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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:47 PM Original message |
Why are political activists shunned in this country? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Only the political activists that dont buy Congress are shunned |
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MajorChode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because sometimes they are completely full of shit |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bob Kincaid once said we love pounding those documents and screaming simultaneously at people. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Didn't one of them just get elected President? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. No. But that's a good one! |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Isn't a community organizer a type of activist? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. sarah palin is all over the place. she's not shunned nt |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Because non-violent peaceful civil candlelight protests get infiltrated by COINTELPRO |
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scubadude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-06-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. They aren't paid proper attention because that would give them power. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. you got that right. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. Simple. We equate "democratic" with "popular" when it's anything but. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. This I think is the correct answer. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Brainwashed populace indoctrinated into perceiving reality through an obedient, passive lens |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Because, they're usually troublemakers who threaten the comfortable status quo. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-07-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. because people are taught that 'change' can be achieved thru the ballot box, |
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