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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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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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“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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“Other examples of this flash mob...”

One word is missing in these descriptions.

Black.


23 posted on 08/22/2011 12:30:01 AM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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And so many people berated Glenn Beck when he predicted this societal meltdown and warned Americans to stock up on everything they can.

Look for these types of mobs to grow in ferocity and frequency of attacks, especially on Election Day. What more lucrative and vulnerable target than scores of Americans lining up to vote?


25 posted on 08/22/2011 1:54:14 AM PDT by ScottinVA (As a party that gives Obama what he wants, what again is the GOP`s 2012 selling point?)
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...and it is yet another indication that our society is starting to fall apart.

That's garbage.

In addition, this piece is worthless since it does not mention race.

26 posted on 08/22/2011 1:55:19 AM PDT by Ken H
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What would you do if you had 15 or 20 young men approaching you?

Step on the gas and turn on the windshield wipers?

27 posted on 08/22/2011 2:01:37 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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PUT SOME OF THE BLAME ON THE VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES!!!


31 posted on 08/22/2011 2:49:57 AM PDT by LiveFreeOrDie2001 (Best Cook on Free Republic! ;-))
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Maybe the Supreme Court can legalize flash mobs as part of the penumbra of the Constitution.


34 posted on 08/22/2011 2:57:56 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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"...In America today there are millions of young men and women that don't have jobs and that don't have any hope and they are starting to take out their frustrations on innocent people..."

Ah. Well, that explains it then. This is what liberals refer to as a "root cause". They are just poor, put upon, oppressed unfortunates. It's all okay, then.

Sheesh.

38 posted on 08/22/2011 3:35:12 AM PDT by rlmorel ("When marching down the same road, one doesn't need 'marching orders' to reach the same destination")
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Flash mobs are becoming more popular for three reasons.
1. The tribe mentality of overwhelming their target. In a tribe less chance of the victims fighting back, even if they do they will be swarmed
2. Less chance of getting caught, how many arrests for these flash mode activities have we seen?
3. The opportunity by giving the “disadvantaged” cell phones for free. We just used to pay for a home line for emergencies now through the universal service fee we give them the means to organize flash mobs.


42 posted on 08/22/2011 3:53:52 AM PDT by shoff (Cuomo is going to change the NY state motto from Excelsior to elixir (cause we bought it)
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Sadly, it will take a person who has a CCW permit that is threatened and carries on his/her person to take down a flash mob person to end this nonsense.


44 posted on 08/22/2011 3:57:54 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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