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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:19 AM Original message |
Unbelievable, 30, wearing hoods, carrying bats, walked through Asheville NC smashing stuff |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. Is this what those "flash mobs" are? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. No |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Google "Philly flash mobs" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. And?? |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. And .... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. There were never any fights or crime?? |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. You have no clue what you're talking about. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Every time teenagers gather in numbers |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I had some pretty wild teenage years, but I never participated in a riot |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. And people asked if these were flash mobs |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #48 |
65. Here's the thing.... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
97. Looks like they are morphing into something more violent. |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
78. no, philly just stole the term |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:50 AM Response to Reply #78 |
91. thanks for the links |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Spoiled white college-boy anarchists. |
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HALO141 (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. +1 |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. yep |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Trust fund anarchists |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I like that. "Trust Fund Anarchists." |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Of course you really don't know who these people are. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
82. Well, let's see. |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
70. LOL! Harsh, but true. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Doubtful. More like angry tea party rednecks lashing out at "Liberal" Asheville |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. You got it Lorien - smells like right-wing black ops |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
80. You people are delusional. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #80 |
98. We "people" understand how the RW terrorists operate. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
53. Well.... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
69. THey were mostly out of towner white kids. Not teabaggers. |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
74. First of all... |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
87. What Spiral Hawk said |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. These are all college kids. |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:30 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. "Conspiracy theories?" |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Anarchists in hoods? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
81. hooded sweatshirts |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
54. In Asheville, these types are often called "Trustafarians." |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
66. when I was in college, there was a guy who hung out in front of the student unon |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #66 |
83. Jeffrey Goines |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
3. Is this the equivalent of a right wing 'erotic' dream? |
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HALO141 (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. False logic. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I stand corrected, but still feeling the welts from your bat of logic... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Nope, these are kids out looking for trouble. |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah, they did the same thing in Santa Cruz, too |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Two cities where one wouldn't expect this. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Which is why I (and apparently others) suspect RW instigators. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Would not surprise me |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. "This discredits anarchists" |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #33 |
59. From the Citizen Times article - |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Well, I guess my question then is "Are they?" |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. You are right |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. you title evokes vision of KKK... I didn't see anything about hoods and the gang arrested is Commies |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. you missed it then |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. 2cd link |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. --- |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Hoods as in white sheets with eye holes or hooded sweatshirts I wonder... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Oh stop it. |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. ok ; ) |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
38. I was wondering the same, and trying to figure out what the "hoods" entailed. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. it's wierd, I didn't even think of that |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
62. That's actually what I thought upon reading the title... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
85. Commies? What? Do you live in 1954? |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
94. Oh, no! *GASP!* Not the dreaded "Commies"! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. Google the Philly flash mobs... |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. If ever there were a good use for mass-Tasering, this would be it. nt |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. On behalf of Kansas City |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. Why do people jump to conclusions? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. This is DU. It's what some DUers do. |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Because the worldview of many on DU has little relation to reality. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #34 |
72. Who knows? This was a May Day event. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's starting. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. What's starting? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
73. The civil unrest based on NO JOBS. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. They were all aged 17-26. |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 08:43 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. I dunno... I'm by far one the most unemployable person I know |
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klook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
40. There's a contingent of bored, aimless kids hanging around Asheville |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. actually, |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #42 |
96. Could this be Karl Rove and his "Young Republicans"? |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
47. I've always wondered how Anarchists would react if you went into their room... |
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Barking Spider (200 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. they'd react much like my communist roommate |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Communism does allow for private property. |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. I believe there is a difference in view between personal and private property... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #52 |
84. Maybe if you read some of his "idiotic literature" you'd know what communism is. |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
50. The Only Thing These "Anarchists" Know About Anarchy |
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MkapX (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Anarchist posers? |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:32 AM Response to Reply #55 |
90. (false flag operatives, maybe) |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
51. Why couldn't they have done something fun... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
57. Why does Battery Park sound familiar? |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
58. This is how children act when they do not get their way... |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
60. Some pics of the thugs: |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:21 AM Response to Reply #60 |
99. Often times the simplest explanation is correct |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
61. chickenshits cover their heads |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
67. Hmmm... I'm guessing this "Ashville 11 Defense" is satire of sorts? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. Not a satire. |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
68. Anarchists.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
71. Anarchism must be on the way back |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
75. I drove around the next morning to survey the damage. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-07-10 05:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. right, destroying a sculpture is making a statement against capitalism |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
92. Asheville is a laid back progressive town. I smell anarchists. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
93. FIGHT THE POWER! |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
95. This kind of thing is bound to happen when you've got high unemployment. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
100. What happened to just getting high, dropping out and make love not war? |
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