"Free Speech For Me, But not For Thee"

[jumjum]

Yeah, I've heard of recreate68, and they are in Denver. But so far there have been a couple of pathetic marches. Maybe the security has done such a good job they have nothing to recrate68 with?

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

Originally Posted by jumjum

Yeah, I've heard of recreate68, and they are in Denver. But so far there have been a couple of pathetic marches. Maybe the security has done such a good job they have nothing to recrate68 with?

Or maybe these massive raging protests that they want would require the US antiwar movement to grow some balls first, something that they currently lack.

[Lobo]

well, to be an antiwar dude in USA one needs to have a couple of big cojones, so mega...er...shut up

Ah...and The FoX(y lady) to the gulag, indeed

[zuiquan1]

Originally Posted by Archimonde0_0

People make me laugh, simpletons.

Indeed. Humans are such simple creatures.....

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

Originally Posted by Lobo

well, to be an antiwar dude in USA one needs to have a couple of big cojones, so mega...er...shut up

Erm no. It takes precious little cojones to make a lot of people walk around in the street wearing tie dye shirts and scream at people.

It's not like this is some dictatorship where they are at risk of being shot or something.

[Von Mudra]

Oh trust me Lobo. It does not take cojones to be an anti-war protester here. In fact, it prob takes more to be a pro-war protester, I've had friends get assaulted for showing up to anti-war protests with a pro-war sign, even I got verbal threats for questioning a speaker at a pro-Hezbollah protest on campus here. Plus don't forget all the lawsuits they like to file against people with different opinions.

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

Speaking of supporting Islamic militant groups, here's one group's sign outside the DNC convention:



Muqtada al-Sadr???

[Lobo]

I bet anti-war protesters can report the same kind of anecdotes. Stefan can talk you about one of his friends, ask him...and he really had a point to be anti-war, unlike the average patriotic ofender

Mega, you like to prejudge people, you will likely learn nothing, but well, you are so full of yourself that I guess you don't care

[[WDW]Megaraptor]

Protesters at the Democratic convention take a low-key approach - Los Angeles Times

Denver's looming protests caused much anxiety. Authorities said they wanted to respect the 1st Amendment rights of demonstrators but were wary of the provocative name of the protest coordinating committee -- the name Recreate 68 partly refers to bloody protests at 1968's Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Activists complained that the city's designated protest area -- a cordoned-off part of the parking lot at the Pepsi Center, far from where delegates enter -- was designed to stifle dissent.

Sunday was the first test: an antiwar march that was supposed to draw up to 25,000 people. About 1,000 showed and marched peacefully to the convention site, where police allowed an impromptu sit-in.

On Monday, about 300 people eventually gathered at the park in front of the state Capitol and marched through busy downtown streets to the federal courthouse, where they held a rally against torture and in support of "political prisoners" such as Native American activist Leonard Peltier.

Heh. Some big rally. But don't worry, they say they are coming for real later!

Activists say that events later in the week could become more intense and focused on civil disobedience such as blocking traffic or events.

"You're going to see escalations on both sides," Ward Churchill, a controversial former University of Colorado professor who was fired after he compared Sept. 11 victims to Nazis, said before the march Monday. "The convention hasn't even started yet."

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"I'm protesting torture but I'm hoping Obama ends it for us," she said, acknowledging that many local activists are being low-key. "If I was at the [Republican National Convention], I'd be all out."

Heh OK. So the REAL rioting is coming tomorrow or next week or next month sometime. I get it.

[Moose12]

I like the last line "If I was at the [Republican National Convention], I'd be all out." It seems it doesn't matter which political party it is, they're gonna be difficult at both conventions. She just happens to like the Dems a little more so she's taking a low key approach to the protests, but she's still fucking protesting.