The Protest Thread

[BurtReynolds]

just as Lenin envisioned

if 'Anthony' is seeing more and more of this lately, he needs to hang out in different places

Or just avoid Wal-Mart

[elliseamos]

Not protest related I don't think, but still seems relevant:

Is this Anthony Weiner?

[Mickey]

The fact that you think that's relevant to this thread is very revealing.

[96583UP]

yeah burt

you d*mb f*ck

[96583UP]

i'd like to protest burt

[96583UP]

at first i was glad he was back but now i am just like that fat guy in the parking lot and he is like the guy in the car and i am protesting him doing whatever he did to upset me and now i am trying to bash him with a rock and he is trying to run me over and it's NOT A GREAT FEELING

[BurtReynolds]

i'd like to protest burt

I will send you skidding across the Wal-Mart parking lot like the guy in that very relevant video.

[96583UP]

i'd like to protest burt

I will send you skidding across the Wal-Mart parking lot like the guy in that very relevant video.

i know i said that in the post above

my fat rolls will give me the cushioning i need to survive the impact

you just better keep your windows rolled up

[verb_to_trust]

Ew, you're fat?

[96583UP]

yeah dude check out the video

fat as f*ck

and angry too

walmart has food though

[BurtReynolds]

Lol how could I ever leave this area? Every night is a new party.

[Bi_3]

Lol how could I ever leave this area? Every night is a new party.

Fringe, rare, repeat

[BurtReynolds]

I'm mostly just struck by the normalcy of it. No one is concerned. They're practically bored by it at this point. It's just Thursday. Time to go harass drivers. Time to go shoot at protestors. Ngo gets his video. Just going through the motions.

[Mickey]

Happy to repeat my post on the topic of fringe/mainstream!

Interesting you responded to that post and not this one!

So leaving aside the fact that the young girl's shooting is no longer being associated with the protests (I checked multiple local news websites and not a single one describes the armed men as "protestors,--of course this could change as more evidence comes out but for now it seems best to move on from this specific example), you might be interested to know that a recent study about the protests estimated that there have been at least 4700 different events in which, collectively, 15 to 26 million people participated.

The link is here.

Just for those of us keeping score at home, that would mean you'd need 50 discrete instances of violence on innocent bystanders to even get a 1% figure, if we're judging each event as its own instance. But given how large and heterogeneous these protests are, it would probably make more sense, or it would be more persuasive, to argue based on total number of violent actors/radicals relative to overall group size in order to show that there really is a threat, either to bystanders or certain cherished ideals. So your magic number there would be anywhere from 150000 to 260000.

[verb_to_trust]

Protestors need to find some real purpose in their life

[Mickey]

I'm sure this will get better when the temporary layoffs become permanent and the mass evictions start.

[Bi_3]

I'm sure this will get better when the temporary layoffs become permanent and the mass evictions start.

#JusticeForParkSlopeCoOps

[verb_to_trust]

I'm sure this will get better when the temporary layoffs become permanent and the mass evictions start.

Maybe they could all go to grad school or something?

[Mickey]

2009 was a historically competitive year for grad school admissions across the board but they're certainly welcome to try.

[Bi_3]

2009 was a historically competitive year for grad school admissions across the board but they're certainly welcome to try.

Thanks Obama!