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"The Trial of the Century"

Feb 09, 2010 13:14

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the_laugh February 9 2010, 18:16:38 UTC

One protester, Carolyn Walton, who works for a water-filtration company in Manhattan, told me that Holder was “a Marxist mole.” She asked, “How can someone who is not an American have any right to our rights? Holder wants to help the terrorists.”

*Blinks* What?

My reaction to this part in emoticons: jaded110 February 9 2010, 18:21:12 UTC

O.o o.O -.- O.O o.o -.-

Re: My reaction to this part in emoticons: ladypeyton February 9 2010, 20:00:25 UTC

When your eyes were shut were you sadly shaking your head? If so we had the exact *same* reaction!

mindrtist February 9 2010, 20:00:44 UTC

That was the part that got my attention too. If people have a problem with Obama or anyone else, attack on merit or policy. Not this fabricated Marxist, Maoist, etc. crap.

evewithanapple February 9 2010, 18:17:51 UTC

SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS MEANS YOU'RE WITH THE TERRORISTS.

Wait, what?

“This macho bravado-that’s the kind of thing that leads you into wars that should not be fought, that history is not kind to,” he said. “The quest for justice, despite what your contemporaries might think, that’s toughness. The ability to subject yourself to the kind of criticism I’m getting now, for something I think is right? That’s tough.”

*applauds*

cesaretech February 9 2010, 18:25:06 UTC

“Values matter in this fight,” he said. “We need to give those who might follow these mad men a good sense of what America is, and what America can be. We are militarily strong, but we are morally stronger.”

Why is this so hard to understand? More importantly, why are people so afraid to give the terrorists trials? Are they seriously afraid someone is going to find them innocent?

ninevoltmoose February 9 2010, 18:29:29 UTC

To misquote John Stewart: "He's not going to sprout wings and start firing laser beams out of his eyes!"

eric holder's a real ~commie~ creativepseudo February 9 2010, 18:30:43 UTC

One protester, Carolyn Walton, who works for a water-filtration company in Manhattan, told me that Holder was “a Marxist mole.”

iamashamed February 9 2010, 18:30:49 UTC

I don't feel like I have anything valid so say here, because I wasn't personally impacted by it, and I'm not American. They way Jon Stewart described it made the most sense to me though; he should be trialed in the pit of it, to show that even the most vile creatures gets a legal trial in America.

iamashamed February 9 2010, 18:33:07 UTC

Disclaimer: Jon Stewart is a New Yorker and was there when it happend. I don't know if he knew anyone who was personally impacted, but he did see and hear what happend from his apartment. (source: Larry King Interview)

akuma_river February 9 2010, 19:32:03 UTC

Did you see the episode he straight after 9-11? I think they went back on the air on the 21st.

He gives a lot of details about what it felt like. He was near tears at some parts but it was mainly hopeful.

It is something to be seen.

iamashamed February 9 2010, 19:33:45 UTC

I have, it had me in tears. it was heartbreaking, yet I was inspired.