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BlueJessamine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 10:54 AM Original message |
Disorderly Conduct: Conversation About Gates Arrest Precedes Arrest |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. this is very different from the Gates case |
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dogtag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. How utterly charming. |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. You forgot the sarcas, tag, right? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. I agree that it's very different, though I disagree that Tuma and Gates have different agenda. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. Gates had no agenda, period. And pissing off a cop is not against the law. |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
70. All cops-n-training should have a "psychological hardening" training |
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The abyss (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. No - it would only result in robots |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
57. Gates' agenda was to go to bed after a long flight. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. +1. But, whatever happened to freedom of speech? Since when is chanting in public against the law? |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. It is pride elevated to hubris. But it is unwise to taunt anyone who holds power over you. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I thought We the People... |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Absolutely! But you want sympathy when police persecute you. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. As the Gates brouhaha shows clearly.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
63. +1 Just like the birthers will always have more questions, no matter who shows what to them. |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
71. Anyone who DOES say that is a piece of shit, anyhow. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
60. No. What you want is freedom from persecution by the police. Right is right and wrong |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. True, but lack of wisdom is not a crime, either. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. I agree that this arrest was "stupid." But, Tuma isn't very bright, either. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Not very bright? |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. +1 |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I guess you didn't read my whole post. |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. If anybody gives up their rights, they give them up for all. n/t |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Whatever. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. US troops take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Yeah, I'm suggesting that. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Good, that's what I thought.. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
67. Good Gawd Almighty. Did you not see the sarcasm smiley? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. Yes, you are suggesting exactly that. You just don't get that you are. |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. No. I'm not. You just don't get that I'm not. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
47. Actually, you did suggest that he should have not have opened his mouth in the presence of cops. If |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 08:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
68. Free speech |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. My bad... |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Exercising those pesky 1st Ammendment rights? Horrible! |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. There is a huge difference between Gates and Tuma |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. My entire point is... |
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Skipperoo (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. The fight to "observe" predates gays by a long shot. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
65. I didn't say they invented it, I said they fought for it. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. Dup. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Gates did not behave childishly and people do have a right to taunt |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. But, if a cop treats you like shit during a traffic stop, or whatever, |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
8. I am suspicious of police and for limiting of their power, but |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. And don't forget, keep your hair short! |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
52. If speech makes a cop feel the situation is not in his control, that is his problem. A poster |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-31-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #52 |
73. my comments only applied to people who just want the cop to go away |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. try chanting 'i hate lawyers' while pepin is speaking in court |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Do you know the difference between a street and a courtroom? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
54. Apples and oranges. Chanting in court disrupts the proceedings because the judge, witnesses, etc. . |
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nbcouch (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Gulag DC |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Change the players. |
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nbcouch (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I'm not particularly interested |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Then you aren't really interested in reason. |
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nbcouch (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Of course I am |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. But that is the function of the hypothetical in my post. What Tuma did, would be dangerous .... |
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nbcouch (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. If a frog had wings |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. You're saying that the police should have exercised discretion. |
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nbcouch (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. No, I'm not |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
61. Baloney. Dealing with what actually happened, rather than with some totally different |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Err.. this is U Street |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. That's what I thought. But I guess if you're from Great Falls, it's "hip" |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Getting arrested for taunting officers right next to Ben's Chili Bowl |
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Skipperoo (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. How about really changing the players... |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That's way different. Back to your kitchen woman!!! |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Excellent point. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
58. You're right. It's not the same thing at all. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
55. Many people who post here regularly are not Democrats, let along Progressives. They're just |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. Quite the dumbass. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Probably to win a large settlement in court.. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. I wish I was the judge. I'd toss his case because his name is Pepin. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I find your attitude completely unsurprising.. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 04:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Dupe, self delete.. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
62. Gee, maybe he believes the Constitution? Was he dumb, or was he brave? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
64. The D.C. cops were not worried about disturbing the peace. This was cop macho. |
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The abyss (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-30-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
66. Recommend |
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