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spooked (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 08:39 AM Original message |
We've Lost Our HUMANITY...Students LAUGHED while he was Tasered |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. Even Here Humanity has been lost |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. It's yet another example of the sharp divide |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Yes, it is. Check the names of the posters. Lines up like a friggin graph. |
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RangerRK (318 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
62. same people that supported the attack on Rev Yearwood? |
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flying_wahini (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. Kerry was there and didn't stop this?????????????????????????? |
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spooked (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It's Unbelievable!! And Look what happened AFTER! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Deleted message |
sleipnir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I know, and some want to call Kerry a "leader." |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Yeah, ditto, ditto, ditto. Do I get my check for saying that, this week, or next? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Oh, my gosh! Kerry didn't stop this! I'm concerned/outraged/etc. Who else is with me?? |
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spooked (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. These Cops would have Tasered PATRICK HENRY too!! |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. This is sadly what happens... |
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spooked (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. How Ironic the poor guy won a FIRST PRIZE Journalism Award |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's disgusting! The behavior of the laughing students, the behavior of the COPS and the behavior of |
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spooked (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Exactly how I feel! |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. It's all so heartbreaking. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Kicked and rec'd. Hello to you guys, I feel better that you share my |
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spooked (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. and it's more that just a slow, steady loss of our freedoms... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I know. We are weak and complicit. Me too. Lazy, lazy, lazy. |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. I'm so disheartened reading DU today. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #21 |
35. You're not alone. |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Why don't you put them on ignore? |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Good advice |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
39. HUH? |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Well, maybe people are upset |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Most people "are" upset that he was tasered |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. What I object to is the taser |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. NO ONE has a right to be heard |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Except this was a forum for people to be heard.... |
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midlife_mo_Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. After refusing to step away from the mike several times |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. But that is not what happened, is it? |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. You aren't alone. I agree 110% with that. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
23. "Oh, no! I'm so concerned about John Kerry!" |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
9. The guy in the video laughing... |
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spooked (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yes, |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. It sounds very much like it was largely a Kerry Fan Club event. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
15. America has become a shithole. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. The jackassing of society. pain is fun. stupidity is expected. |
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bbgrunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
52. a succinct and accurate synopsis of the situation. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
22. it's not a stretch of imagination... |
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spooked (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. great post.... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
25. In my experience, young people are EXTREMELY conservative nowadays... |
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american_typeculture (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. The sixties counterculture taught these jackboots some things. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Bravo! |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
27. It WAS hilarious, until the cops tasered him. Why do you assume anyone expected that? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Yes, up until that point, IMO, the cops acted appropriately - no slam downs - a slow but deliberate |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Actually, I disagree. 6 of them were unable to handle the situation that usually 2 men handle... |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Fair enough; still doesn't make this a free speech issue, as much as some people dream it to be. n/t |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I would only suggest this became a potential "police brutality" issue due to the large presence |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Excellent points. Yes, to clarify, I said "OK job" but should have said "adequate" |
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Irishonly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
32. It's depressing |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. I only see two people laughing and it was before he was tasered.. |
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spooked (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Look at the guy in the yellow shirt |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. You're right, I was looking at the other guy.. |
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spooked (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. sad huh? |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
37. Classic!!! Good stuff!! |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
44. It's what happens when you place ONE man on a higher pedastal |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:13 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Or maybe they're just jerks and assholes too...n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
49. The media culture and those who decide what to peddle deserve a fair amount of blame. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
55. it's funny that you say it "shocks" you |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
57. We are being conditioned to accept being treated as livestock. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
58. When did we have our humanity? |
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spooked (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. sad and perhaps true, but |
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republicansarewhores (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
63. The Propaganda Machine (ABC News and others) are already spinning that the kid was a "threat". |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
64. LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!!! |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-18-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
65. At what point in time did we ever have "humanity"? |
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