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(Vanity)Spontaneous Freep of Leftists in the Peoples Republic of the Upper West Side draws crowd!
first hand account | 11/2/02 | me

Posted on 11/02/2002 11:12:07 AM PST by finnman69

I live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in NYC. For those who are not familiar this is ground zero for leftists and hard core socialist style Rats.

Today I went up to the Fairway Market on Broadway and 74th Street to do some shopping. The store is very popular due to its fresh food, great selection, and gourmet items. The store spans 2/3 of the block so it has significant sidewalk traffic and draws great crowds like it did today. The sidewalks in front of the store often have tables set up out front usually soliciting money for animal shelters. This time of year however you see political displays, and they are not conservative or Republican.

Witholding my pride I walked past a prominent Carl McCall(Rat candidate for governor) table with posters , literature and three people manning it. All the staffers were white men and in their 50-s to 60's. To be complete in description, I am 6'1 blonde/scandinavian looking in my early 30's. Next to the McCall Rats was another Democrat with a big poster that said "No War in Iraq" and "protect rent control" on it. Rent control is big with these leftists as they pay $300 a month rents on apartments that would rent for $3000 a month at market rates.

The Wellstone FuneRally fired me up the other night so upon entering the store I immediately starting thinking about the comments I would use to disparage and demoralize these nitwits. The first idea to come to mind was asking how they could support the NY State Democratic party (Hillary & Chuckie voted yes on war)when they had a big No war on Iraq sign.

Shopping was hectic and by the time I left the store I was not in the mood to Freep them. In addition my son was asleep in his stroller, so I figured why bother him. Passing the McCall table I saw more of these bearded 50ish white men with glasses(they all look the same don't they), I was blocked by the busy street traffic from getting right up to them so I decided to walk on, a little down that I let the opportunity go unchallenged.

But then the Freep happened.

At the corner was another 50ish white man with a beard and glasses wearing a Green party button chanting "No War" loudly over and over.

I had had it.

I went right next to the Green and chanted "NUKE IRAQ!" several times. The look of suprise in the face of the greenie was priceless. Judging by his speaking style and demeanor I would say he has engaged in a lot of heavy drug use. First he yelled back "oh yeah nuke Iraq, nuke Iraq". Then he called me a "typical chickenhawk". By then I would say at least 10-15 people had stopped their shopping to stare and watch.

Then something amazing happened.

Another man, intelligent looking, white in his late 50's, looked a little Waspy wearing a baseball hat and barn jacket came right up to the Green and starting tearing into him. "Yes we should nuke Iraq! My son was killed on 9/11, it's because of assh*les like you that he is dead". Now there were more people watching, maybe 20-30, several smiling at the Green get belittled. The Green said to the man " m very sorry about your son", but the man who lost his son continued to call him an assh*le and say "I am so sick of people like you". At that point I added "because of people like you 3000 people died on 9/11".

At this point we both started to walk away down the street together but just before I left, there was a McCall supporter wearing a McCall button watching. As I left I turned to him and said "And McCall is going down by 20 pts!" The McCall white male 50ish supporter was stunned and said nothing.

The man who lost his son laughed when I made the Mccall dig. I wish I could have found a way to tell him about Freerepublic at the time that was appropriate. As we walked away the man continued to tell me how sick of antiwar leftists he was. I told him I agreed and that I felt sorry for the loss of his son.

This all happened an hour ago.


TOPICS: US: New York; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 911; freep; greenparty; iraq
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This made me feel good. It also made me think, why cant we get a Pro-War/Republican table set up on the street.
1 posted on 11/02/2002 11:12:07 AM PST by finnman69
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To: finnman69
Excellent!
2 posted on 11/02/2002 11:14:36 AM PST by The Great Satan
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To: finnman69
why cant we get a Pro-War/Republican table set up on the street.

As the old saying goes "If it is up to be, it is up to me"

Do it.

Congrats on stopping them in their tracks!

Next time you go shopping, bring a camera...we'd love to see pics of this type of thing.

3 posted on 11/02/2002 11:15:21 AM PST by NorCoGOP
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To: finnman69
BRAVO!!

From the East Side. :)

4 posted on 11/02/2002 11:17:44 AM PST by NativeNewYorker
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To: finnman69
Good job!

I like Fairway when I'm in Manhatten, which isn't too often.
5 posted on 11/02/2002 11:18:10 AM PST by Sam Cree
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To: finnman69
great job - sad about the man though.
6 posted on 11/02/2002 11:18:14 AM PST by vbmoneyspender
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To: finnman69
Bravo! And, Thank You.
7 posted on 11/02/2002 11:18:52 AM PST by bigfootbob
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To: finnman69
Wow. Great Freep.
8 posted on 11/02/2002 11:19:51 AM PST by Roscoe
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A self-organizing freep! You did a good thing.
9 posted on 11/02/2002 11:20:26 AM PST by Marylander
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To: finnman69
This illustrates what lighting one little candle can do. Would that we would all have the courage to go it alone as you did. There's no telling how many hearts you may have changed today. Thank you.
11 posted on 11/02/2002 11:21:22 AM PST by basil
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To: finnman69
Good for you Vikingman.
12 posted on 11/02/2002 11:22:18 AM PST by jwalsh07
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To: finnman69
Way to go!
13 posted on 11/02/2002 11:26:00 AM PST by Dog
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To: finnman69
I just fininshed doing a literature drop for the Republican party in my neighborhood. I bumped into a guy who said, "you can keep that, we are democrats." I looked at him with a very sad look on my face and said, "I am really sorry to hear that." Normally, I would just say nothing and smile.
14 posted on 11/02/2002 11:26:34 AM PST by Slyfox
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To: vbmoneyspender
Yes, I could see the anger in this poor father was genuine but I think I made him feel ebtter in the end witha smile when I made the McCall down by 20 pts. He definitely appreciated me going after the Green nut.
15 posted on 11/02/2002 11:26:46 AM PST by finnman69
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Thanks. This kind of reporting was one of the most seductive things about FreeRepublic when I first lurked here.

I don't happen to agree with you on Iraq--at all. But I still think it was a great report and revealed far more of the "facts on the ground" than anything we could glean from the corporate media.

16 posted on 11/02/2002 11:28:01 AM PST by LaBelleDameSansMerci
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... All the staffers were white men and in their 50-s to 60's. ...

Interesting observation.

All of the "staffers" presiding over the decline and fall of the Catholic Church in America are also white men in their 50-s to 60's.

In fact, most of the "staffers" presiding over the decline and fall of Western Civilization are white men in their 50-s to 60's.

Reading and weeping.

But, as I said---great report...

17 posted on 11/02/2002 11:33:02 AM PST by LaBelleDameSansMerci
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Actually I don't believe we should nuke Iraq, unless they do it first, but I do believe we need to pre-empt in Iraq before he grows any stronger and threatens us. Yelling NUKE IRAQ seemd to be the last thing the Green wanted to hear. As it turns out it many in the crowd likely appeared to be on my side.

Thank you for your support even if you have a differing view. I can tell the Greenie I freeped has no room at all in his agenda other than the destruction of the US and other wacky green agendas.
18 posted on 11/02/2002 11:34:14 AM PST by finnman69
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Congratulations on your bravery and your efforts. You are an inspiration. See how one life can touch another? Today the Fairway, tomorrow....
19 posted on 11/02/2002 11:36:55 AM PST by Unknown Freeper
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To: finnman69
Spontaneous Freeping, or spontaneous "Americanism"! I love it. So sad about the gentleman who lost his son. While 9/11 still burns in our hearts, it will never be so near as to those who lost loved ones.

Thank you for all your work!

20 posted on 11/02/2002 11:39:07 AM PST by Caipirabob
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