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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:52 PM Original message |
"Iraq, the media, and Shannon's Dad" by tasered "attention whore" Andrew Meyer |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. edited title |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Today we are all nutjobs and attention whores and drama queens |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think it's enlightening to read his essay. You could see it any day here at DU. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Edited |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. edited: What? My papers are in order! |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Heh |
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DancingBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Nah, today is my day off from here |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Police report.. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Did you expect the police report to tell Andrew's side? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. did you read it? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. yes I read it. it is a police report. Did you expect it to tell Andrew's side? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. No. I did not. I expected... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. They're preparing for a lawsuit |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. "arrested for inciting a riot" Hooboy. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. oops.. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. You don't think arrest for "inciting a riot" is a little much? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I don't know what to think.. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. He's a good writer |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Kind of humanizes this nefarious tazer-magnet |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. And there is the other side of Andrew....who deserved to be heard as the OTHER STUDENTS he shoved |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Oh then I guess he deserved to have deadly force used against him. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Bush DIRECTS that force be used against dissenters. So do others. |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Kerry didn't tell the cops dick. "I'll handle this" whas what he needed to say |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. No - but I'm not the one insisting that the two are the same - I'm saying they're |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
51. No, what's pathetic is that a dissenter, a good man with conscience turned into |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
69. Newsflash - Meyers SPOKE OUT - he was not arrested for speaking out - he was arrested for |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
53. The problem I have is that he escalated the situation so intently. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
72. "Deadly" force was NOT used |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. The man with the working microphone could have easily handled that. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 05:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. He wasn't - he was answering the PERFORMANCE ARTIST'S question and the |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. PERFORMANCE ARTIST? ARE YOU SERIES!!!1111!11!11!!!!1111!! |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. ..... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Performance artist? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Performance artist? |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
56. i've seen better acting in mexican soap operas |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 09:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
45. he continually tried to get a word in edgwise but Meyer was |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. 'As for the Tazering- Meyers was screaming continually once the police began to usher him out' |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. no- i never said that ... |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Maybe the rest of the kids only asked softball, feel good questions? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. Maybe he did deserve to be heard more. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. If that were true he would know Kerry speaks against war w/Iran and has |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. Being rude doesn't make you less deserving of liberty. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Thank you. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. But it does make his rights superior to the rights of the other students, does it? |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Should I call the police every time I am offended? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. He did it in an exaggerated agitation ginned up for filming - and students |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 11:21 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. You know... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 11:28 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Meyers' speech wasn't denied - Kerry INVITED his speech. Meyers did USURP the attention |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Deservedly he is taking hits for it. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Kerry gave Meyers the opportunity to speak AND be answered but MEYERS |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. But but but... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Kerry is the one who stopped the cops in the first place and invited Meyers question. |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. How do you spin... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. That was not in Kerry's line of vision at that point - he had heard the question |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Are you saying that Kerry... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. I'm saying that after Kerry calmed things initially and was answering the |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. That is some might fine... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. You are defending someone who WANTED the result he got. |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Yes... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. When a woman sets up a scene of violent sex as part of her fantasy fulfillment |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Riiiight...ok... |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. You know, it is indeed possible |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. No arguments here. |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. You mean, like calling oneself a liberal and advocating torturing dissenters |
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Kelly Rupert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Look at the silly strawman. Isn't he contradictory? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. yes we have been told repeatedly that all public dissent |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Apparently that's the case with some |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. I posted this earlier on its own thread and it seems that there |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. Activism without media coverage is not possible. The whole point of making |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. your attempt to grab attention is duly noted. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. As is yours |
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lateo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 11:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
59. One! |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-19-07 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. k & r |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-20-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
66. I like this guy |
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