A few months back, when France was rioting and Brits took to the streets in huge protests against the way things are being run, I asked a question on a local site: "Will We Ever Riot Here?" And got trounced for saying it. Now, Mayor Bloomie of NYC is asking it;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14978876
We've rioted before. I grew up with riots. But it does puzzle me how, since the drug cultures emerged (first illegal, now prescribed pharmaceutical) much of the resistance to and criticism of authority has died down. And it makes me wonder, sure does.
MYSTERIOUS GARDEN
10 months ago
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You know how to call them! Is it because you get the old "you're not being patriotic" thing, that people get so defensive?
Oh yeah, I'm un-American, and that I'm "inciting to riot"! Like the reality isn't something to be rioting about alone!
There's that linguistic thing at play again, me thinks.
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