Pictures of wackos in Denver

[elprincipe]

Go here for a laugh:

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/live-from-dnc-its-zombietime-day-1/

[Squall835]

I don't see what's so funny; it looks like a typical protest to me.

[FallMoon]

The comments are funny.

[level1online]

interpret this anyway you want.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfKqb9gUZZ8

[fart_bubble]

I really really wish Pittsburgh and bmulligan still posted here, I would love to see them rip level1 to shreds

[mykevermin]

I really really wish Pittsburgh and bmulligan still posted here, I would love to see them rip level1 to shreds

You can't kill what's too obtuse to realize it's dead.

EDIT: Yeah, it's funny stuff.

There's the requisite crusty punks, check.

Crass t-shirt, check.

Suburban kid joining the "black bloc," check.

Fucking hippies, check.

Overly-maligned pop figure (Churchill), check.

Symbolism overlapping with the IWW, which hasn't mattered since our grandparents were alive, check.

Really, though, I've protested before and I'd do it again; I respect the people doing this, even if I don't agree with all they stand for or the means by which they do it. Making fun of them is cute, but it also simply quashes the conversation at that point, and delegitimizes their arguments.

So, when we elect McCain, and in 18 months we've deployed troops to take down Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are we going to apologize to these protestors for ignoring their message? Or are we just going to make fun of the next set of them?

I know what this gang'll do.

[RAMSTORIA]

So, when we elect McCain Obama, and in 18 months we've deployed troops to take down Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are we going to apologize to these protestors for ignoring their message? Or are we just going to make fun of the next set of them?

I know what this gang'll do.

Fixed...

"Obama told reporters during a visit to Israel that if elected, he would take "no options off the table" in dealing with the Iran issue and said tougher sanctions could be imposed.

"A nuclear Iran would pose a grave threat and the world must prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon," Obama told reporters after visiting the Israeli town of Sderot, which lies close to the border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip."

[fatherofcaitlyn]

I know what this gang'll do.

I'll be busy buying life insurance so that my family will be ubermillionaires when I'm killed by a starving 14 year old Iranian suicide bomber.

That's Plan B.

Plan A is the same as plan B, but involves the Iranian providing a corpse so that I can fake my own death.

Then, I can return to my family and spend the millions of dollars. I'll need new fingerprints, new DNA and, of course, a new name. I'm thinking Guy Incognito.

[mykevermin]

Fixed...

"Obama told reporters during a visit to Israel that if elected, he would take "no options off the table" in dealing with the Iran issue and said tougher sanctions could be imposed.

"A nuclear Iran would pose a grave threat and the world must prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon," Obama told reporters after visiting the Israeli town of Sderot, which lies close to the border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip."

Fair enough. I don't believe for a second that Obama is as gung-ho about invading Iran as Bush was and McCain is - but I won't act like he's totally against the notion.

Still, the protestors do actually have points. It's not like they're protesting for another "Starbucks" or soemthing.

[SpazX]

It's funny how the military, no matter what it does or where, is always fighting for/protecting our freedom.

[fart_bubble]

Alex Jones trying to act tough after that incident:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_diU0PTozc

[level1online]

I really really wish Pittsburgh and bmulligan still posted here, I would love to see them rip level1 to shreds

who??? :rofl:

I posted that video for YOUR consumption & entertainment. Like i said, interpret that video any way you want, which means.... i'm not going to defend it.

so let's leave the so-called "shredding" for other occasions, shall we?

[elprincipe]

Really, though, I've protested before and I'd do it again; I respect the people doing this, even if I don't agree with all they stand for or the means by which they do it. Making fun of them is cute, but it also simply quashes the conversation at that point, and delegitimizes their arguments.

I have great respect for people who protest (as long as they are not violent). It's their right and I think if they feel this way they should by all means make it known. Unfortunately, there is a large faction in these groups that seems to resort to violence all too often, or can't accept that people have different opinions from them. And yes, of course it's fun to make fun of these folks, just like all the protesters I see around DC all the time.

BTW, though, did you notice the banner in support of al-Sadr? I never thought I'd see that even from the loonies, but I should have known better.

[fatherofcaitlyn]

Protest are nice. Boycotts are better.

If you don't play their game, you can't lose.