An antiwar protester is detained by police at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul Minnesota on August 31, 2008. (Photo: Reuters)
Source: Truthout
That lady is my new hero.
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Peaceful protests are good. What I don't like hearing are the reports of protesters using violent or disgusting tactics such as throwing urine filled plastic bags, urine bombs. Those people are losers.
Thanks tornadoes28, good points.
Well, this old lady was just there to try to make her voice heard. "Anti-war" is a very powerful message. They might not like it. They could detain you. Let's hope we are not going to see this happen elsewhere.
The violent protesters are often led by government "agents provocateurs" - used to incite others in to joining them so that the government can crack down and make everyone look bad. Should you think I am being a "conspiracy theorist" do some reading about the FBI's "Cointelpro" programs in the 60's and 70's which were revealed in Senate hearings (the Church Report).
If we don't study history, the world is a mystery.
"Careful men! She has a bottle of spring water. You know what will happen if any of that gets on our leader, the Wicked Witch of the West!"
Yes, you are being a conspiracy theorist. You are delusional pandabonium.
I am confused. This blog is one of Pandabonium's blogs and Martin is a team member.
Martin commented above and then there is a comment from Pandabonium. Who is who?
tornadoes, sorry if there is any confusion here.
I posted this after seeing the photo over at Isis, and confirming the source as Truthout. I hope a lot of us will show this image, and think about democracy.
- Martin J. Frid
Tornadoes28 - Kurashi is Martin's blog. While I am a team member, I only occasionally write a post here, as I spend most of my blogging time with my own blog, Pacific Islander.
This post was done by Martin and I happened to comment.
Got it? Cheers.
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