How is Andrew Meyer-worship any different than Bush-worship at a staged Town Hall event?

[brentspeak]

They both are prime examples of how gullible and self-deluding too many Americans have allowed themselves to become.

A blatantly-corrupt President produces transparently-staged and scripted question-and-answer sessions. And yet, amazingly, many Americans actually blinded themselves to the obvious bogus nature of the Town Hall events, and accepted them as being genuine.

Similarly, a college prankster and publicity-hound manufactures a clearly feigned-performance of being "oppressed". And yet, amazingly, some people actually bought the prankster's act, and elevated the doofus to the status of Martin Luther King Jr and Joan of Arc.

Is it that Chinese lead-poisoning is more widespread than we know about? Or maybe some kind of undiagnosed mental illness spreading rapidly throughout the country?

[FormerDittoHead]

1. scratch it - don't feel like walking into the buzzsaw today... n/t

[endarkenment]

2. Another DU'er who is intolerant of dissent and supportive of

police brutality. I'm thrilled. This is such a progressive board.

[BostonMa]

3. He and basically two others have shouted over any other ideas on this since yesterday

I don\'t think this board is quite the \"progressive\" playground I had hoped for.

Sad.

[NavyDavy]

8. byebye

[cali]

12. YeOldeBostonTRearl. n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. How is that statement...

"another DU'er who is intolerant of dissent and supportive of police brutality"

any different from

"another DU'er who hates America and supports the terrorists?"

Same shit, different day.

[endarkenment]

19. perhaps it isn't.

I might have misinterpreted the OP's statements. I don't think I did, but it is of course possible.

"Similarly, a college prankster and publicity-hound manufactures a clearly feigned-performance of being "oppressed". And yet, amazingly, some people actually bought the prankster's act, and elevated the doofus to the status of Martin Luther King Jr and Joan of Arc."

I took that to mean 'taser away, I don't care about the right of free speech in a public forum and I don't care about police brutality'.

But you could be right. I could be misinterpreting.

[DemBones DemBones]

4. Nobody worships this guy. Some of us think he

should not have been Tasered for asking questions. Free speech, you know?

[Marrah_G]

6. He wasn't really tasered

[Heidi]

7. Yes, he was Tasered. And the two officers involved have been suspended with pay.

http://www.alligator.org/articles/2007/09/19/news/uf_administration/machen.txt

[Marrah_G]

18. Police report says he wasn't

Nor did he behave in a manner of someone tased. He did not shut up at all, being tased makes speaking near impossible. He also did not behave physically as someone tased would.

Suspension with pay is SOP during any investigation and does not imply guilt at all.

[Heidi]

20. Please link to the police report. Thank you! (nt)

[Bluebear]

22. "One contact tase to the man's left shoulder was deployed for the duration of its cycle"

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/09/18/offense.report.072274.pdf

There ya go

(and hi!)

[Bluebear]

21. "One contact tase to the man's left shoulder was deployed for the duration of its cycle"

From the police report.

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/09/18/offense.report.072274.pdf

[brentspeak]

23. They used the contact "drive stun" taser option

It causes pain upon contact, but does not incapacitate the subject. It's no way comparable to the option which fires barbs/darts; that option shocks the subject into incapacitation.

[NavyDavy]

9. Blame the police not Kerry....the people organizing the event

had him removed for being an ass

[Marrah_G]

5. Let's see how many of the -100 post count shit stirrers show up

one......

[endarkenment]

10. Yes they are so much worse than the 1000+ shit stirrers

maybe we can ban everyone with less than 100 posts?

[NavyDavy]

11. no just you

[endarkenment]

13. Perhaps you should start your own board

where you can ban everyone you find objectionable.

[jpgray]

14. The problem is, the cops actually did overreact. If not for that, no one would be talking about it

[Bluebear]

16. I would wonder how well-trained this campus police is, too.

People keep saying "the cops", is this a trained department? Have they received the proper training in the use of the weapon? Just sayin'.

[Bonobo]

17. I have a friend that is a therapist. Shall I call her for you, Brent?