http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/05/30/arlington.cemetery.protesters/index.html
This is a tough one. I mean, do you boo both of them? The Westies? KKK?
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May 30, 2011 5:02 p.m. DoctorBlade HalfDork
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May 30, 2011 5:57 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
that's.. unexpected
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May 30, 2011 6:13 p.m. carguy123 SuperDork
What a match up!
And in this corner weighing in at . . .
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May 30, 2011 6:18 p.m. stuart in mn SuperDork
Kind of like celebrity deathmatch.
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May 30, 2011 6:20 p.m. Grizz Reader
but said he believes the white race is "slowly and most assuredly being denigrated"
Well, yeah.
See, E36 M3 like this is why I hate CNN. Why would you even ask someone that? Is it just so they can claim all gun owners are racists later on? Or are they just douchebags?Members of the group declined to say whether they were armed.
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May 30, 2011 6:21 p.m. RexSeven SuperDork
I'm hoping a sinkhole forms beneath both groups and swallows them under.
BTW, LULZ at the sign targeting Anonymous. Problem, silly bigots?
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May 30, 2011 7:49 p.m. DoctorBlade HalfDork
Grizz wrote:
See, E36 M3 like this is why I hate CNN. Why would you even ask someone that? Is it just so they can claim all gun owners are racists later on? Or are they just douchebags?
It's part of the liberal media meme: Gun Owner = Conservative Racist, regardless.
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May 30, 2011 7:52 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork
RexSeven wrote:
I'm hoping a sinkhole forms beneath both groups and swallows them under.
+1000
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May 30, 2011 7:53 p.m. Osterkraut SuperDork
Grizz wrote:
See, E36 M3 like this is why I hate CNN. Why would you even ask someone that? Is it just so they can claim all gun owners are racists later on? Or are they just douchebags?Members of the group declined to say whether they were armed.
They did sneak that little sucker in there, didn't they?
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May 30, 2011 8:32 p.m. Duke SuperDork
But it's only Fox News that's biased. Everybody knows that.
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May 30, 2011 11:58 p.m. Joshua Reader
Oh boy ^^^
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May 31, 2011 12:02 a.m. Wally SuperDork
Grizz wrote:
but said he believes the white race is "slowly and most assuredly being denigrated"
Well, yeah.
See, E36 M3 like this is why I hate CNN. Why would you even ask someone that? Is it just so they can claim all gun owners are racists later on? Or are they just douchebags?Members of the group declined to say whether they were armed.
Is it wrong to hope the reporter was going to pay a homeless person to yell "he's got a gun" until someone in the KKK pops one of the Westies and all hell breaks loose infront of his camera.
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May 31, 2011 4:04 a.m. carguy123 SuperDork
Have you quit beating your wife?
The media's good at twisting facts to fit whatever image they want you to have.
I'm going with the KKK on this one. They've been around a lot longer and can probably deal with the Westies.
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May 31, 2011 8:08 a.m. Autolex HalfDork
you know, if there EVER was a time and a place for a terrorist attack...
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May 31, 2011 10:59 a.m. HiTempguy Dork
Autolex wrote:
you know, if there EVER was a time and a place for a terrorist attack...
See, for all of the tinfoil hat conspirators, you'd think the US gov would lob a plane on top of both groups and call it a day!
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May 31, 2011 11:00 a.m. carguy123 SuperDork
HiTempguy wrote:
Autolex wrote:
you know, if there EVER was a time and a place for a terrorist attack...
See, for all of the tinfoil hat conspirators, you'd think the US gov would lob a plane on top of both groups and call it a day!
The Westies tend to congregate together, but the KKK is scattered.
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May 31, 2011 11:38 a.m. Tom Heath Web Manager
In reply to NickF40:
completely inappropriate.
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May 31, 2011 11:47 a.m. oldsaw SuperDork
Wait, there are three protests and CNN virtually ignores the largest group?
Well, everyone knows that Faux News is the only biased media source. Some at CNN must feel proud of their efforts but the reason escapes me.
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May 31, 2011 2:36 p.m. fast_eddie_72 Dork
Grizz wrote:
See, E36 M3 like this is why I hate CNN. Why would you even ask someone that? Is it just so they can claim all gun owners are racists later on? Or are they just douchebags?
Where did it say anything about "gun owners"?
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May 31, 2011 2:45 p.m. Wally SuperDork
In reply to fast_eddie_72:
It doesn't specifically say gun owner, but they put this line about 1/4 of the way into the story
"LaBonte insisted he is not a racist nor a "hate-monger," but said he believes the white race is "slowly and most assuredly being denigrated."
Members of the group declined to say whether they were armed."
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May 31, 2011 2:55 p.m. fast_eddie_72 Dork
In reply to Wally:
Well, yeah. That's kinda what I was saying. The word "gun" isn't in the article - in reference to those who own them or otherwise.
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May 31, 2011 3:04 p.m. fast_eddie_72 Dork
I guess I should add - it seems to me that in the context of the story, it would not be inappropriate to ask if the counter protestors were armed. These are self-identified members of the KKK, a group that has had more than a bit of violence in their past. They were asked and answered with something other than "no". That does say something. Is it germane to the story? I guess that's subjective. But I don't see how it implies any kind of bias other than against the KKK.
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May 31, 2011 3:15 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
Both groups have a lot to attone for on the cosmic scale
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May 31, 2011 4:24 p.m. slantvaliant Dork
... something about blind pigs and acorns.
