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In reply to the discussion: If They Arrest The Motherfucker The "Rioting" Will Stop! [View all]Captain Stern
(2,195 posts)51. I don't presume that all burners and looters are animals.
You are wrong for saying that I do.
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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