Dislike of protests

[SassyLady]

I dislike the word "protest". I would rather attend a rally that supports my belief than a protest.

Mother Teresa was asked if she would attend an anti-war protest once and her answer was "no, but I will attend a pro-peace rally".

So, instead of a protest against gun control, I would attend a rally for the freedom to bear arms.

I think most conservatives would rather fight for what they believe in and most liberals want to fight against what others believe.

Huge difference in basic attitude.

Liberals think dissention is patriotic.....it's not, it's just disruptive because they are just protesting and bitching. They aren't presenting alternative solutions and having huge rallys to further their solutions. All they do is have huge mobs getting together to see how much disruption they can cause to get attention.

Ugh.

[avatar4321]

Yeah you're right, protest is stupid. Take for example the Boston Tea Party. We would have been much better without that. Tiananmen Square? Waste of energy. Should have just let the Chinese government continue as it was. Jesus attacking the money changers in the temple? Just a troublemaker causing problems. He should have minded his own business.

Yep, protest is stupid. The status quo is always better.

I cant help but notice none of the political events you mentioned did anything. Christ removing the money changers wasnt a protest as far as im concerned. it was an enforcement issue. But what did the Boston Tea Party accomplish? are the Chinese free now because of protestors?

[avatar4321]

I dislike the word "protest". I would rather attend a rally that supports my belief than a protest.

Mother Teresa was asked if she would attend an anti-war protest once and her answer was "no, but I will attend a pro-peace rally".

So, instead of a protest against gun control, I would attend a rally for the freedom to bear arms.

I think most conservatives would rather fight for what they believe in and most liberals want to fight against what others believe.

Huge difference in basic attitude.

Liberals think dissention is patriotic.....it's not, it's just disruptive because they are just protesting and bitching. They aren't presenting alternative solutions and having huge rallys to further their solutions. All they do is have huge mobs getting together to see how much disruption they can cause to get attention.

Ugh.

I agree. Protest is all about ripping thing down. rallying... that can be different.

[Samantha]

Rally, protest....just semantics. Peace rallies and war protests all merge together. Some name them one thing, others name them the other. They are the same group of patriotic citizens outside, with signs, listening to speeches, calling for the war to end.

[manu1959]

Rally, protest....just semantics. Peace rallies and war protests all merge together. Some name them one thing, others name them the other. They are the same group of patriotic citizens outside, with signs, listening to speeches, calling for the war to end.

you should go to the ones in sf where they vandalize the city

[Birdzeye]

Dissent is patriotic.

[manu1959]

how come it isn't when the right does it?

[avatar4321]

how come it isn't when the right does it?

Because what they really mean is marxist is patriotic.

[Samantha]

you should go to the ones in sf where they vandalize the city

I've been to protest rallies in SF and all around the bay area and I've never seen any damage done.

[manu1959]

I've been to protest rallies in SF and all around the bay area and I've never seen any damage done.

so when they trashed market street you missed that one?

[Samantha]

so when they trashed market street you missed that one?

I don't know what you are talking about. Got a link?

I googled market street damage war protest

http://www.google.com/search?source=...ge+war+protest

Nothing about trashing Market Street.

[Hobbit]

A peaceful assembly over gun rights seems more like something to do when a bill banning guns is before congress or immediately after it has passed. Once it reaches the enforcement stage, we have a war.

[manu1959]

I don't know what you are talking about. Got a link?

I googled market street damage war protest

http://www.google.com/search?source=...ge+war+protest

Nothing about trashing Market Street.

did you miss the g8 protest?

[glockmail]

So anyone with a grievance and a gun eh? I wonder if one or two dead presidents see it that way.This argument is absurd.

What's absurd is you insisting law abiding gun owners are assasins.

It's real simple:

1. The Constitution restricts the powers of the government; it does not "grant rights" to US citizens. Those rights are "self evident"; granted to man by God.
2. The Bill of Rights merely affirms certain rights.
3. The 2nd Ammendment isn't about hunting or target shooting or collecting. It is about self-defense, and the ability of the citizenry to raise up against a tyranical government.
4. If the government comes to take my God-given rights away, they will do so at their own peril. I can assure you that there are several million of us that think this way.

[Abbey Marie]

did you miss the g8 protest?

What do you know about it, Manu? You just live there.