Comments for Fox 'News' Taunts Convention Demonstrators; They Respond With On-Air Chants of 'F*** Fox News' »
Posted By jovial 1 year, 2 months ago in NewsThe following video report, as seen live on Fox "News" yesterday, demonstrates that the far-right "news" channel has no clue what the words "raucous", "out of control" or "freedom of speech" actually mean, as "reporter" Griff Jenkins is seen taunting DNC Convention demonstrators, only to receive chants of "F*** Fox News", live on air, in the bargain...
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jovial1 year, 2 months ago
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PatrioticAmerican1 year, 2 months ago
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shows what kind of Morons the protesters are they had their chance to voice their views and concerns and all they can do is utter insults, sounds like the dems and leftists are 1 and the same, stay away from direct questions and go for the insults.
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Goppy1 year, 2 months ago
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They said in the 2nd video why they didn't want the reporter to talk to them. The reporter said "I'm trying to give you equal time" and they stated that they don't want Fox to pick and choose their clips like they do and spin it to make them look bad. I don't blame them. FOX isn't news, it is a circus... but CNN isn't much better.
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Honestly, I was half expecting the protesters to be conservatives since it is the Democratic convention. Do conservatives protest over anything? That is a sincere (albeit perhaps ignorant) question. -
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jdhatl1 year, 2 months ago
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The right wing only wants a debate if they can frame the terms of the debate. They knew what they were getting into, and it was almost exactly what they were trying to have happen, they just weren't counting on the cussing. Anyone who believes the misinformation campaign is living in a dream world. t must be nice, but one day you'll wake up to the real world.
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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What you liberals keep forgetting is the difference between rights and responsibility. People have the right to do and say nasty things as long as they don't hurt others. They however have a responsibility to respect other people. You don't get your message out by acting like a two year old having a temper tantrum. You get your message out bu discussing it respectfully. Do you think the post above by thejoyofwar above will change anyone's mind?
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jovial1 year, 2 months ago
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Did you get your point across respectfully in the comment above, where you started by saying, "You are disgusting. You say people are not human. What kind of a nut job are you. A tree hugger or PETA person that thinks it is OK to bomb people to protect plants and animals?
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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Tell me where I was wrong. He said that any FOX reporters are not human but are creepy disgusting things. Do you think that you can argue intelligently with someone that takes that stance? I was using his own words on him.
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Is it sane to say things like that about a any group of reporters?
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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"What you liberals keep forgetting is the difference between rights and responsibility."
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No, actually I think it's cons who think that the right to freedom of speech means the right to say anything THEY want without being criticized. Cons have a very, very warped concept of freedom of speech which, I think, is the main reason cons are always so fearful, spoiling to see others fight and extremely eager to get their hands on guns. For some reason they don't get the connection between living their lives to antagonize others just for the hell of it and the fact that people despise and want to do major harm to them. Cons just can't seem to make that leap in logic. If only... ;-(-
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dissent1 year, 2 months ago
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I had to laugh at this.....
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fox reporter: what's your message?
protester#1: stop the torture stop the war
protester#2: stop the torture stop the war
group of protester: stop the torture stop the war
fox reporter: do you not believe in freedom of speech?
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djn3nunez31 year, 2 months ago
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BS. A raucous Republican crowd shut down the Fla recount with intimidation and threat of violence, so discussing things is not always the way to get things accomplished, at least for the rabid right.
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Do as I say, not as I do huh?
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tchef1 year, 2 months ago
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Well maybe the Fox reporter should have listened when they told him the first time that they don't want to talk to him. I don't blame them, the way the Fox distorts the news and picks their quotes to discredit those who don't share their ideals I wouldn't want to talk to them either.
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Tangent0011 year, 2 months ago
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If this reporter really wanted to know what their message was, he would have arranged for proper interviews or approached them in their staging area. Wading into a bunch of chanting protesters is a GREAT way to get the sort of chaotic footage Fox adores, but don't try to paint this as a reporter 'just trying to get to the truth'.
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If you watch the footage, when one woman actually gave him an answer: "Stop the torture, stop the war." the reporter replied, "Stop the torture, stop the war. I guess you don't believe in freedom." That isn't taunting? -
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lbrtyordeath1 year, 2 months ago
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Did anyone see Chris Matthews calling out the crazy Hillary supporters at the DNC who were saying Obama went to a Muslim school? Those moronic bimbos just looked him in the eye and said, "We'll send you the info". Then they tried saying this lie was uncovered during a congressional investigation. After some more hardball, they conceded that it was done by a "former" congressional investigator.
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Disinformation spreads like cancer in America these days, proving that Americans would rather here a good story than the truth.
Every day I am amazed at how mind-numbingly STUPID people are.-
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djn3nunez31 year, 2 months ago
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"They didn't respond to what he was asking."
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Of course they did.
"I'm not going to talk to you" is what I heard. Several others stated clearly "Stop the war. Stop the torture" Then of course when the crowd realized it was FakeFox-News they started dogging him....... -
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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They seemed a little surprised @ the crowds reaction to them. LMAO! That's what happens when you leave the la la world of faux news, and step into reality. LOLOL! They've done such a good job of creating a parallel universe, they haven't a clue!
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Tangent0011 year, 2 months ago
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"All reporters do what he did. Put a microphone in peoples face and ask them to comment. "
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Um, no. Most responsible reporters find a reasonable time and place to conduct interviews. Wading into a group of marchers, yelling 'Don't you believe in freedom of speech' is a stunt. It's not journalism. Fox has no interest at all in what the protesters message is. They simply want to discredit them by painting them all as 'unruly' or 'out of control'.-
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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He said one word and the liberals go nuts. Here liberals are ranting things and being totally stupid but it is the reporters fault. All reporters do what he did. Put a microphone in peoples face and ask them to comment. But to liberals here they just got what they deserve. Think about the fact that they just then became the representative people in that demonstration to those who view FOX News. Also keep in mint that FOX has a much higher rating in the news area than anybody else.
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Liberal biased news media is sinking. Why do you think CNN has changed their focus to a more moderate point. With FOX and CNN their news departments generate revenue for the rest of the programming by having top ratings. The MSM though have just felt that the news department is not a revenue generating department. The liberal standard that all follow is slowly sinking. The New York Times keeps losing subscribers. If they want to get new readers they need to change their focus. Somehow I don't think they will and they will slowly fade away into insignificance.-
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miklkit1 year, 2 months ago
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What I saw was a peaceful pre-approved march. Then this guy moves into the middle of it getting in peoples way reaching and grabbing them to talk. They ignored him at first. Did you see how he got in the way of the banner carriers? He was disrupting the march. Those people had to keep moving. There are rules for these things. Then they started venting peacefully but vocally. Good for them. The words and gestures were designed to do 2 things. (1) vent (2) Obscenity isn't allowed on television, so they were depriving him of his footage. Faux noise violated the law by showing it anyway.
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Beau78901 year, 2 months ago
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Oh, Dropkick.
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I'm sure you've given your opinion on the governments of Iraq, Iran and others. Haven't you?
Not that I'd say you don't have the right, or even that freedom of speech is distasteful, as you seem to be implying about Neo.-
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Beau78901 year, 2 months ago
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I've read several interesting articles posted by Neophile about sustainable agriculture and energy, that don't mention US government policy.
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But I don't get your point. You have a bias. He has a bias. And you also comment about other nations' governments.
What's the difference?
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Ratskii1 year, 2 months ago
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Guess I don't understand your interpretation. The reporter started getting in people's faces and demanding that they talk to him. Some of them started getting in his face right back. What do you expect when you go to a demonstration and seek a confrontation. I'm sure he's alright.
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I've been in enough demonstrations to know that if a few demonstrators start to get violent, other demonstrators and parade marshals will move in to calm them down.-
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memestryker1 year, 2 months ago
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You obviously missed the demonstrations that turned into riots of the late 1960s. There was no calming them down, and people who were just trying to stay out of it and get to and from work were attacked.
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Of course, women and blacks really had something to fight for back then, since the laws left them in the dust. Maybe there isn't a group that feels that downtrodden this time around.-
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Ratskii1 year, 2 months ago
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You'll have to be more specific. I'm talking about protest marches where the organizers have permits and trained parade marshals are interspersed through out the march. There have been a number of marches where provocateurs have started trouble and the police attacked the demonstrators (and in some cases bystanders). There have been others where riots have occurred that had nothing to do with protest marches. Can't really reply to you if I don't know what you're talking about.
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djn3nunez31 year, 2 months ago
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"You obviously missed the demonstrations that turned into riots of the late 1960s"
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Tens of thousand of draftees had been killed in Vietnam. The Anti-War candidate had been murdered. Those protesters in the 60's planned to riot if confronted by police. The police went way overboard.
I'm glad to see cooler head have thus far prevailed in Denver, much to el-rashbo's utter horror.
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Shadowolf1 year, 2 months ago
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...speaking of Nazis...D-Klip is apparently Propellers Hitler jr....the Faux "reporter" was provoking a response, and having got it; started the GoebbelMatic,spinning it so the MARCHERS would seem the provocateurs... So DK Lip heil THIS you politiskank SOB!!!
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jovial1 year, 2 months ago
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The guy in the second video is the rapper Nas. He's a rapper and an activist. He took over 600,000 signatures and delivered it to fox News. Google Nas and 600,000. you'll get the hits. I can't post the link, because propeller jumbles it up.
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djn3nunez31 year, 2 months ago
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"Sounds more like the demonstraters were the Nazis,
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More like the gathering of the rainbow crowd.
You do get it that nazis were militaristic and marched in lock step with the brown-shirts, right? They didn't call for the end of war and torture, the Nazis were calling for it.
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4thchance1 year, 2 months ago
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You left wing dems really crack me up. You simply grab crap out of thin air, then post it and run with it..Then all the lefties here beleive the post. It's toooooooo FUNNY. You people really should try to stick with the facts and reality!
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ecotourusa1 year, 2 months ago
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thanks mesodude..."I've got a hangover"
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I needed to smile. I felt that way yesterday, but, realized that I had quit coffee and had a headache as a result.
the remedy: I drank a cup. better now.
we are coming into some horrible times. I think all of us need to quit taking sides and try to be more tolerant and understanding. have your opinions...but, understand, we all have one!
liberty is the way to bring us to higher ground.
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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What a goof ball that reporter is! "Don't you believe in freedom of speech"...."don't you believe in freedom of speech"......"don't you believe in freedom of speech"......Good lord! He doesn't dictate when people talk, or about what. That isn't "freedom of speech." How old is he? Twelve?
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And LOL @ "F88k Fox News!" Now THAT is freedom of speech, ya goofy 'reporter' you.-
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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Ah, another Code Pink attitude. It is all right to shout over someone else trying to make a statement. Such an attitude. If you don't like what a person is saying yell them down. They seem to be teaching that at a lot of universities these days. Typical liberal mentality.
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Tangent0011 year, 2 months ago
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How dense does someone have to be to keep hollering "Don't you believe in freedom of speech?" to a group of marching protesters?
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The man was spoiling for a confrontation, pure (or puerile) and simple. When he GOT an answer from the woman who said "Stop the torture, stop the war," the reporter replied "Stop the torture, stop the war. I guess you don't believe in freedom."
Fox WANTS images of chaos and the DNC. Fox knows full well the reputation it has among the left. Wading into the middle of a march like that was a stunt to get sensationalist footage.-
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lbrtyordeath1 year, 2 months ago
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ENDO!
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Are you really SERIOUS?????
Have you EVER watched Bill O'Reilly?
That man is the KING of yelling people down.
Jesus Christ. I can't believe you would be that hypocritical to try and say LIBERALS yell people down, when ole Bill O' is the absolute GOD of yelling people down, turning off their mics, attacking their motives and patriotism, etc.
"They seem to be teaching that at a lot of universities these days,"
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djn3nunez31 year, 2 months ago
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"It is all right to shout over someone else trying to make a statement."
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Well according to the Neo_Con hand book it is permissable for the Republicans to do it but if it is done to them they must cry and whine like little puppies....... -
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smithichie1 year, 2 months ago
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Talk about reporters creating the news, that's what happens when you STAND in the middle of a parade. He would have gotten the same reaction doing that to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Oh, and it looked like a few hundred people, not 1000.-
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 2 months ago
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I am sure it was Fox's deliberate intention to create some news; to send in their people and get the crowd to start swinging, maybe get a riot going and then have the cops come in and bust everyone while the high-price comentators played old clipsof the 68 riot.
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It didn't work that way.
And everyone is a cameraman now.
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tehranchik1 year, 2 months ago
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I don't like the slant that fox came out with on this. Comparing it to a riot?! That's a little over the top---but that's fox.
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To be fair I'm glad I wasn't there and I think the crowd behaved badly as well. I've been to many demonstrations in Portland and our crowds have yet to act like this. I was very uncomfortable watching.-
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jovial1 year, 2 months ago
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Maybe it would be "nicer" for them to just start a libelous email and spread the word through the internet. Or maybe let themselves be interviewed only to find out later that the tape has been edited to make them out to be violent buffoons. The people that walk those protest lines are well aware of the antics of Fox News. They have the right to not be interviewed by people that they don't want to be interviewed by. That includes telling someone not so politely to **** off!
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tehranchik1 year, 2 months ago
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I agree jordan. There are probably thousands that would like to scream out in frustration. But look at the footage---look at it from a different point of view. You aren't right or left--democrat or republican----it's not very appealing. If I were on the fence--this might make me jump to the other side. Please don't misunderstand me. No one likes fox and their bias less than I do. I just don't like to be represented by a crowd out of control like this one was.
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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. But look at the footage---look at it from a different point of view. You aren't right or left--democrat or republican----it's not very appealing>>>>
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Neither is calling Obama a "muslim" (in a derogatory way) appealing. Neither is taking Obamas words out of context "appealing'. Neither is repeating Barack HUSSEIN Obama (derogatorily) "appealing." Anyone sitting on the fence after the last 7 years, isn't smart enough to vote democratic.
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not2needy1 year, 2 months ago
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Being subjected to all you pointed out, constantly, is enough to make people lose their cool. I admit, i admire people who can take the high road and stay cool, but i am starting to really feel like nice guys finish last. Look at the last 2 elections, and it's getting worse.
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jovial1 year, 2 months ago
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I didn't see a crowd out of control. I saw a crowd saying enough is enough. The people that see a raucous group aren't in touch with what a real protest consists of. Fox News is one of the main media services that have lambasted candidates, Senators, Congressmen, etc. To think that they will give you more respect if you are civil with them, is disingenuos. There were various reporters out there. They didn't say f*** NBC or ABC or CNN or NPR. They recognize who wishes them ill, and they have every right ot say NO. NO more! It's the right of every citizen in the U.S. to speak their mind. The original intent of this reporter was to minimalize these citizens message. To make them seem like nuts. He got more than he bargained for.
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miklkit1 year, 2 months ago
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I have seen the main guy talking before on( I think) the Colbert Report. He is a rapper who collect something like 600,000 signatures protesting faux noise reporting. Faux noise refused to accept them when they were dropped on their doorstep. If you listen you can hear him talking about it. Then came the chants. Yeah, that's a real out of control mob there. There were plenty of police there watching it all, and they didn't see anything worthy of action.
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This is in reference to the 2nd video.-
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jovial1 year, 2 months ago
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/fox_news_has_nothing_aga...php">http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/25/fox_news_has_nothing_aga...php
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jovial1 year, 2 months ago
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You have to delete the all the characters before "http" in order for the link to work. Propeller really has a problem with posted links.
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/fox_news_has_nothing_aga...php">http://www.236.com/news/2008/07/25/fox_news_has_nothing_aga...php
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AnteUp1 year, 2 months ago
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Tehranchik ~
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You make a very legitimate point.
No matter how Fox and others portray us - I think of myself and those
with like minds as the GOOD guys. I don't want to be ashamed of
groups representing our worthy cause - so it matters how the
protests are conducted.
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Natureboy1 year, 2 months ago
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Hey, Tehranchik -
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I'm the veteran of quite a few protests as well. Haven't seen the video, Bradsblog is down at present, but considering the status quo, dropping the f-bomb is at best faint damnation.
The problem with actions like this, IMO, is not that they are crusty or rough around the edges, it is that it is at its heart poor strategy, in that we gather with might inferior to that of the state to meet the state head-on. Better that we end-run the state, build local economies, drop out of the global, teach kids that war is a racket, etc. Our present state is FUBAR, and that means F'd up beyond all reform. So lets stop trying to reform it. Build something better that does what the state is supposed to, and the state will wither.
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Natureboy1 year, 2 months ago
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Hey, Tehranchik -
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There are two models of protest. The first is that you behave like proper little ladies and gentlemen and tailor your message to be bland and palatable to those who are sitting on their sofas watching the telly.
The second says that social change becomes inevitable when the status quo becomes unbearable, and it is bringing the strife, bringing the upset, shock, distress that helps that happen. Thinking back to the civil rights era and the Vietnam years, this latter model seems to have some validity.-
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dissent1 year, 2 months ago
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if a tree fell in the woods would anyone hear it? nothing much means anything in this world anymore without a camera around.
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a protest may as well not happen without one. it's about exposure. in this story the camera was from fox and it and the stooge with the microphone attached to it became the story. peaceful demonstrations aren't much of a story. sorry to say that but that's the way it is. i've seen people doing nothing until a camera shows up and then all hell breaks loose. everyone's an actor
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Neophile1 year, 2 months ago
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Classic.
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Charlson1 year, 2 months ago
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Was the guy beatened and then arrested for threatening Cheney with the F-bomb? Something similar happened to a man at a mall who told Cheney he didn't support his war in Iraq nor his other policies and Cheney had his secret police, oh, I mean secret service, grab the guy and arrest him in front of his little daughter.
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smithichie1 year, 2 months ago
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Even FOX reported these folks weren't for Obama, however if you wish to lump all libs together it's fair game to lump you with these 2 'fine' folks.
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YOU are DikLip...you don't have the balls to be civil...so don't expect any...as for the soap, one will be for each end of you,because there's no telling where your (alledged)brains are so blow your faux indignation out the orifice of your choice while singing "I'm forever blowing Bubbles,(but Bubbles will never blow me)"
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