I've been saying - protestors or infiltrators is one issue. Theft and destruction,...
HopeHoops
Jan 2012
#3
Yep. The cops at City Hall stood by and did NOTHING. Meanwhile their fellow officers...
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#51
But Big Corporations Busting Into American Lives And STEALING EVERYTHING Is Ok?
HangOnKids
Jan 2012
#11
No, actually I don't know enough about that to speculate or say that you are wrong in
renie408
Jan 2012
#23
Oh, man...maybe I can get behind that 'logic'. Can you imagine how much faster
renie408
Jan 2012
#30
Yes. Obviously they are exactly equivalent and that was the precise point I was trying to make.
renie408
Jan 2012
#16
So, the KKK can destroy stuff in the MLK memorial because they are taxpayers and it was
renie408
Jan 2012
#25
Female prisoners in Saturday's arrests were made to pee in front of male OPD
Starry Messenger
Jan 2012
#33
The police are an organized gang with orders to brutalize, humiliate, violently attack, and arrest..
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#50
No, the problem is that this ridiculous non-issue is dominating the discussion
sibelian
Jan 2012
#40
And the near unanimous disregard for the 100s of PEACEFUL protesters who were arrested.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#48
There were far more that 400. 400 is the number of PEACEFUL protesters who were kettled & arrested.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#47
Fuck it if I am going to smear thousands with the actions of a few. Yes. It was wrong.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2012
#46
The way things are going - stealing a flag compared to fighting against a dismal future
slay
Jan 2012
#53
Expensive flag. Guys wearing army boots. No long hair. 90s clothes. No one arrested.
sudopod
Feb 2012
#58
This thread deserves to be trashed for comparing Occupy Wall Street to the Tea Klan.nt
EFerrari
Feb 2012
#59