If this Kerry incident has confirmed anything to me it is that university students can be the most self-righteous, tactless, clueless, tunnel-visioned, knee-jerk reactionary people on the planet
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So yeah, I maintain my criticism of the way this fiasco has been handled. This is because I cannot believe the amount of sensationalism and debate just over what happened when the evidence is right in front of everyone. On video. From several angles. Viewing it carefully, one would discover the police did tell him why he was being arrested, and they warned him about the use of a taser, and this was all after peacefully (though briefly) attempting to escort him out. The police here are not heroes, but they weren't acting in a way that warrants them being fired. But people like to argue. And I maintain my criticism because I actually do care about this kind of stuff. I care about the integrity of the issues, and this kind of sensationalism is going to be overlooked as just that, and there goes your cause. And even if it's not overlooked and the SDS gets everything they want, two officers will be fired and the rest will have to resort just to shooting people and beating them up. Huzzah.
Yeah, I do find the situation pretty fucking annoying.
But I'm a good ol' boy, red-blooded, flag waving republican. Did I sell out, too? PUHHH LEEZ.
Yeah, I do find the situation pretty fucking annoying.
But I'm a good ol' boy, red-blooded, flag waving republican. Did I sell out, too? PUHHH LEEZ.
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