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ctsnowman

(1,903 posts)
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 12:51 PM Jun 2014

If the "Tea party" did this there would be 24X7 coverage.

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Published on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 by Common Dreams
Moral Movement Launches 'Freedom Summer' in North Carolina
Rev. William Barber: "We have exposed the hypocrisy, now it is time to organize."
- Lauren McCauley, staff writer

Protesters who for over a year have railed against the "extremist" policies of the North Carolina legislature are now bringing their fight to the voting booth as the movement known as Moral Mondays launched a bold initiative to get-out-the-vote this week.

“We have exposed the hypocrisy,” Rev. William J. Barber II, chief organizer of the protests and head of the state chapter of the NAACP, said during a rally outside the General Assembly in Raleigh on Monday. Now is the time to organize.”

Organizers estimate that upwards of 3,500 protesters from across the state attended the mass demonstration before splitting up into smaller factions for "teach-ins" to discuss the group's new voter outreach strategy.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/06/24-1

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blm

(113,094 posts)
2. Because dozens of TeaPartiers with dozens of Port-a-Potties are far more newsworthy.
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 01:17 PM
Jun 2014

Corporate media sez so.

 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
3. Yep, it is ironic that the Tea Baggers seem to have 1-1 when it comes to protesters/ porta-potties
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 01:22 PM
Jun 2014

I guess, if you're so full of shit you need your own portable little outhouse.

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