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> Civil liberties and free speech are supposed to be the cornerstone of American democracy and yada yada, but people suddenly feel extremely threatened when peo
by elemenohpee 14y ago
> Civil liberties and free speech are supposed to be the cornerstone of American democracy and yada yada, but people suddenly feel extremely threatened when people want to exercise them.
Notice the government doesn't get their panties in a bunch over the Westboro church, or Tea Party townhalls, but turn your attention towards the plutocrats and suddenly there's riot police in the street. The fact that the government feels threatened lends credence to their critique.
- hnal943 14y agoThere's no reports of rampant drug use and rape at tea party rallies.
- mkr-hn 14y agoYou're saying something doesn't exist on one side of a thing and implying it does on another without explicitly stating it. What do you hope to achieve with this?
- elemenohpee 14y agoWith a straight face, you're going to tell me that the reason there was such a brutal crackdown on OWS was that people were smoking pot and there were isolated incidents of rape? Also keep in mind that the Tea Partiers were carrying around assault rifles. Yeah I'm not buying it.