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Re: Objectively intelligent.
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Originally Posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
The right around here is actually defending the kidnapping as a "common tactic" to more safely arrest protesters when they aren't surrounded by a mob (and protesters have been fighting back/interfering with arrests when they are in the crowd).
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When Less said we would all wish we had Second Amendment rights, I think he meant the Fourth Amendment.
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I think just as problematic are 1) shooting a kid in the head as he stood with a boom box above his head; and 2) wailing on and gassing a 50-ish year old navy vet. Gassing the moms is the cherry on top.
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Absolutely -- but did 1) get as much attention? And 2) happened after people who hadn't been protesting (like our good Navy vet) saw what was going on and turned out. I guess what I'm asking is: The federal "law enforcement" (in the Orwellian sense) response prompted a backlash. Was that inevitable, or was it sometimes fortuitous that the right stories to drive it got attention?
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