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In reply to the discussion: If They Arrest The Motherfucker The "Rioting" Will Stop! [View all]Captain Stern
(2,201 posts)36. The people that are burning and looting aren't protesters. They are opportunistic criminals.
There are people that are actually protesting an injustice, but they aren't the ones burning down their neighbor's stores and stealing their neighbor's things. They are two different groups of people.
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i dint see 'rioting' on live streams. just citizens exercizing 1A and getting assaulted.
KG
Aug 2014
#1
I dont give a rats ass if you dont agree. Even people committed to civil rights know
Solomon
Aug 2014
#5
We all want the policeman who assassinated Michael Brown brought to justice.
Baitball Blogger
Aug 2014
#9
Civil rights and Justice never come easy in the US. The people know the system is corrupt
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#35
The only reason all the marching around with signs, going to jail, and getting the hoses and dogs
TheKentuckian
Aug 2014
#29
Agree! This occurs all the time, planted provocateurs. The "system" does not play nicely. That
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#37
Unfortunately, yes. Trust me, your post got looked at and if you hadn't asked the question ...
marble falls
Nov 2014
#71
People are still derailing threads that way today? I thought they'd learned in earlier threads.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#6
You still dont get it do you. Because its not happening to you. There is no way I can express to y
Solomon
Aug 2014
#10
This. So, so much this. Fuck the "turn the other cheek" milquetoast pacifists.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#22
Not at all. But I believe that both "moderate" and more radical voices are needed.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#59
In the photo of him on the street there is no blood on the back of his shirt
Travis_0004
Aug 2014
#57
I honestly feel that without the rioting, the murder would have been swept under the rug,
djean111
Aug 2014
#27
Can't talk about that! That ruins the final fall back position of "ONE BAD APPLE!"
TheKentuckian
Aug 2014
#32
That's another thing the rioting accomplished - we know about the entire bushel of bad apples,
djean111
Aug 2014
#33
The people that are burning and looting aren't protesters. They are opportunistic criminals.
Captain Stern
Aug 2014
#36
It does take many forms, including self-destructive ones. Sad, but I understand why it happens.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#63
"Media is a key instrument of subjugation because it determines which acts are respectable
nomorenomore08
Aug 2014
#60