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"Purge" tonight?
https://twitter.com/#purge

Posted on 08/15/2014 1:34:18 PM PDT by ctdonath2

Media stirring about a "purge" tonight, based on last year's movie "The Purge" which depicted a scheduled period where all crime was legal for 12 hours. With the Ferguson events deflating as the "good boy" starts appearing not so much after all, those looking for an excuse to continue recent rioting (for rioting's sake) may be leveraging the confluence of news & entertainment into real life.

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To: Red Badger

21 posted on 08/15/2014 2:01:46 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Vermont Lt

actually 51, I just saw it for free on Comcast on Demand Cinemax free preview. Wow that movie was scary but shows how important to be armed to the hilt.


22 posted on 08/15/2014 2:02:04 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Vermont Lt
Only about fifty people saw that movie.

It's actualy one of the most profitable movies of all time.

From Wiki: Despite mixed reviews, the film grossed $89,328,627 during its run, far surpassing its $3 million budget.

23 posted on 08/15/2014 2:02:33 PM PDT by MeganC (It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
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To: KosmicKitty
Well, as I tell my criminal justice students, one way to reduce the crime rate is to make all behaviors legal.

Or only pass laws that affect the law-abiding.

Punish the innocent and reward the guilty.

24 posted on 08/15/2014 2:02:35 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The man who damns money obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it earned it." --Ayn Rand)
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Wasn’t the backdrop of the Purge about a USA that had a 1.5% unemployment rate and the lowest crime rates ever in history because of the Purge, and good guys fought back against the criminals?

Sounds like a good tactic to me for 12 hours as long as it reduces the population of thugs in this nation.


25 posted on 08/15/2014 2:06:45 PM PDT by InsidiousMongo
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To: manc
But we conservatives were told we were stupid to think that Hollywood influences the public and we had to protect our kids.

Out of one side of their mouths, they say that movies don't influence people, then out of the other, the likes of Meathead says he'll remove smoking from his movies, and Spielberg removes guns from E.T., both stating they don't want to send the wrong message.

26 posted on 08/15/2014 2:07:00 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Has anyone seen my tagline? It was here yesterday. I seem to have misplaced it.)
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To: ctdonath2; OneWingedShark

The marxists would like a race/civil war. More power to be had.


27 posted on 08/15/2014 2:07:12 PM PDT by dynachrome (Vertrou in God en die Mauser)
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To: southernindymom

My only dilemma is do I have enough pre-loaded M4 mags?


28 posted on 08/15/2014 2:07:45 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
Well, I was going to post this to the post above yours, but it's gone...

Tonight would be a good time to sit on the porch, no?


29 posted on 08/15/2014 2:10:20 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: McGruff

I saw it recently when Cinemax had a free weekend. It was very disturbing, but it also showed how stupid liberalism is. The protagonists in the movie would have been fine if they hadn’t let the homeless guy into their home in the first place.


30 posted on 08/15/2014 2:11:11 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Be Breitbart, baby. LIFB.)
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To: Kartographer

What’s that?


31 posted on 08/15/2014 2:12:12 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom
what is that?

LOL

32 posted on 08/15/2014 2:17:15 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: ctdonath2

Let us hope authorities stop this ‘fad’ before it turns into another nationwide ‘knock-out’ series.

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I thought I saw a thread earlier today about authorities in Jacksonville (?) being concerned about the possibility of the ‘fad’ happening here.

Another thread has similar about Louisville (KY).


33 posted on 08/15/2014 2:24:45 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: ctdonath2

Louisville’s Purge: What’s the Story?

August 14, 2014 - 10:43am



Purge, the 2013 thriller movie starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey was terrifying enough. Depicting a near-future America in which, for one night out of the year, violent crime of all kinds becomes legal, The Purge has inspired more than a few nightmares no matter its apparent implausibility.

According to a wide range of local social media, however, some are talking of an all-too-real “purge” right here in Louisville, to take place beginning at 8:30 p.m. Friday August 15 to 6:00 a.m. Saturday August 16, and police have taken the threats very seriously. Though many would peg the notices as a large-scale, frightening prank, nerves are on edge across Louisville’s social media.


34 posted on 08/15/2014 2:32:43 PM PDT by Bratch
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To: ctdonath2

Operation Panther Trap


35 posted on 08/15/2014 2:35:03 PM PDT by DannyTN (I)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
what is that?

LOL

Ahhh, someone saw the humor!

36 posted on 08/15/2014 2:36:28 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: Kartographer

That was the first thing I thought of, too. You gotta admit, a few of those and the thoughts of looting would be far, far away.


37 posted on 08/15/2014 2:42:28 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ctdonath2

Always armed. Always prepared.

They wanna dance, they’ll pay the piper.


38 posted on 08/15/2014 2:43:17 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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To: dynachrome; yorkiemom; null and void; laplata; Gluteus Maximus; Salvavida; Foundahardheadedwoman; ..

CWII Spark — True: “The marxists would like a race/civil war. More power to be had.”


39 posted on 08/15/2014 2:45:48 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: ctdonath2

Call the morgue. The people who believe this shit are on the move. Get out of all black cities or prepare to kill a lot of people.


40 posted on 08/15/2014 2:47:07 PM PDT by liberty or death
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