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baldguy

(36,649 posts)
1. That is a video of an unwarranted assault by out-of-control police on PEACEFUL protesters
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 01:25 PM
Feb 2012

exercising their First Amendment rights in a public space.

If this is "suicide", It's akin to a suicide having their hands tied behind their back & being shot in the head.

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
2. and weren't the initial reports (before the video actually was carried by the MSM) that the cops
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 01:32 PM
Feb 2012

were "defending themselves" from an "attack"?

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
3. Let the sun shine in--
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 01:47 PM
Feb 2012

The fact that the vid is out there everywhere is a classic example of the failure of the goon tactics that have always served them so well in the past. The antidote to their lies about us is to keep showing the truth about them.

The sun never sets on the New Revolution.

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
5. I think you may be misinterpreting
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 02:02 PM
Feb 2012

It's a commentary on the foolish idea that OWS "commited suicide" A multi-layered commentary that is pro-OWS and anti suicide-meme.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
7. LOL!
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 02:03 PM
Feb 2012

I know what you mean...the disruptors here are getting so mad that they cannot just shut the conversation down about OWS. Pathetic lot.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
9. All non-violent resistance movements are about suicidal acts
Sun Feb 5, 2012, 02:06 PM
Feb 2012

Our willingness to put our beliefs on the line (willingness to die) versus your willingness to react (to kill) to stop us.

Gees. Get a grip. In this case the courageous act of creating the dilemma is the main point.

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