Her quote states the "world" needs to be liberated from American culture, not just contained within America. In other words, completely wiped out. I don't like the OMG America is #1 jazz hands BS, but her quote to me clearly states she wants the entire world rid of American culture and values.
An Iraq war veteran has a fractured skull and brain swelling after allegedly being hit by a police projectile.
Jay Finneburgh, a photographer who was covering the protest, published pictures of Olsen lying on the ground.
"This poor guy was right behind me when he was hit in the head with a police projectile. He went down hard and did not get up," Finneburgh wrote.
This. At no point has Lasn ever limited his criticism to the culture spreading "outside the US." That was just Craig spinning his statement in an effort to defend one of his anti-American heroes.Her quote states the "world" needs to be liberated from American culture, not just contained within America. In other words, completely wiped out. I don't like the OMG America is #1 jazz hands BS, but her quote to me clearly states she wants the entire world rid of American culture and values.
damn wtf kind of "projectile" did the police launch? shoot out a gas canister or something and catch the dude in the head?
tear gas
something like this:
Watch the video.
Police: "You must leave now. We declare this an unlawful assembly."
Protestors: "Derp, derp derp."
Police: "Seriously. Leave now or we will use chemicals on you."
Protestors: "Derp, derp derp."
Police: "Again we will seriously use chemicals on you. Leave now."
Protestors: "Derp, derp derp."
Police: "Last warning. See those 'guns' the officers have, they are tear gas launchers. Now we kindly ask again that you leave."
Protestors: "Derp, derp derp."
...
Protestors: "Cough, cough, cough."
YES!!!! This is good to see. It's about time the police started getting some backbone and taking action against these America hating morons who wanted to see Saddam remain in power, who want to see our own troops go without critical supplies.
If ever there was a justified use of force, this one was it. The police made the correct call. These so-called war protestors (America protestors, really) were illegally interfering with a private business which was shipping supplies to our own service men and women over-seas. Under the sedition act, this is treason during a time of war....not to mention criminal and amoral. They were directly threatening other human beings. The police did EXACTLY what they should have done. Only in America is non-lethal force really used with such great caution. Any other country would have shot these traitors…no questions asked.
Ironic how these morons are protesting the very country that gives them the freedom to protest and to even violate the law with willing acts of treason such as this, and stay alive to do it. Ask the Chinese what they think of rubber bullets….Can you say Tiananmen Square anyone? And Nazis? I don’t think so. The Nazis would have lined them up single file and shot them with one bullet so that they wouldn’t waste any ammunition.
Here we have a time of national emergency, when the first responders such as police could be needed to respond to a terrorist threat, and these protestors are sapping those resources. In other words, by constantly absorbing the attention of the police, they are making areas more vulnerable to terrorism, not to mention, costing the city tremendous amounts of money (which could be going towards security) and diverting resources away from real crime. In fact, it honestly could be said these protestors work for terrorists and regimes such as Saddam Husseins (past tense) against America. They are anti-capitalism, anti-America, anti-military and would prevent our troops from being supplied, if they could.
You are damn right they should be shot with rubber bullets for these crimes.....at the very least.
Protesters should always assemble only where, when, and how they are directed to by the police and governmental authorities. This should work really well.
I don't care about your plight, man. If some dude with a shotgun walks on *my* lawn and tells me to leave or he's gonna blow my head off -- imma fucking leave.
Common sense, people.
I have no idea what point you are trying to make. People should always comply when threatened?
Here's a picture I posted of a protester shot by the Oakland Police under Bush, protesting the Iraq war:
But perhaps more informative is the first post replying to that photo that year.
I just posted to Palehorse that he made 'predictable mindless attacks of anti-Americanism against real patriots who protest wrongs'. Sound familiar?
I don't care about your plight, man. If some dude with a shotgun walks on *my* lawn and tells me to leave or he's gonna blow my head off -- imma fucking leave.
Common sense, people.
Not necessarily. Just don't act surprised when you end up in harm's way.
And?
People know the risks when they don't follow the rule of law.
Once you are given a command by police you have 2 options, follow the command or get your ass kicked. Pretty straightforward.
The job of the police is to uphold the rule of law not carter to those who break it.
Anyone who doesn't follow the commands of an officer is at fault for whatever happens next.
Who is? If anything, this works to the protesters' advantage most likely. Police overreaction to these protests has been a godsend for the movement. Strangely, the cops haven't yet realized this.
Then Martin Luther King recruited black children - even the parents couldn't be bothered to protest - to march and Bull Conner used dogs and fire hoses on them.
Who is? If anything, this works to the protesters' advantage most likely. Police overreaction to these protests has been a godsend for the movement. Strangely, the cops haven't yet realized this.