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Lancero

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60. Sad that so many support and applaud this...

Tue Sep 24, 2013, 12:51 AM

Sep 2013

Especially since you all would be fuming, calling for blood, if someone decided to burn a statue of a democrat president.

Aren't we supposed to be better then Republicans? We like to think we are, but really actions like this and support of these actions prove that we are no better.

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ARSONISTS SET FIRE To Life Size Ronald Reagan Statue At A California Sports Park. [View all] Segami Sep 2013 OP

How is cleaning up the neighborhood of unsightly trash considered arson? Th1onein Sep 2013 #1

Exactly +1 DontTreadOnMe Sep 2013 #4

when Napalm is used Skink Sep 2013 #10

When it's a jar. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #13

Kids. Iggo Sep 2013 #2

Must of been a college prank. Rex Sep 2013 #3

That poor metal would be much happier as plumbing fixtures. hunter Sep 2013 #5

Steely Dan's For Uptight GOP Palin Wannabes? HangOnKids Sep 2013 #6

Steampunk. hunter Sep 2013 #58

Got that right gopiscrap Sep 2013 #14

These guys just weren't trying very hard jmowreader Sep 2013 #7

Sawzalls! Thread winner. nt longship Sep 2013 #38

Thermite boots. hunter Sep 2013 #59

The new Burning Man? KamaAina Sep 2013 #8

I wish I could take credit. LeftofObama Sep 2013 #9

Arsonists? I'd consider them Artists LondonReign2 Sep 2013 #11

Those aren't arsonists. They're patriots. kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #12

People are GETTING FED UP! Th1onein Sep 2013 #15

More like FIRED up! Fawke Em Sep 2013 #43

Is he using the shovel to bury AIDS dead or the middle class? Robb Sep 2013 #16

Really? DUers are praising this? MineralMan Sep 2013 #17

Maybe they'll have to build a cage around him... hunter Sep 2013 #18

So, you think this is appropriate activism? MineralMan Sep 2013 #19

No. hunter Sep 2013 #21

Iran-Contra was treason. Enthusiast Sep 2013 #63

Yep. delta17 Sep 2013 #34

they are "Freedom Fighters" Agony Sep 2013 #37

I totally agree. I hate and dispise Raygun but Raine Sep 2013 #42

No, but it's really no different than this stunt: Fawke Em Sep 2013 #45

I agree. Th1onein Sep 2013 #74

Gee, I'm shocked at your response. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #54

ya kind`a sad... madrchsod Sep 2013 #57

I consider the arsonists the moral equivalent of our founding fathers. nt Democracyinkind Sep 2013 #67

American colonists once tore down a statue of King George III Downtown Hound Sep 2013 #69

Go out and win one for the Crisper. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #20

Statues are stupid jsr Sep 2013 #22

especially this one n/t LiberalElite Sep 2013 #26

Why does the statue have a shovel? hatrack Sep 2013 #41

A counter-productive stunt struggle4progress Sep 2013 #23

Statues like this are political. hunter Sep 2013 #40

Burning stuff to make a statement encourage more of the same, not all of which will you like struggle4progress Sep 2013 #46

Gahndi and Martin Luther King are dead. hunter Sep 2013 #50

If I was there I would have pissed on it ... from a safe distance. lpbk2713 Sep 2013 #24

Why is Ronald Reagan at a sports park anyway?? JaneyVee Sep 2013 #25

So the kids know what a loser looks like, of course jmowreader Sep 2013 #39

Finally got what he deserved. Rider3 Sep 2013 #27

I would support installing another statue... adirondacker Sep 2013 #28

No need for this ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2013 #29

The money they raise to fix it wil be a few less bucks to the Cruz Campaign. FSogol Sep 2013 #31

Don't be too sure of that struggle4progress Sep 2013 #47

Well, that'll be weeks of time Fox isn't devoting to more important mind-warps Scootaloo Sep 2013 #32

Burning in Hell for what he did to the Working Class FreakinDJ Sep 2013 #30

Yeah, there should be an eternal flame burning around the statue deutsey Sep 2013 #65

For those posters so concerned about the statue's well-being... it's a statue Scootaloo Sep 2013 #33

A single fire that didn't even destroy the statue. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #35

And for those complaining about money spent for repairs... Scootaloo Sep 2013 #36

Too bad a bunch of good dems weren't nearby to piss on it RetroLounge Sep 2013 #44

I wouldn't piss on that man if his face was on fire FreakinDJ Sep 2013 #62

After Reagan left office... Wounded Bear Sep 2013 #48

Is this guy for real? My money is on punk kids, not some profound political statement. tritsofme Sep 2013 #49

I don't condone arson, but it couldn't happen to a better figure. liberal N proud Sep 2013 #51

LOL mwrguy Sep 2013 #52

Well he set fire to the middle class. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2013 #53

Of note, this is Temecula CA, as red as it gets nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #55

i drive by a statue of reagan on his horse many times each day. madrchsod Sep 2013 #56

Sad that so many support and applaud this... Lancero Sep 2013 #60

We are better!! Segami Sep 2013 #66

Post 1... Lancero Sep 2013 #72

Welcome to DU. Iggo Sep 2013 #68

Sorry, but we're still better Downtown Hound Sep 2013 #70

Republicans... Lancero Sep 2013 #71

And, yet raygun in his "god-like" gop status couldn't have gotten Cha Sep 2013 #61

When your media find it delightful that statues of other world leaders were bombed malaise Sep 2013 #64

Bronze getting a little blackened isn't "damage". kentauros Sep 2013 #73