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Serious Violence, Sir, Is Quite Possible Now The Magistrate Mar 2013 #1
NOTHING more scary than well armed evangelical socialists. Mika Mar 2013 #3
Those Fellows, Ma'am, Were More A Danger To Themselves Than To Others The Magistrate Mar 2013 #9
From the first, the oligarchy's organized opposition has committed to their own violence Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #42
actually he did sabbat hunter Mar 2013 #54
Remember the massacre of over 3,000 people which preceded that coup from the same President Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #56
Yes I do sabbat hunter Mar 2013 #102
Funny how no one thought these guys had 2nd Amendment rights. No NRA to support them. nt kelliekat44 Mar 2013 #103
You betcha. bemildred Mar 2013 #21
Violence Generally is, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2013 #29
From what I understand unreadierLizard Mar 2013 #2
How is that possible with so many guns? harmonicon Mar 2013 #4
"Civilians are only authorized to hold .22 rifles and shotguns" slackmaster Mar 2013 #11
It's a good thing that so many people are standing up for their god-given rights and bucking... harmonicon Mar 2013 #12
Why are you still harping on this? Threedifferentones Mar 2013 #22
Here's a thing you may have missed in your lessons on sarcasm: harmonicon Mar 2013 #27
Sarcasm, right? lark Mar 2013 #107
They've prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol for the next week, until the funeral/mourning MADem Mar 2013 #20
Jesus with a gun Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #5
right, because chavez either painted that himself or commissioned someone to paint it.. frylock Mar 2013 #7
Haters of what exactly? Please be specific. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #8
the democratic process? socialism? you tell me.. frylock Mar 2013 #30
I don't know what to say if you don't find that image deeply disturbing. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #34
i'm still trying to understand chavez's culpability in the creation of this image.. frylock Mar 2013 #36
Oh come off it Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #44
Please go ahead and post some information on these people Hugo Chavez has murdered. Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #45
Your HRW's reputation precedes your reference, of COURSE. Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #46
Pedigree Tells On Occasion, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2013 #47
HRW came out of Helsinki Watch Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #50
Well acquainted with their origin. I've posted articles on them for well over 10 years, Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #52
Like I said, you either choose to trust them or take the word of the Venezuelan government. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #53
His record is what we ALL, including the distinguished people who sent the HRW censure, regard Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #57
Another example of their work Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #59
Hard to avoid acknowledging Guatemala and torture, after all the history, isn't it? Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #60
So when you make the pilgrimage to the shrine of St. Hugo the Stuffed Zorro Mar 2013 #61
What????? Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #74
the cops just barbecued a man here in california.. frylock Mar 2013 #48
The police are officials of the government. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2013 #49
What do you think about Saint Constantine? JDPriestly Mar 2013 #58
Haters of anything that defies the global system of predatory capitalism. ronnie624 Mar 2013 #32
word up frylock Mar 2013 #37
True talking, honey! bitchkitty Mar 2013 #39
Thanks, ronnie624 Mar 2013 #41
It also very well sums up the Tea Party and the reactionary right here at home. bemildred Mar 2013 #26
Obviously you do not remember the Standard Oil rule of that country. jwirr Mar 2013 #31
They're Law-Abiding Respectable Gun Owners. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #6
They're called self defense militias and EVERY left wing revolution........ socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #10
Oh, bullshit. harmonicon Mar 2013 #13
Behind every Gandhi, there are 1,000 armed peasants... David__77 Mar 2013 #14
And In Gandhi's Case, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2013 #18
And I've always though of Chavez as an armed thug and not a Gandhi. Pterodactyl Mar 2013 #62
I want my leaders to attack peaceful, but defend with force. David__77 Mar 2013 #63
Why would you want them to attack the peaceful? Pterodactyl Mar 2013 #64
Typo: "attack peacefully." David__77 Mar 2013 #66
We call those paramilitary groups when we don't like them. joshcryer Mar 2013 #75
It depends on who they support and who provides funding for them.......... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #85
The boligarchs are decidedly capitalist. joshcryer Mar 2013 #105
Every democratically elected president needs a private army hack89 Mar 2013 #82
When you show me a socialist revolution that....... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #84
Every socialist revolution needs a second admendment hack89 Mar 2013 #88
Yep. Until the capitalists STOP undermining them at every turn...... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #89
There are many here that believe that only the government should have guns hack89 Mar 2013 #92
I haven't followed your take on the gun debate, BUT...... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #94
No, the "wild card" is the coup-mongers - will they move? David__77 Mar 2013 #15
Good for them because the thugs can't wait to dismantle all their gains n/t Catherina Mar 2013 #16
What the mother-loving EFF!? How are we going to topple their govt. with assholes like these? Poll_Blind Mar 2013 #17
Awesome PB. "Unlike Allende, we're armed." Catherina Mar 2013 #24
Wait. Guns in the hands of random yahoos is a good thing now? I can't keep up. Throd Mar 2013 #19
Not random yahoos. ronnie624 Mar 2013 #33
In other words, random yahoos. Throd Mar 2013 #90
So if a working class militia are "random yahoos"..... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #91
"paid random yahoos" Throd Mar 2013 #93
So "paid random yahoos" are OK?.......... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #95
Of course not Throd Mar 2013 #96
Why do you call that the "probable scenario"?......... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #97
Because the true believers always view any opposing idea as a counterattack Throd Mar 2013 #98
No need to create an enemy in this particular case....... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #99
the article fails to mention the 2002 coup Enrique Mar 2013 #23
EXACTLY! There's also something of a history...... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #25
Not Really Defeated Without Guns, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2013 #28
Armed people become a wild card. Unarmed people can be ignored...nt Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #35
The armed forces imported to Venezuela from Colombia to murder Chavez Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #43
worrisome booley Mar 2013 #38
I had a Chavista once from the pizza joint near my house. Arkana Mar 2013 #40
OK...here we have a predication being invented for U.S. intervention. Ken Burch Mar 2013 #51
My immediate impression, too, when I saw this headline long before it was posted here. Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #55
Thanks. and I'll amend it to "the continuation of a predication". Ken Burch Mar 2013 #65
My god, I just got back and looked at my post and saw I wrote "wrong" meaning "right". Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #67
It's all good...you are one of the most eloquent posters on DU. Ken Burch Mar 2013 #73
do you really think Obama is that stupid? He did not go to Harvard & become president on his rich wordpix Mar 2013 #69
Uh...Honduras?... Ken Burch Mar 2013 #72
Are you seriously saying Obama was behind the coup in Honduras? ButterflyBlood Mar 2013 #77
Jesus w/a machine gun, reminds me of our RWnut religious fundies wordpix Mar 2013 #68
Based on that mural, these people are wackos and have no idea what Jesus is all about. Pterodactyl Mar 2013 #70
Apparently you don't grasp it's painted in a barrio, like our own "slums" Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #71
apparently you don't grasp an analogy wordpix Mar 2013 #83
Poor people who are armed are less easy to destroy. The oligarchy wants power back. Selatius Mar 2013 #76
If this was about some armed Tea Party militia, I have a feeling the comments would be different ButterflyBlood Mar 2013 #78
The Venezuelan shantytown dwellers in the hills above Caracas were slaughtered Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #79
This Is Nonesense, Sir: The Value Of Violence Is the End It Seeks The Magistrate Mar 2013 #80
And if I may add to your thoughts here..... socialist_n_TN Mar 2013 #87
The arms aren't a real source of power. napoleon_in_rags Mar 2013 #81
Hi ya, napoleon in rags... JackRiddler Mar 2013 #100
To me its a reference to homeless mentally ill. napoleon_in_rags Mar 2013 #104
I see! JackRiddler Mar 2013 #106
That's interesting, I didn't know that. napoleon_in_rags Mar 2013 #108
What a pleasure to read your thoughts... JackRiddler Mar 2013 #109
I'm glad you like that idea. napoleon_in_rags Mar 2013 #110
Thanks again! JackRiddler Mar 2013 #111
If any people needed a militia to protect themselves from their would be conquerors Exultant Democracy Mar 2013 #86
Preemptive AP propaganda to defend a possible coup d'etat... JackRiddler Mar 2013 #101
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