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el_bryanto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 08:48 AM
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Poll question: Is political violence in America crazy
i.e. if someone feels the need to engage in political violence are they, by definition, not seeing the world as it really is?

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Leftist Indignation Donating Member (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 10:38 AM
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1. "Violence" is gaining cred, witness "Indignez-vous" selling 600,000
According to the French bestseller of 2010 (still gainingj sales), violence can be a misnomer for exasperation.

This is from 93-yo veteran of the French Resistance, writing in a book that is selling at a rate of 200,000 a month in France. English translation here: http://indignez-vous-cry-out-hessel.blogspot.com/ .

Lots there on persecution of immigrants, destruction of social safety net, and reasons to get angry (Indignez-vous).

A book of only 12 pages, should cost about $4 when it reaches US. This could really shake things up in the US, as it has in France.
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el_bryanto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 10:40 AM
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2. Welcome to DU
Of coures there are plenty of examples of American revolutionary fantasies; why did you select a French one?

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Johonny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-14-11 11:10 AM
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3. crazy or have a clear defined mental illness?
crazy is a word with a board spectrum of casual usage.
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