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Earth_First Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 07:57 AM
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Poll question: Would You Support a Citizen's Revolt in this Country?
Violence begets violence, violence is not what I condone...

However, would you support a citizen's revolt to address situations that have gone awry in this country in order to shift the balance of power back into the hands of the people?
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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 07:59 AM
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1. then please define your 'revolt'. thanks
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:00 AM
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2. So long as it involved nonviolent means as did those MLK
undertook.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:01 AM
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3. Heck, we were founded on revolution.
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:03 AM
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4. Great.
Would you condone it if it was a Freeper revolt?
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:39 AM
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13. hey now the freepers are revolting enough
no more revolting freepers.:evilgrin:
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Silverhair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:03 AM
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5. Most revolutions set up a gov't that betrays the revolution.
The end state is usually worse then the state it replaced. Not always, as the American Revolution was one of the rare success stories. But it is a chance that I do not desire to take. Contrary to a lot of the posturing around here, things aren't that bad. They could be a LOT better, but they aren't nowhere near bad enough for a revolution.
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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:08 AM
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6. What do you propose? Singing "Kumbaya" and whining in our Starbucks?
If we're gonna make an Omelette, we gotta be willing to scramble some eggs....
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Media_Lies_Daily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:10 AM
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7. A general strike? Yes. Any other? No.....
...but my personal fear is that we're headed toward an armed insurrection/civil war is growing daily.

The anti-NeoCon forces need to expedite their removal of the NeoCons from the centers of U. S. government before this gets completely out of hand.
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LARED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:11 AM
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8. Back into the hands of the people??
Huh????

Our form of government purposefully puts the power in the hands of elected representative. The people have never had the power to do anything except elect those that represent us.

The revolution should be to put representative in power that actually represent the interests of the people, rather than the interests for the power brokers.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:11 AM
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9. In an Okie heartbeat
We won't have to resort to violence either. By educating our lost friends, which we all have one or maybe a few. The way out of the wilderness will take Knowledge.
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The2ndWheel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:20 AM
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10. Sure
But it wouldn't work. Power isn't stupid.

Non-violent means won't work either. There may have been a time when strikes or the like could work, but not today. Things like that aren't new anymore, they get sucked into the corporate machine easily(look what commercials have done to protest songs), and people need to feed their kids.

The country has never been in the hands of "the people". It's always been controlled by the power brokers. That power base has been nice enough to give citizens rights(as long as it continues or gives it more power), and when it's no longer profitable, they'll take their country back.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:21 AM
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11. Other.
Undecided.
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the other one Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:26 AM
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12. The Tree of Liberty is nourished by the blood of patriots...
or something like that, courtesy of Thomas Jefferson.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:44 AM
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14. Invalid question.
Without any definition of what you mean by "Citizen's Revolt," your question is meaningless. Newt Gingrich spoke of a "new American revolution," and Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke about revolutionary change. Without a definition, your question could mean either of these, or something totally different.
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David Briggs Donating Member (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 08:51 AM
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15. Own and Vote Corporate Stock.
Armed revolt is truly self-defeating. It is an admission that you cannot find a lawful majority which is able to exercise its informed free will. There is no excuse for that in the age of the internet.

Own as much stock of big business as you possibly can, and vote it in a manner which is most likely to ensure that profit is held no higher than Priority Number Four. That will go a long way to moving the country toward the goals I assume you seek. Join with others who are doing the same thing.
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