[kj] OT - Tunis, Egypt, Iran, Lybia.. Wisconsin??

[folk devil]

Could it be that these 'protests' are on a relatively small scale compared to other countries, and that the Police are a militia, anyway?
After 15 years living in the US, I find the general population to be somewhat politically apathetic and extremely disenfranchised.
 

 

> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:03:01 -0600

> From: mkolmar at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT - Tunis, Egypt, Iran, Lybia.. Wisconsin??

> 

> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:44 PM, folk devil <folk.devil at hotmail.com> wrote:

> >> I might have a lot more to say about this.

> >

> > Please elaborate on "people are not physically afraid to protest "..

> 

> In recent history in the U.S., people are not afraid that a peaceful

> protest about any issue (even if protesters have guns and/or on

> private property) will cause police or national guard to respond with

> deadly force or at worst beyond crowd-dispersal tactics. Military

> forces supposedly are not allowed to fight in the U.S., and that has

> not happened in quite a long time. (Military were involved in New

> Orleans / Katrina, for example, supposedly not against the people but

> for emergency efforts.) Tradition is that physical crowds in the U.S.

> do not face the level of physical threats as in many other nations.

> (Not to ignore Kent State and various small-scale, private nuts.)

> 

> --Mark

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