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Rudeness mars peace message [antiwar protestor DEFECATES on burning US flag]
Portland Tribune ^
| 3/23/07
| Portland Tribune Editorial
Posted on 03/23/2007 5:56:59 PM PDT by TFFKAMM
If the cause of peace is worth supporting — and we believe it is — then peace protesters must demonstrate the values they promote. The vast majority of the estimated 15,000 protesters who took part in a peace march Sunday in downtown Portland did just that. They were well-behaved, well-intentioned and serious about their cause.
But then there was a smaller group of demonstrators — if they can even be called that — who engaged in numerous actions that violated the sensibilities of ordinary people and damaged the very cause the activists claimed to endorse.
This splinter group of protesters showed its support for “peace” by burning a U.S. soldier in effigy. It exhibited its supposedly pacifist nature by knocking a police officer off his bike — an action that brought out the police riot squad.
Perhaps the most disturbing scene of the afternoon, however, involved the man who pulled down his pants in front of women and children and defecated on a burning U.S. flag. This disgusting act actually elicited cheers from some members of the crowd, but we hope that the emotion it produces in the community is one of revulsion....
(Excerpt) Read more at portlandtribune.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: anarchists; antiamerican; barbarian; demonstration; flagburning; formetopoopon; left; moonbats; oregon; portland; ratcrime; rosecity
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To: TFFKAMM
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posted on
03/23/2007 6:15:00 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
To: TFFKAMM
I would be willing to bet big money there weren't 15,000 protestors.
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posted on
03/23/2007 6:15:09 PM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Our first responsibility is to keep the power of the Presidency out of the hands of the Clintons.)
To: wastedyears
It would have been a pleasure spending time in the ER with you, had we have been there.
23
posted on
03/23/2007 6:16:30 PM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(I buy gas for my Hummer with the Carbon Offsets I sell on Ebay!)
To: TFFKAMM
Thank you for locating this editorial...I have been hunting for it on the Oregonians website. It sure has those punk anarchists all riled up.
24
posted on
03/23/2007 6:19:07 PM PDT
by
crazyhorse691
(The faithful will keep their heads down, their powder dry and hammer at the enemies flanks.)
To: Bahbah
There are NOT two Americas. There are Americans.
And there are those who are in America--but America is not in them.
I'm not particularly in favor of letting them stay.
25
posted on
03/23/2007 6:20:07 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
Okay, you said it better than I did.
26
posted on
03/23/2007 6:25:25 PM PDT
by
Bahbah
(Regev, Goldwasser & Shalit, we are praying for you.)
To: TFFKAMM
Portland can defend itself. How much Federal money do we waste on that town?
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posted on
03/23/2007 6:25:32 PM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(Our first responsibility is to keep the power of the Presidency out of the hands of the Clintons.)
To: TFFKAMM
An animal posing as a human takes a dump on our flag and they call this rude ?
28
posted on
03/23/2007 6:26:20 PM PDT
by
armymarinemom
(My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
To: Ieatfrijoles
Naw, they outsourced the writing of this article to a free-lancer in Hyderabad. Nobody on the Portland Tribune staff would touch it.
To: 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...
Portland again!
Sheesh!!!!
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posted on
03/23/2007 6:36:33 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: TFFKAMM
Man, these freaks just keep trying to outdo eachother. Next thing will be a partial-birth abortion performed onto a burning American flag while six homos gang-rape a six year old boy, all done inside the tent where foodstamps can be exchanged for crack-rocks and carbon-offset credits (useful to compensate for flag burning). Any lesser performance will constitute "right-wing extremism".
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posted on
03/23/2007 6:36:45 PM PDT
by
M203M4
(Ignorance of basic math underlies economic ignorance and helps fuel socialism.)
To: TFFKAMM
The comments on the Portland Tribune website in response to this are eye-opening: overwhelmingly anti-left.
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posted on
03/23/2007 6:37:44 PM PDT
by
happygrl
To: TFFKAMM
I've killed people for less affrontary and vulgarity than this.............
To: happygrl
I noticed that too. How refreshing.
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posted on
03/23/2007 6:42:57 PM PDT
by
keats5
(tolerance of intolerant people is cultural suicide)
To: armymarinemom
An animal posing as a human takes a dump on our flag and they call this rude ?That's insulting real animals
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posted on
03/23/2007 6:45:29 PM PDT
by
Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: TFFKAMM
15,000 protesters,and there wasn't one patriot and certainly not one real man in the whoooooooooooooole bunch !!!
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posted on
03/23/2007 6:45:46 PM PDT
by
Obie Wan
To: wastedyears
I once wandered into an anti-war (Viet Nam) protest carrying a small American flag. I was punched, kicked, and
peed on. It's so nice to see that the peace and love crowd are still so "peaceful." /extreme sarcasm.
To: TFFKAMM
Ever since being shown up by the Gathering of Eagles, the freaks have really been kicking it up a notch.
To: happygrl
Unfortunately some are typical of conspiratorial embarrassed leftists.
It is pretty obvious that a very organized small group was intent on disrupting Sunday’s anti-war march with behavior that was meant to be disgusting as possible. There only aim was to “destroy the message of peace” that thousands of other marchers brought with them to downtown Portland.
It makes you wonder who paid them to do this.
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posted on
03/23/2007 6:47:47 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
To: TFFKAMM
Last year they brought pictures of GW and defecated on those (3 pictures, 3 freaks, middle of street).
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posted on
03/23/2007 6:49:29 PM PDT
by
Cruising Speed
(Give A Hoot, Vote For Newt)
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