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In reply to the discussion: The Brutal Suppression Of OWS Proves That The Rich & Business Will Tolerate No Dissent [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)68. "facts are facts"
You're not offering facts, you're offering accusations.
OWS is stronger than ever? If saying that makes you feel better, go for it.
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TheMastersNemesis
May 2013
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"DOJ and local officials continue to hunt down anyone associated or even meeting under OWS banner. "
geek tragedy
May 2013
#1
You must have missed the brutal attacks on peaceful protesters, the near murder of two
sabrina 1
May 2013
#4
Do you believe the the Obama DOJ is trying to "hunt down anyone associated with OWS?"
geek tragedy
May 2013
#5
Another DUer who follows Alex Jones? Some advice, seek out reliable sources if you
sabrina 1
May 2013
#7
Contrary to a lot of myth-making on the paranoid left, there has been no evidence
geek tragedy
May 2013
#8
Really? I get the impression, mostly from what you write, that you have unfounded fears of
sabrina 1
May 2013
#16
I have no fear of Democrats who are outspoken about the many serious problems
geek tragedy
May 2013
#18
The paranoid right is and always has been wrong about everything. The 'paranoid left' oth, is
sabrina 1
May 2013
#41
OWS is stronger than ever, now winning every battle in court, succeeding in what our government
sabrina 1
May 2013
#63
I haven't seen you offer anything other than your own opinion. And attacks on the 'left'.
sabrina 1
May 2013
#71
You stated an opinion, that is not a factual claim. I saw a Brontosaurus, and a Tryrannosaurus
sabrina 1
May 2013
#84
Climb back in your denial bubble. It's hard to recognize proof with your fingers in you ears and
rhett o rick
May 2013
#144
Looks like if you are a real terrorist you can't get your name on a no-fly list. But if you
sabrina 1
May 2013
#3
Yes I agree. They need to start facing reality and facts rather than living in a state of denial.
sabrina 1
May 2013
#42
We also have the type of brutalization of Americans that we have never seen before by
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#38
In a literal sense, "we" have not. Our predecessors have, but "we" have not.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#97
Okay, if one wants to limit it to a self-serving description of how they have had it so
jtuck004
May 2013
#102
At least I didn't use the word "we" without knowing what I was talking about.
jtuck004
May 2013
#116
You already admitted at #102 that, at most, you "have read, seen pictures, and spoken with people
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#117
Democrats wouldn't do it either. It has always been experience as a democrat that our party
sabrina 1
May 2013
#60
Yes, they did, they were generally pretty obvious. I remember a more 'famous' example of that
sabrina 1
May 2013
#70
Well, how dare those homeless people find a place to 'hang'. OWS fed the homeless, provided
sabrina 1
May 2013
#44
That is an EXCELLENT article, but I wouldn't say that Occupy destroyed themselves;
factsarenotfair
May 2013
#64
I'm sure those who ended up nearly dead, including Iraq veterans, have a fairly good idea of what
sabrina 1
May 2013
#47
It was surreal to watch middle class cops beating middle class protesters while the rich
JaneyVee
May 2013
#21
The highest median state income in America is $70,000. Wall St almost triples that.
JaneyVee
May 2013
#29
Who said the morons on the balcony lived there? They party there, that doesn't mean they live
sabrina 1
May 2013
#51
I know I live in Manhattan. It can be expensive. But you save money in other ways.
JaneyVee
May 2013
#32
The median income for America is about $40,000, that includes rich & poor. Do you
JaneyVee
May 2013
#40
someone making 25 million in NYC lives on Central Park or somewhere w/river view not in Wall Street.
KittyWampus
May 2013
#49
No one said the cocktail partiers lived on Wall St. They were partying on Wall St. when they
sabrina 1
May 2013
#65
The rich, of course, make most of their money from capital gains. The $188,000/yr figure
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#39
Maybe camping in public parks and crapping in the streets was the real problem.
badtoworse
May 2013
#22
From what I could see, the OWS people behaved like they were the only ones with rights.
badtoworse
May 2013
#142
You are correct, that is because many progressives have left so it seems like there are more of
sabrina 1
May 2013
#67
Sorry to say, but Occupy was a party in the park, and not only was DOJ not interested, but
Tarheel_Dem
May 2013
#74
And the claims of sexual assault in the park didn't do much to endear the "movement" either.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2013
#108
Occupy was the fucking Tea Party. Ron Paul? Give me a fucking break. Fake assed libertarian.....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2013
#89
You should've given the spiel to the Occupier assholes who boo'd John Lewis off the stage. Loyalty
Tarheel_Dem
May 2013
#94
I guess the difference between us is, I never considered OWS as "our own", and neither did they.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2013
#104
Have at it! I'm just amazed that anyone still thinks OWS is relevant outside the minds of OWS!
Tarheel_Dem
May 2013
#112
Anyone with an elementary understanding of the political process could have predicted what happened
badtoworse
May 2013
#113
They are not dealing with the post mortem in a realistic way. Much like Alex Jones, they blame.....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2013
#134
"we hate capitalism" and "we love weed". That definitely is not the foundation for......
Tarheel_Dem
May 2013
#143
Yet there are 1000s of anti-govermental and anti-Democratic posts on the open internet
graham4anything
May 2013
#82
No... i'm pretty sure if the Tea Party setup vagrant encampments on major thoroughfares
Sen. Walter Sobchak
May 2013
#106
And the reaction of DU to this Occupy thread proves how far DU has drifted
BelgianMadCow
May 2013
#119
There's a whole forum for Occupy b.s. You come into General, and you're gonna get dissent.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2013
#127
Kinda like the American people were fooled by the teabaggers, for a while. Their popularity now....
Tarheel_Dem
May 2013
#133