Smelly Hippies, Commies, and Anarchists Stinking Up Denver

[grislyatoms]

You really thing Ghoul-boy (punk kid with ripped jeans in first picture) would work in a fast food joint?

Perhaps not. I could hear him saying:

"Hey Scooby, like, pass me the rolling papers and have you seen, like, my copy of the Communist Manifesto?"

[Manedwolf]

Most of the 'professional protesters' I know work in the IT sector

I've worked in the "IT sector" for the past 12yrs and have yet to run into those types.  Maybe they worked for dot bombs, hence their abundance of free time...

Chris

A lot are unemployable, still.

There was just a news report that the new Gen Y sorts coming into the workplace "expect" flextime and are used to being the center of attention, and it's causing stress for managers, but there's so many of them that they can't be ignored.

What, did all the thirtysomethings disappear? Why do they have to hire such losers?

[Scout26]

At least when Jerry Garcia was alive and the Dead were touring, more of them stayed out of politics. 

[41magsnub]

No, it is not the soldier that has given us the freedom of speech.

1. Freedom of speech is not given, it is innate in all men.

2. It is a 'community organizer' called Sam Adams and a politician called James Madison that brought us the Revolution and the Bill of Rights. Washington's role was comparatively minor.

3. I don't see how you can learn about these people's 'hygiene' from the picture. If anything, it's probably that the JBTs wearing all that black in that weather smell just as bad if not worse.

You're drifting to the other side in your views and what you choose to condemn and excuse. I hope you see that.

"The other side"?

Do they have cookies?

They have the "special" brownies.

[MechAg94]

It seems to me I have heard that some organizations spend a lot of money organizing some of these protests. 

I am sure there are some that are well informed, but many are not.  Too many TV shows air their interviews of them to say they are all well informed.  Of course, many normal blue collar people aren't too well informed either.  That is one reason why I don't complain when people say voter turnout is low. 

I was wondering how many of these people will be at the Repub convention also?  Will they protest the same stuff?

[French G.]

What's up with this AR he's holding? Marked for rubber bullets/pepper ball shots only? Mag is the oddest I've seen...

That's a paintball gun dressed up to have the same controls as an AR-15.

That would be this thing here. Pretty nice piece. Full disclosure, I own a little speculative stock in this under performing company, hopefully the gun will get a good test drive in Denver and kick off some more orders. 

http://www.veritastactical.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=53

[roo_ster]

2. It is a 'community organizer' called Sam Adams and a politician called James Madison that brought us the Revolution and the Bill of Rights. Washington's role was comparatively minor.

3. I don't see how you can learn about these people's 'hygiene' from the picture. If anything, it's probably that the JBTs wearing all that black in that weather smell just as bad if not worse.

#2: Calling Washington "minor" akin to calling a diagnosis of terminal lung cancer "incidental" because the patient ultimately died from lack of oxygen to the brain...never mind the compromised lung function.

#3: True, one can not accomplish a total examination of personal hygiene from a photograph, but there are some visual cues to tip us off.  Add to that the personal experience I have had with the hygiene-lacking hippy-types in general and I am willing to speculate on the PH of these particular folks.

The armor-wearing LEOs generally have PH standards to which they must adhere.  Hippies do not.  Also, such organizations generally have some effective peer-group enforcement techniques if one of the LEOs decides to scrimp on PH.

Then, there is the metaphorical stink of marxist and anarchist ideas. 

Here is a wikipedia entry on some PH basics:

The following are examples of personal hygiene as practiced in many cultures.

[edit] General

    * Washing the body and hair.
          o Bathing
          o Showering
    * Cleaning of the clothes and living area.
    * Changing bedsheets when a different person sleeps on the bed.
    * Cutting of nails.
    * Cutting of hair.
    * Cleaning of nails.
    * Cleaning the house.

[edit] Hands

    * Frequent washing of hands and face.
    * Washing hands after using the toilet.
    * Holding a tissue over the mouth or using the upper arm/elbow region when coughing or sneezing, rather than a bare hand. Alternatively, washing hands afterwards.
    * Not touching animals before eating, or washing hands thoroughly between animal-touching and eating.
    * Suppression of objectionable habits, such as nose-picking, touching pimples, biting fingernails etc.
    * Not sharing toothbrushes, razors, towels, combs, hair brushes, and other personal objects.

[edit] Other

    * Oral hygienetaking care of the teeth and gums, and treating or preventing bad breath
          o Daily brushing (with toothpaste) and flossing the teeth, to prevent tooth decay and gum disease. This also helps treat and prevent bad breath.
          o Chewing gum or rinsing mouth with antibacterial mouthwashes (such as Listerine) can also dispel bad breath
    * Avoiding contact with bodily fluids, such as blood, feces, urine, and vomit.
    * Wearing clean underwear, pantyhose or tights and clothing daily. Washing working / social-uniform / clothing at a regular time-interval.
    * Frequent washing of face.

[edit] Grooming

    Main article: Personal grooming

The related term personal grooming/grooming means to enhance one's physical appearance or appeal for others, by removing obvious imperfections in one's appearance or improving one's hygiene.

Many animals groom themselves and each other. Grooming in humans typically includes bathroom activities such as primping: washing and cleansing the hair, combing it to extract tangles and snarls, and styling. It can also include cosmetic care of the body, such as shaving and other forms of depilation.

[The Annoyed Man]

What's up with this AR he's holding? Marked for rubber bullets/pepper ball shots only? Mag is the oddest I've seen...

That's a paintball gun dressed up to have the same controls as an AR-15.

That would be this thing here. Pretty nice piece. Full disclosure, I own a little speculative stock in this under performing company, hopefully the gun will get a good test drive in Denver and kick off some more orders. 

http://www.veritastactical.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=53

Neat stuff! I wonder if I can have one here . PAVA rounds are illegal for sure, but I wonder about the rifle and the rubber and training rounds...

[charby]

What, did all the thirtysomethings disappear? Why do they have to hire such losers?

Were all gainfully employed and these whining employers don't pay enough to lure me away.

[Manedwolf]

What's up with this AR he's holding? Marked for rubber bullets/pepper ball shots only? Mag is the oddest I've seen...

That's a paintball gun dressed up to have the same controls as an AR-15.

That would be this thing here. Pretty nice piece. Full disclosure, I own a little speculative stock in this under performing company, hopefully the gun will get a good test drive in Denver and kick off some more orders. 

http://www.veritastactical.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=53

.68 caliber? That'll shoot the Pepperballs I already own. I have a Zeus pistol with a laser for that purpose, as of now.

Oooo.

One question? Why the hell does it have a flash hider?

And WHO PUT THE SIGHTS ON IT? They appear to have done an HK...Are they going to sell many guns with the sights all on backwards? 

[Tallpine]

What, did all the thirtysomethings disappear?

We became fiftysomethings 

[Perd Hapley]

2. It is a 'community organizer' called Sam Adams and a politician called James Madison that brought us the Revolution and the Bill of Rights. Washington's role was comparatively minor. 

That last sentence.  Terribly wrong.  Washington may not have been a policy wonk like Madison, or a fiery speaker like Patrick Henry, or even an ambitious visionary like Hamilton.  Nonetheless, his civil and military leadership was incredibly important; before, during and after the revolution.

Failed to mention all the soldiers that Washington led, the militiamen, and the sailors, Yank and Frog, that also made things happen.  Washington could not have carried it off as a lone Founding Father, and he wouldn't have been much of a general without an army to lead, either. 

[lee n. field]

Smelly Hippies, Commies, and Anarchists Stinking Up Denver

Hey.  Be careful with your terminology there.  There are anarchists, and there are anarchists.

Left-anarchists are your typical eurosocialist ding-dongs, with no clear notion of much of anything much less production.

Anarcho-capitalists  own guns and regard the Libertarian Party as "too compromising".

[crt360]

Anyone else notice the subliminal Coors ad featuring Muqtada Al Sadr?   

[280plus]

Nice catch! 

[French G.]

And WHO PUT THE SIGHTS ON IT? They appear to have done an HK...Are they going to sell many guns with the sights all on backwards?  cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy cheesy

Always watch the ad production dummies and the dummy products they use.

Looks like Denver PD went with EoTechs anyway.

I can understand an Iraqi thinking Al Sadr is a hero but here in America can we just hit them with a Buick or something?

[freakazoid]

It doesn't take much of an income to support these types.  Cheap food, ratty clothing, couch-surfing, and the like are all they require.  Maybe a little spare cash weed and cheap beer, or maybe those necessities can be mooched off of others.

This is where I would tell you to F' off. But that wouldn't be very armedpolitesociety. 

Hey.  Be careful with your terminology there.  There are anarchists, and there are anarchists.

Left-anarchists are your typical eurosocialist ding-dongs, with no clear notion of much of anything much less production.

Anarcho-capitalists  own guns and regard the Libertarian Party as "too compromising".

You underestimate us. Most of us "left"-anarchists are gun lovers too.

"The other side"?

Do they have cookies?

Yes, yes we do. And we are willing to share,

I was wondering how many of these people will be at the Repub convention also?  Will they protest the same stuff?

While I am not at the DNC I should be at the RNC,

[Scout26]

Anyone else notice the subliminal Coors ad featuring Muqtada Al Sadr?   

Now whenever I see that silly "Code Blue" commerical, I'll just picture Muqtada and the rest of the Turban Gang getting together to "vent"...... 

[LAK]

Smelly Hippies, Commies, and Anarchists Stinking Up Denver

Awful; what about the people outside the convention center protesting etc?

[MicroBalrog]

Calling Washington "minor" akin to calling a diagnosis of terminal lung cancer "incidental" because the patient ultimately died from lack of oxygen to the brain...never mind the compromised lung function.

Even if we ignore completely the debate (that existed at the time of the Founding) regarding the role of Washington's military leadership (which was never extended to all the various fighting units, and was extensively criticized at the time of the war)  and I am inclined to ignre it because I do not want to engage in Monday morning quarterbacking on a war that's been fought 200 years ago, I think it's clear that the idea that 'soldiers' and not 'community organizers' are the keystone of freedom is rather bogus. Without generations of community organizers, protestors, and lawyers, you wouldn't have any freedom.

You know what the Founding Fathers thought of standing armies, right?

Now, I don't know why you linked that wiki  I will assume you did not want to imply I am unaware of basic PH  but it seems to me that this thread has a really strange vibe to it, as if people were going after the hippies for being protestors, rather than being communist protestors.

I suspect heavily  though I cannot prove  that had these people been protesting for capital-anarchism, small government, and property rights (rather than anarcho-syndicalism, mindblowingly-huge government, and confiscatin everybody's shiny stuff), your reaction would have been similar, and thhis really, really bugs me. I do not say this to insult you in any manner, this is just the general vibe I have been getting from this thread.

[Perd Hapley]

Micro,

You make a good point about the importance of "community organizers."  However, there is no question that Washington and other fighting men were very, very important to our independence, for the past two hundred years, and are still important today. 

[AZRedhawk44]

Humanity needs Revolution and Communism

If that's true, then I need to go hang out with the next evolutionary step of Homo Sapiens.

I was in Seattle for the WTO riots in Seattle of 2000.  Commie organizers and agitators, lots of propaganda materials, individuals with bullhorns, dirty kids with handkerchiefs they think will help against mace.  I left before it got real bad, but I saw a face-off between one group of protestors and a line of Seattle PD in riot gear.

Lots of pointless property vandalism was the ultimate extent of these riots.

What I don't get... why protest the lib-dem convention?  The libs want to let all these ecoweenies go to college on the taxpayer dime and never pay off their loans.  The libs want more social welfare.  The libs want more socialism/communism.  The libs are on their side!

It just shows how silly and pointless their entire platform is... nothing but a bunch of class envy, pointless greed for the property and success of others, resentment for perceived injustices and a pool of negative self-esteem looking to drown more new recruits.

If these people had any balls whatsoever they would go and protest the Republican convention... or even the Libertarian convention.

That would be something to see!  They'd all get beaten to death with hardcover limited editions of "Atlas Shrugged!"

[roo_ster]

Calling Washington "minor" akin to calling a diagnosis of terminal lung cancer "incidental" because the patient ultimately died from lack of oxygen to the brain...never mind the compromised lung function.

Even if we ignore completely the debate (that existed at the time of the Founding) regarding the role of Washington's military leadership (which was never extended to all the various fighting units, and was extensively criticized at the time of the war)  and I am inclined to ignre it because I do not want to engage in Monday morning quarterbacking on a war that's been fought 200 years ago, I think it's clear that the idea that 'soldiers' and not 'community organizers' are the keystone of freedom is rather bogus. Without generations of community organizers, protestors, and lawyers, you wouldn't have any freedom.

I will merely assume ignorance on your part and move on. 

You know what the Founding Fathers thought of standing armies, right?

Yes.  Not particularly relevant to any of the topics in this thread, though.

Now, I don't know why you linked that wiki  I will assume you did not want to imply I am unaware of basic PH  ...

It was a list of commonly accepted PH standards.  Some of which can be judged visually.

...but it seems to me that this thread has a really strange vibe to it, as if people were going after the hippies for being protestors, rather than being communist protestors.

I suspect heavily  though I cannot prove  that had these people been protesting for capital-anarchism, small government, and property rights (rather than anarcho-syndicalism, mindblowingly-huge government, and confiscatin everybody's shiny stuff), your reaction would have been similar, and thhis really, really bugs me. I do not say this to insult you in any manner, this is just the general vibe I have been getting from this thread.

In my case, I have a visceral dislike for anti-American types with poor personal hygiene.  For some reason, the two seem to have a high correlation.

My response to pro-American & pro-liberty sorts with good personal hygiene would be different.  Ideas matter.  Soap is a Good Thing.

Last, the most significant "stink" I find objectionable I have already referred to: the metaphorical stink of totalitarian, anti-American, and anti-liberty ideas exhibited by the sorts goofing off in the photos.  Damn fool placards and banners are outward examples of an inner state of poor cognitive hygiene..

[The Annoyed Man]

Humanity needs Revolution and Communism

If that's true, then I need to go hang out with the next evolutionary step of Homo Sapiens.

I was in Seattle for the WTO riots in Seattle of 2000.  Commie organizers and agitators, lots of propaganda materials, individuals with bullhorns, dirty kids with handkerchiefs they think will help against mace.  I left before it got real bad, but I saw a face-off between one group of protestors and a line of Seattle PD in riot gear.

Lots of pointless property vandalism was the ultimate extent of these riots.

What I don't get... why protest the lib-dem convention?  The libs want to let all these ecoweenies go to college on the taxpayer dime and never pay off their loans.  The libs want more social welfare.  The libs want more socialism/communism.  The libs are on their side!

It just shows how silly and pointless their entire platform is... nothing but a bunch of class envy, pointless greed for the property and success of others, resentment for perceived injustices and a pool of negative self-esteem looking to drown more new recruits.

If these people had any balls whatsoever they would go and protest the Republican convention... or even the Libertarian convention.

That would be something to see!  They'd all get beaten to death with hardcover limited editions of "Atlas Shrugged!"

Same thing happened in Gothenburg the year after. Things got really ugly, what with cops being under a hail of cobblestones, cops throwing cobblestones back, cops shooting against the commies, small barricades erected, fires started, stores were looted and all the other wonderful things that usually follow a leftist riot protest. Also, reportedly a lot of the commies were beaten up pretty good by the ordinary workers of the city, who didn't take kindly to their city being turned into a battlefield. Bunch of real workers prowling the streets armed with various blunt objects, I'd stay away...

[freakazoid]

with handkerchiefs they think will help against mace.

That isn't the point of wearing them, for the most part.

The libs want to let all these ecoweenies go to college on the taxpayer dime and never pay off their loans.  The libs want more social welfare.  The libs want more socialism/communism.  The libs are on their side!

And that is what you people don't seem to get. No, they are NOT on our side. They are NOT socialists/communists! Do you people think that anybody who doesn't believe in a laissez-faire economy a socialist/communist?

If these people had any balls whatsoever they would go and protest the Republican convention

Yeah, we'll be there.