I seen that the Brexit guy got Milkshaked. I am sure it will happen to more politicians.

I've been cool with it happening to Republicans.

https://www.eater.com/2018/10/22/18008498/mitch-mcconnell-protesters-louisville-restaurant

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/24/opinions/heckle-trump-admin-opinion-obeidallah/index.html

But I have to say, I thought Kamala Harris should have mushed this woman

https://kprcradio.iheart.com/featured/the-pursuit-of-happiness/content/2019-04-30-watch-kamala-harris-mocked-in-airport-for-exploiting-hispanics-video/

What say you, are you cool with doing it to people you don't like (knowing that it means your own people will be on the receiving in)

or do you think everyone should be able to go out in peace (or at least there should be a truce so it doesn't happen to people you like)?

Poll question: How do you feel about politicians getting ran up on?

Poll result (21 votes) If the Pol is a terrible person, by all means (13 votes) Vote Not cool to do to any Politicians (8 votes) Vote

But I think buddy that got egg in Australia after the New Zealand shooting deserved it.

Generally I don't think its a good idea.

for public figures?

IMO a national figure should have a better way to deal with public interactions addressing her policy positions

She has a legit question

...time for a selfie...

Like I said in another post

She needs an image consultant

That was a terrible look.

Red...but they don't have to be a terrible person...it's what you signed up for

...nightsticks come out and they get dragged off somewhere.

If they want to run up on people be prepared to face consequences. Don't be crying later with a black eye talking about "I didn't deserve this"


Oh, and BLUE. I don't support running up on ANYONE unless it's some real shit.

If that's what you mean by run up on

I admit that when that Australian politician got egged, I laughed.

But if you run up on someone like that, unprovoked, and take a shot at them, you kinda deserve it if they catch you & whip your ass.

I don't see what purpose it serves, ultimately. But I am also not mad at the lady at the Red Hen or whatever restaurant that asked SHS to leave. Did they kick her out because she was terrible, or because she was such a 'controversial figure' that they just didn't want all that $hit in their restaurant PERIOD - also because she was terrible.

Some of these politicians are playing with people lives

I’m sure that can be said for all of them but if you want to take away peoples healthcare...

that’s different than Warren wanting folks to pay higher taxes to cover healthcare

Ionno. Just seems like the folks on the right who claim they are victims aren’t really suffering physically or mentally from Dems policies.

But I’m sure they have some bullshit reasons.

An egg or milkshake ain’t gonna kill you tho.

right in the face. I believe he got a month, but this was before you were expected to act like being hit with food was literally murder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx5IjTGKOyM

on the GMO serving politician

they do so much to keep themselves insulated from any of the effects of their actual policies and it's so rare that they hear voices that aren't from people with paid agendas that i think it can be healthy for them to see real people w/real emotion. They shouldn't get safe spaces from the ramifications from their actions.

Physical confrontation seems like a bad idea, though. Not to say that Mitch McConnell doesn't deserve a whole ass whoopin, but the person who does that would pay such a high price for a gesture that wouldn't change anything and likely would make things worse. Doesn't seem a. worth it or b. productive.

If Sarah Huckabee Sanders has to leave a restaurant because people are calling her a revolting liar (which is a statement of fact), then i don't mind.

Still The Shoe Guy from the GW Bush era is still a hero to me.

So on those grounds, I'm generally not a fan.

The time the Iraqi reporter threw a shoe at GW Bush, that's a classic moment. But it will never be topped.

>The time the Iraqi reporter threw a shoe at GW Bush, that's a
>classic moment. But it will never be topped.

The Iraqi guy had *great* aim (throwing a pretty awkward object) and Bush had even better dodging skills.

What a moment. Wish at least one shoe hit the target cause #FuckBush but then again it's kinda perfect as is I suppose haha.

person that's on offense must be prepared/ready for however the "defense" might play out
that's all i'm saying

with force- it's gonna be a shitshow.
Better for people to keep their hands and objects to themselves

Bc I know if it was me and somebody ran up....
SHEEEEEIIIIIITTTTTTTT

It's a deeply crafty move for political leaders to make the world into a place where power and will are the only real rules and then tell people who have to suffer that amoral reality that collective, spontaneous exercise of power by regular people isn't right.

If a politician capitulates to wealthy donors or the whims of the news cycle or the conventional political wisdom of the moment, we look at it and say to ourselves, "Of course - why would you expect this person to behave according to a set of principles?" It's sounds like a fair argument, but it smuggles an "ought" out of an "is" and insists that there is something good and right about accepting things the way they are.

And maybe that's prudent, but I think it makes at least as much sense to view violent political action the same way: as an inevitable force of nature that should be expected when a small, privileged group exercise their corrupt will to dominate. Or, to put it another way, we should do a better job of placing our own action in historical context. Outside of academics and a few weirdo reactionaries, most people understand that it's kind of missing the point to discuss the morality of reacting against corrupt leaders. It was military-trained partisans who killed Mussolini, but it was regular people who took turns spitting and pissing on his corpse.

It reminds me how I think its self defeating when Protestors are confined to designated protestor only areas. If the protestors agree to limit their protest to the space their opposition ascribes to them, haven't they already lost?


I also think that a democracy goes bad when politicians don't feel the consequences of their actions directly or from their constituents.

In small time local government (where I was raised), you pass a rule someone hates, it gets uncomfortable next time you see people at the grocery store.




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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

Particularly on the national level. You can get voted out of Congress and get right to work as a lobbyist without ever setting foot in your home district where you spend pretty much no time anyway.

for the likes and karma



cuz if you didn't. Did it really happen?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH54auk02KI

damn, I miss Bernie Mac.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...