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Flash Mob Epidemic
End Of The American Dream ^ | August 16, 2011 | Unattributed

Posted on 08/21/2011 10:57:22 PM PDT by danielmryan

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What really got me about this article is the author using a word that's often euphemized but shouldn't be. Flash mobs are cruel. The thuggers that compose them are cruel. They're not rebelling against a purportedly cruel America, they're part of the cruelty wave. They may well be the leading edge of a new kind of cruelty.
1 posted on 08/21/2011 10:57:27 PM PDT by danielmryan
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How are these flash mobs organized and how do they communicate? Is that understood?


2 posted on 08/21/2011 11:00:41 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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Horrible as the violence is, a greater threat is the curtailment of cellphone use and the Internet as media for the organizing of these mobs. The mobs can be dealt with. Loss of liberty takes with it the possibility of restoring it.


3 posted on 08/21/2011 11:04:21 PM PDT by firebrand (Why didn't they impeach him? He's now totally out of control.)
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Broad CCW would end this phenomenon in short order.

If these punks and little cowards knew they could pay for their “flash mob” with their lives they wouldn’t take the chance.


4 posted on 08/21/2011 11:05:48 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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Flash MOBS = BLACK TERRORIST!

This is what the old media finds so hard to report about “flash mobs!” Whites are the intended victims!

5 posted on 08/21/2011 11:07:51 PM PDT by paratrooper82 (We are kicking Ass in Afghanistan, soon we will be home to kick some more Asses in Congress!)
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***** “Broad CCW would end this phenomenon in short order.” *****

Open Carry in combination ... Prevention and Solution

TT


6 posted on 08/21/2011 11:08:32 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Radical islam is real islam. Moderate islam is the trojan horse.)
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It’s a good thing that Mr. Obama and his minions (He has minions? Yeah, what else would you call them?) buy into their OWN propaganda, otherwise we would in worse trouble. We’re in a world wide Depression (Still early in the cycle of it, and it’s going to get a lot worse, before we hit the bottom of it, never mind start to climb out of it.) and Mr. Obama and his people think they can MANAGE events SKILLFULLY. His own supporters are going to act against him in ways he has not forseen. Think about those flash mobs, I don’t think he has.


7 posted on 08/21/2011 11:10:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Gov. Sarah Palin. What'll you do?)
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Anybody who thought flash mobs ‘were fun’ is really clueless. There’s nothing good or fun about mob action or a mob mentality.


8 posted on 08/21/2011 11:11:14 PM PDT by Post Toasties (Leftists give insanity a bad name.)
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young men and women that don't have jobs and that don't have any hope

And they don't have any morals.

Yeah, I notice that race isn't mentioned even a single time in the snip above.

9 posted on 08/21/2011 11:18:39 PM PDT by HeartlandOfAmerica (Geithner: Taxes on 'Small Business' Must Rise So Government Doesn't 'Shrink')
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Events that differentiate those generally thought to be same are, at least, educational.

10 posted on 08/21/2011 11:19:10 PM PDT by I see my hands (Keep your sunny side up!)
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I don't know why people keep insisting the violence and cruelty is due to poverty. There are many poor people who are not violent or immoral. There are many millions of Americans who still work hard, try to play by the rules, and try to live moral lives.

We live in a society that is on the skids after coasting on its Judeo-Christian past for far too many generations. We'd rather not hear about sin and evil. That kind of talk makes us feel uncomfortable as we prefer to be our own gods, living our lives as we please. We've rejected God.

We have to decide between God or our own selfish motives. If we're unable to restrain ourselves, then government must grow. In fact, people will beg for a king to save them from the unruly, immoral mess that they themselves have created.

What can we do about it? None of us individually can fix America, but we can each fix our own lives. If anything, this is a wakeup call for each of us to try and live better, moral lives. Don't like what's happening to our country? Fix oneself and try to be a positive influence on one’s family and friends. Read the Bible. The answers are there!

11 posted on 08/21/2011 11:27:43 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Bad is easy. Anyone can do bad. Good, OTOH, is work. It takes discipline.)
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>>Open Carry in combination ... Prevention and Solution<<

You got it better than I. OCW should be the order of the day.

It was a studied understanding of how people deal with reality when Heinlein said “an armed society is a polite society.”

Sadly, liberal politics have resulted in an armed society being a thug society. Only thugs display guns as threats.


12 posted on 08/21/2011 11:30:51 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Herman Cain 2012)
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“What would you do if you had 15 or 20 young men approaching you?”

Open fire. Change magazines. Rinse and repeat.


13 posted on 08/21/2011 11:34:06 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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What would you do if you had 15 or 20 young men approaching you?

Determine the leader and negotiate.
Korben Dallas

14 posted on 08/21/2011 11:38:45 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)
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You are correct. As with any problem, Christ provides the solution.

Re: Flash mob tactics in the promotion of criminal actions, they will be countered first using the same techniques every military officer is trained to use in the implementation of deadly force with mob psychology. First the leader is identified and targeted. When the threshold is reached to justify the use of deadly force, then first kill the leader then reassess the situation.

If the mob fails to come under control of legitimate authority, then contain the mob from outside coordination, and continue to employ force until the mob activity is controlled.

LEOs and first responders are likely to acquire the ability to cutoff all cell phone communications and access the communication linkages in their efforts to enforce the law until the mob rule is taken back under control.

Today, we need public examples made of a few flash mob initiators, that the courts will hold them accountable for the damages they spawn, with both civil and criminal prosecution. Punitive and preventative suffering of those criminally active needs to become the social norm.


15 posted on 08/21/2011 11:41:06 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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"What can we do about it? None of us individually can fix America, but we can each fix our own lives."

Which must in include withholding all (ALL) societal and familial support to liberals Absolute shun.


16 posted on 08/21/2011 11:42:10 PM PDT by I see my hands (Keep your sunny side up!)
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I need to practice my negotiation skills.


17 posted on 08/21/2011 11:49:28 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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The only victims of “flash mobs” are delusional libtard dimwits. Flashmobbers know better than to chance only 20 or 30 showing up at a place where one or more CCW folks could potentially have 50 to 75 rounds each.


18 posted on 08/22/2011 12:01:13 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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The authorities must respond to violence with violence. I agree. That’s why I wrote the citizenry will be ruled one way or the other. We’ll either submit to God’s rule, relearn the discipline to rule ourselves, or beg the government to step in and rule us. No matter what, we’ll have a king.

I often write how America’s success is due to our Judeo-Christian past, and it is. However, there are other non-Christian cultures where individuals restrain themselves. Consider the Japanese for example. Fear of bringing shame on oneself and one’s family is effective. Unfortunately, Americans no longer believe in shame, and being non-judgmental is considered the greatest virtue. That does not bode well for the future.


19 posted on 08/22/2011 12:02:05 AM PDT by CitizenUSA (Bad is easy. Anyone can do bad. Good, OTOH, is work. It takes discipline.)
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Anybody who thought flash mobs ‘were fun’ is really clueless. There’s nothing good or fun about mob action or a mob mentality.

Here's a clue for you. Flash mob in mall food court.

20 posted on 08/22/2011 12:18:53 AM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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