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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 02:47 PM
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msnbc reporter calls pittsburgh protesters 'anarchist'
not 'protesters' anarchist, is that more news 'sexy'?


Main Entry: an·ar·chist
Pronunciation: \ˈa-nər-kist, -ˌnär-\
Function: noun
Date: 1678
1 : a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power
2 : a person who believes in, advocates, or promotes anarchism or anarchy; especially : one who uses violent means to overthrow the established order
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Bumblebee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 02:50 PM
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1. as was the case in Seattle, there are indeed self-identified "anarchists" in the protest
Edited on Fri Sep-25-09 02:53 PM by Bumblebee
MSNBC actually said nothing wrong. They do emphasize that most protesters are peaceful, and do not belong to the anarchist groups.

I did unrecommend the post because it's both misleading and inaccurate. It is unfair to blame the media for the lack of our own awareness of the facts. God knows there are many legitimate reasons to do so.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 02:55 PM
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6. the reporter was reporting on the protesters....all of them. i heard it. i saw it. did you?
Edited on Fri Sep-25-09 03:05 PM by spanone
nothing unfair about reporting the facts

the protesters crossing the bridge where the reporter was reporting and the cameras were focused were not the marching anarchists
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Bumblebee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 03:17 PM
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11. I happened to have seen earlier reports, and they did make distinctions.
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timtom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 02:52 PM
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2. I dunno...I guess that's a primary reason
I avoid MSM at all costs. Just as I avoid television and newspapers in general. Although, truth to tell, I DO enjoy doing the New York Times crossword puzzle (Sunday).

But thanks for your report. I'm not surprised, however. Have you seen any video yet of the trashing of the posse comitatus?
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 02:52 PM
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3. I know. MSNBC has been horrible. Babbling on about Iran all day. Who cares!
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Chulanowa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 02:52 PM
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4. Opposing global ciorporate consolidation and exploitation makes you an anarchist, yanno
After all, these are the entities that control government, so if you're anti-corporatist, you're also anti-government.

And obviously need to have the shit beaten out of you for it.

I tell ya man, the "anarchists" these days are total wimps compared to the anarchists at the turn of the century.
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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 02:52 PM
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5. The RW have their own dictionary, apparently...
When the Dixie Chicks said something negative about a sitting US president while on foreign soil, it was called treason. When Sara Palin said something negative about a sitting US president while on foreign soil, it was called patriotism.

I'm quite sure that TeaBaggers, Birthers, and the Town Hall Screamers are patriots, according to that book, whereas any LW protester remains an anarchist, fascist, socialist, etc.
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Sinistrous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 02:57 PM
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7. Since a number of the protesters self-identify as anarchists,
it could be more news "accuracy".

http://post-gazette.com/pg/09268/1000737-482.stm
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distantearlywarning Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 02:59 PM
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8. A very good friend of mine is involved with the local anarchist movement here in town
They did comprise a fair number of the protesters here this week, although not all of them.

So the reporter isn't completely inaccurate.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 03:11 PM
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9. meaning someone who breaks the law - then they probably were
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 03:11 PM
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10. the protesters have permits....
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Codeine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 03:26 PM
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12. Because the violent and problematic ones are anarchists.
Self-identified as such.
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lib2DaBone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 04:29 PM
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13. Ya But.... What if someone disagrees with the war in Iraq or Afghanistan?
What if someone disagrees with the spending of $Billions on War.. when we can't feed Children in America?

We are "Anarchists"? Excuse me?

Billions to Blackwater, Billions to Haliburton, Billions to Wall Street... but not a Fucking DIME to Taxpayers who foot the bill?

This country has some serious issues...
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-25-09 04:34 PM
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14. I think dissidents is a better term
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