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Old 02-05-2011, 08:42 PM   #81 (permalink)
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dogzilla, I think [Will] has a distinct difference of violence against property which is fine, versus violence against people which is not.
Not at all. I hereby condemn the few G20 protesters that destroyed property. What they did was wrong. What they did, however, has nothing to do with the topic at hand, and doesn't hold a candle to violence against people or murder. They're different. You recognize that.
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for me, violence is violence, whether it is against people or property. It still destroys rather than builds.
You'd sentence a tagger the same as you'd sentence a murderer? I somehow doubt that.
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dogzilla, I think will has a distinct difference of violence against property which is fine, versus violence against people which is not.

for me, violence is violence, whether it is against people or property. It still destroys rather than builds.
So throwing a molotov cocktail into a health clinic is no worse than throwing a rock through a store window?
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This thread isn't about The Weathermen or their victims, it's about violence in discourse. What violent discourse is there on the left? And even if there were (Spoiler: there isn't), how would that excuse the violent rhetoric on the right? You're equivocating, and you're even failing at that.
The Weathermen had some pretty violent discourse. Stokeley Carmicahel. Van Jones. If I wanted to spend the time I have no doubt I could find more.

Frankly, I can't get to excited about what some entertainers say. I don't even watch them. Especially since the lefties dismiss similar behavior from the left. If someone commits a violent act, it's not Rush's fault. It's not Stokeley Carmichael's fault. It's that person's fault and that person should be punished.

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Were all 500 of them convicted? I've been to enough protests to know that being detained at one means nothing. Beyond that rather obvious point we once again are seeing false equivalence. Real people have actually died in the past month, let alone the past few years, the murders of which can be traced to violent rhetoric. There were no murders at the G20.
Some number greater than zero were arrested. I don't care whether anybody was killed. I don't believe violence that doesn't kill anyone is acceptable.

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You're comparing the threat of throwing shoes in protest with real, actual murder. To quote Yoda, "That is why you fail."
So it's ok to assault someone if you don't kill them. Got it.

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dozzilla....i didnt really expect you to acknowledge the role of the conservative instigator in the video....I can only imagine the outrage on the right if a liberal pseudo journalist with an agenda pulled a similar cheap stunt at a Tea Party event.
The guy asked a simple question, just as Dan Rather did or the reporters on 60 minutes with a liberal agenda do. He did not force these people to make those statements.
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The guy asked a simple question, just as Dan Rather did or the reporters on 60 minutes with a liberal agenda do. He did not force these people to make those statements.
So now you are comparing Breitbart and his colleague's edited video to 60 Minutes?

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Old 02-06-2011, 08:45 AM   #85 (permalink)
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So throwing a molotov cocktail into a health clinic is no worse than throwing a rock through a store window?
It's an equal political statement now isn't it?
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It's an equal political statement now isn't it?
Not IMO.

One (throwing rock) is an act of petty vandalism, maybe premeditated or maybe not, with no real political message (other than perhaps "screw the capitalist") and no long term damage.....and the other (molotov cocktail) is a premeditated act of intimidation to instill fear and with the intent to destroy property to the extent that it would end a legal activity in the future.

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You really dont see a difference between the two?
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again, this ridiculous context-free stuff. and red-baiting (my favorite retro-technique).

if you want to play the game of locate the violent-seeming phrase and act as though this makes some point you could make ghandi into a prophet of violence because he talks about violence a lot and does it in a way that is critical of violence and so is not only violent but also oppresses people who like violence.

that way you don't have to take any account of or responsibility for conservative media saturation with paranoid and violent rhetoric.

and true to form, conservatives are all about avoiding having to take account of or responsibility for their media apparatus unless for some reason people inside that apparatus were to start telling conservatives that the should take account of and responsibility for their media apparatus in which case they'd be all about both and all about those things in exactly the ways they are told to be all about them just as they're all about these decontextualized fake equivalence games and one-dimensional metaphysics that amounts to nothing more than "i know you are but what am i?" as if that were an argument that grown-ups would make.

to say "the weather underground wrote some violent things" is to make among the more no-shit points ever. but you aren't getting weather underground statements repeated in the major media. anywhere. so the equivalence is stupid. stokley charmichael? are you serious? where do you imagine the stockley charmichael network to be? i mean apart from your imagination: it clearly exists there.
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The Weathermen had some pretty violent discourse. Stokeley Carmicahel. Van Jones. If I wanted to spend the time I have no doubt I could find more.
I rebuke all of them, and I find what they did long before I was born to be abhorrent and antithetical to their goals. Regardless, what they said has no bearing on the national discussion in 2011. That was really the point both DC and myself were trying to make. This discussion is about the United States in 2011. I can't believe that you would suggest that somehow what the Weathermen said decades ago, which was not popular on the left even when it was said, somehow informs national politics in the present.
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Frankly, I can't get to excited about what some entertainers say. I don't even watch them. Especially since the lefties dismiss similar behavior from the left. If someone commits a violent act, it's not Rush's fault. It's not Stokeley Carmichael's fault. It's that person's fault and that person should be punished.
I'm really glad you don't watch that stuff, dogzilla, I respect you for that, but a very large number of people do, and among those people are racists, xenophobes, and gun culture people. There are even emotionally unstable people who are perhaps more susceptible than your average person to the false reality that Fox News and conservative talk radio describe in which tyrannical liberals are trying to murder babies, give your job to brown people, or whatever bizarre fantasy about George Soros Beck has come up with this week.

Dr. Tiller, the abortion doctor, was shot in the head, murdered in cold blood by someone who was an avid Bill O'Reilly watcher. Bill, of course, lead a campaign against Tiller in the media, calling him a murderer, a baby-killer, someone who "destroys fetesus for just about any reason right up until the birth date for $5,000", etc. He said, and I quote, " He's guilty of Nazi stuff," and "This is the kind of stuff happened in Mao's China, Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Soviet Union." Please tell me you're willing to entertain the possibility that there is a connection between the exaggerated, hte-filled rhetoric of BillO and Dr. Tiller's murderer.
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Some number greater than zero were arrested. I don't care whether anybody was killed. I don't believe violence that doesn't kill anyone is acceptable.
I don't find it acceptable either, but I hope you understand that throwing a rock through a window is not as bad as physically attacking a person or killing them. Please, dogzilla, tell me you're at least willing to admit that.
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So it's ok to assault someone if you don't kill them. Got it.
Never said it was okay.
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Not IMO.

One (throwing rock) is an act of petty vandalism, maybe premeditated or maybe not, with no real political message (other than perhaps "screw the capitalist") and no long term damage.....and the other (molotov cocktail) is a premeditated act of intimidation to instill fear and with the intent to destroy property to the extent that it would end a legal activity in the future.

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You really dont see a difference between the two?
If you're talking about petty vandalism sure, I agree with you there is a difference. Not when there is an extreme political statement being made.

Watts got better? South Central LA got better? Because of those riots against the police and "the man" was just petty vandalism???

The G20 vandalism isn't equal in your head because you don't equate the actions and grade the violence because it isn't your storefront and goods that were destroyed.
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If you're talking about petty vandalism sure, I agree with you there is a difference. Not when there is an extreme political statement being made.

Watts got better? South Central LA got better? Because of those riots against the police and "the man" was just petty vandalism???

The G20 vandalism isn't equal in your head because you don't equate the actions and grade the violence because it isn't your storefront and goods that were destroyed.
So now you bring in the Watts riots? Just another deflection.

If you dont see the difference in the intent of the acts (the intent of rock throwing is not to shut down the store), the resulting level of violence (again, rock v molotov cocktail) and the deliberate attempt at intimidation (in one and not the other) in the political messages...I guess there is nothing to more to be said.

And we can go back to the topic of discussion.....the impact or potential impact of vitriolic discourse.

Since I cant a response from anyone else...perhaps you can enlighten me.

Please provide example of anything on the left comparable to the daily hate fest spewed on conservative talk radio/tv....Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly, Savage, Levin, Hewitt, etc.......

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RB expressed it better than I could.

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again, this ridiculous context-free stuff....

.....that way you don't have to take any account of or responsibility for conservative media saturation with paranoid and violent rhetoric.
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So now you bring in the Watts riots? Just another deflection.

If you dont see the difference in the intent of the acts (the intent of rock throwing is not to shut down the store), the resulting level of violence (again, rock v molotov cocktail) and the deliberate attempt at intimidation (in one and not the other) in the political messages...I guess there is nothing to more to be said.

And we can go back to the topic of discussion.....the impact or potential impact of vitriolic discourse.

Since I cant a response from anyone else...perhaps you can enlighten me.

Please provide example of anything on the left comparable to the daily hate fest spewed on conservative talk radio/tv....Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly, Savage, Levin, Hewitt, etc.......

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RB expressed it better than I could.
I suppose to go "there" you would need to qualify your claim regarding "daily hate spewed". It is simply your opinion.

So with the so-called context issue some of you are whining about, I suppose bringing up a lovable fuzz-ball like Jim Jones is way out of line. It must be so unfair to mention his huge influence with the San Francisco democrats producing rent-free "rent-a-rallies" for liberal politicians and causes... gee, Jim Jones effortlessly garnered such enormous amounts of good will from Democratic politicians and activists. Harvey Milk never seemed to care how Jones could, at the snap of his fingers, direct hundreds of people to stack a public meeting or volunteer for a campaign... (hmmm... sort of like ACORN and SEIU). Milk only cared that he benefited from that control and never bothered to do anything to inhibit such a dangerous cult operating in his city. Instead, he actively aided and abetted a homicidal maniac. And it wasn't just local hacks Jones commanded respect from... he hung out with "big shots" like SF Mayor George Moscone, future first lady Rosalyn Carter, California Governor Jerry Brown, (roachboy's buddy) vice presidential candidate Walter Mondale, and many, many more. Nothin' like taking the old rules for radicals "ends justifies the means" idea to the extreme.

The guy was the democratic party's wet dream until it blew up their faces. Then the scramble to disassociate from Jones after the Jonestown massacre seems like a tactic so familiar in so many ways today (WMDs). Just imagine how inconvenient it became to have ties to one of the biggest mass murderers in modern times. His ties to the media and the Democratic party were numerous. They were happy to use him as long as it served their purposes.

FACT: On November 17, 1978, Jim Jones was a hero to American leftists.

FACT: On November 18, 1978, Jones orchestrated the killings of 918 men, women, and helpless children ...then strangely suddenly morphed in the eyes of American leftists into an evangelical Christian fanatic... this tactic also rings familiar today.

Sorry for those on the left... but he's yours and yours alone . Top that one.
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So now you bring in the Watts riots? Just another deflection.

If you dont see the difference in the intent of the acts (the intent of rock throwing is not to shut down the store), the resulting level of violence (again, rock v molotov cocktail) and the deliberate attempt at intimidation (in one and not the other) in the political messages...I guess there is nothing to more to be said.

And we can go back to the topic of discussion.....the impact or potential impact of vitriolic discourse.

Since I cant a response from anyone else...perhaps you can enlighten me.

Please provide example of anything on the left comparable to the daily hate fest spewed on conservative talk radio/tv....Limbaugh, Beck, O'Reilly, Savage, Levin, Hewitt, etc.......

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RB expressed it better than I could.
I couldn't say because I don't subscribe nor consume that media either. I don't care about those extremes on either the right or the left. I'm not interested in being a media watch dog.
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Old 02-06-2011, 08:08 PM   #93 (permalink)
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We've been through this, DC_Dux. While Cynth has informed and developed opinions about all of this media stuff and has repeatedly shared his opinions about this media stuff, he doesn't subscribe to or consume this kind media in any way. He just doesn't care. If you don't believe me when I say he just doesn't care about the topic at hand, please refer to his 16 posts in this thread.
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I suppose to go "there" you would need to qualify your claim regarding "daily hate spewed". It is simply your opinion.

So with the so-called context issue some of you are whining about, I suppose bringing up a lovable fuzz-ball like Jim Jones is way out of line. It must be so unfair to mention his huge influence with the San Francisco democrats producing rent-free "rent-a-rallies" for liberal politicians and causes... gee, Jim Jones effortlessly garnered such enormous amounts of good will from Democratic politicians and activists. Harvey Milk never seemed to care how Jones could, at the snap of his fingers, direct hundreds of people to stack a public meeting or volunteer for a campaign... (hmmm... sort of like ACORN and SEIU). Milk only cared that he benefited from that control and never bothered to do anything to inhibit such a dangerous cult operating in his city. Instead, he actively aided and abetted a homicidal maniac. And it wasn't just local hacks Jones commanded respect from... he hung out with "big shots" like SF Mayor George Moscone, future first lady Rosalyn Carter, California Governor Jerry Brown, (roachboy's buddy) vice presidential candidate Walter Mondale, and many, many more. Nothin' like taking the old rules for radicals "ends justifies the means" idea to the extreme.

The guy was the democratic party's wet dream until it blew up their faces. Then the scramble to disassociate from Jones after the Jonestown massacre seems like a tactic so familiar in so many ways today (WMDs). Just imagine how inconvenient it became to have ties to one of the biggest mass murderers in modern times. His ties to the media and the Democratic party were numerous. They were happy to use him as long as it served their purposes.

FACT: On November 17, 1978, Jim Jones was a hero to American leftists.

FACT: On November 18, 1978, Jones orchestrated the killings of 918 men, women, and helpless children ...then strangely suddenly morphed in the eyes of American leftists into an evangelical Christian fanatic... this tactic also rings familiar today.

Sorry for those on the left... but he's yours and yours alone . Top that one.
First the Weather Underground...then Jim Jones

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I couldn't say because I don't subscribe nor consume that media either. I don't care about those extremes on either the right or the left. I'm not interested in being a media watch dog.
Its not about consuming that particular media, but raising the level of political discourse in the country.

But I get it....you dont see that as your responsibility.
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dc, it's not my responsibility to watch them and criticize their behavior.

I don't think what they are doing is wrong. I can disagree with the positions they take without having to watch them if I happen to hear about their position through other channels or distributions every day. I assume you and willravel don't watch the opposing side at all, yet you have strong opinions about what they say. Why would you watch them? I assume your answer is the same as mine, but mine covers both sides.
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dc, it's not my responsibility to watch them and criticize their behavior.

I don't think what they are doing is wrong. I can disagree with the positions they take without having to watch them if I happen to hear about their position through other channels or distributions every day. I assume you and willravel don't watch the opposing side at all, yet you have strong opinions about what they say. Why would you watch them? I assume your answer is the same as mine, but mine covers both sides.
I have been equally critical of ANSWER, MoveOn.org and others on the left...not for their policies, but when their rhetoric was excessive and far to mean-spirited. IMO, it is counter-productive.

But, if you cant acknowledge that the rhetoric in the media in recent years is far more vitriolic than anytime in our lifetime, and far more from the right than the left, then with all due respect, IMO, you have been living under a rock.

If that vitriol is ok with you, then absolutely, dont be part of any attempt to try to tone it down.
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Why would you watch them?
I can't speak for DC, but I watch Fox News and read Drudge because it matters to me what people who think differently than I do think. I don't watch every episode of the Factor or anything, but I do pay attention to it, and not just in the form of counter-points coming from Rachel Maddow or Daily Kos. If I walled myself off completely from sources of information other people commonly use, I run the risk of finding myself in an echo chamber.
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I have been equally critical of ANSWER, MoveOn.org and others on the left...not for their policies, but when their rhetoric was excessive and far to mean-spirited. IMO, it is counter-productive.

But, if you cant acknowledge that the rhetoric in the media in recent years is far more vitriolic than anytime in our lifetime, and far more from the right than the left, then with all due respect, IMO, you have been living under a rock.

If that vitriol is ok with you, then absolutely, dont be part of any attempt to try to tone it down.
I was thinking about this as I walked into the office today. I don't think it any more vitriolic than what I thought I was hearing in the 80s during Reagan and Bush Sr. I say thought because we didn't have the media tsunami juggernaut we have today.

I think that the vitriol is okay. It's when the speech or thought turns into action which is not okay.

will, I commend you in taking that kind of time to get your own fair and balanced. I can't be bothered any more. Life is too short and my free time too precious to give away to those things I don't agree nor subscribe to anyways.
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....I think that the vitriol is okay. It's when the speech or thought turns into action which is not okay.
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James Adkisson has been sentenced to life behind bars for the deaths of Greg McKendry and Linda Kraeger, the Unitarian Universalist martyrs who died during his assault on their church in Knoxville, TN...

Many of us intuited at the time that Adkisson's rampage was exactly the kind of rancid fruit that would inevitably take root in an American countryside thickly composted with two decades of hate radio bullshit, freshly turned and watered with growing middle-class frustration over the failing economy. That suspicion that was verified in the days that followed, when police searched Adkisson's apartment and found it filled with books and newsletters penned by Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, and other right-wing hate talkers.
"Know this if nothing else: This was a hate crime. I hate the damn left-wing liberals. There is a vast left-wing conspiracy in this country & these liberals are working together to attack every decent & honorable institution in the nation, trying to turn this country into a communist state. Shame on them....

"This was a symbolic killing. Who I wanted to kill was every Democrat in the Senate & House....I couldn't get to the generals & high ranking officers of the Marxist movement so I went after the foot soldiers...

"I thought I'd do something good for this Country Kill Democrats til the cops kill me....Liberals are a pest like termites. Millions of them Each little bite contributes to the downfall of this great nation. The only way we can rid ourselves of this evil is to kill them in the streets.
Marxists? Destroying the country? Sounds like Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity....day after day.

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A central Washington man was so enraged by the passage of federal health care reform that he threatened to kill U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, prosecutors charged Tuesday.

"I want to .... kill you," court documents say Charles Alan Wilson of Selah said in one of his foul-mouthed calls to Murray's office....

"Since you are going to put my life at risk, and some bureaucrat is going to determine my health care, your life is at risk, dear. Yes, your life is at risk," court documents say Wilson said in one of the calls on March 23.

Prosecutors: Enraged by health reform, man threatens to kill Murray
The Health Care law is putting his life at risk...a bureaucrat will determine his health? Sounds just like what was heard on conservative talk radio for months.....death panels, government intrusion into your life. etc.....

How about the number of arson cases against mosques in the last few years....I think it is up to 4 or 5 now...during the same time that conservative talk radio makes repeated claims that most mosques in the US are funded by, or fronts for, terrorist organizations.

I can find more...and I dont have to go back to the 70s and the Weather Underground and Jim Jones.
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I posted this as a stand-alone in Found on the Net, because I thought it didn't require discussion in and of itself. It's good for a laugh if you want it.

However, I felt it was relevant to this thread. It's a parody of the kind of rhetoric that Glenn Beck goes on about the Obama administration: "the Marxists in Washington," socialism sliding into communism, progressivism sliding into fascism, etc.

This is the power of parody. It takes something, turns it on its head, and throws it back at you. This action gets you to look at the issue from a perspective that you may not have otherwise. Enjoy.

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