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1 month ago on December 15, 2011 at 03:42am
TAKAHIROMIYASHITA TheSololst
Thousands of protesters gather in the streets early November 13 as a midnight deadline passes for people to vacate the Occupy Portland camp in Portland, Ore. Mounted police and police in riot gear moved in but were forced to back down by the crowd. Unfortunately, reports indicate that police sealed off the park and began dismantling the encampment after the crowd thinned.
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Byronic hero ›
The Byronic hero is an idealised but flawed character exemplified in the life and writings of English Romantic poet Lord Byron. It was characterised by Lady Caroline Lamb, later a lover of Byron’s, as being “mad, bad, and dangerous to know”. The Byronic hero first appears in Byron’s semi-autobiographical epic narrative poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (1812–1818).
The Byronic hero typically exhibits several of the following traits:
- Arrogant
- Cunning and able to adapt
- Cynical
- Disrespectful of rank and privilege
- Emotionally conflicted, bipolar, or moody
- Having a distaste for social institutions and norms
- Having a troubled past or suffering from an unnamed crime
- Intelligent and perceptive
- Jaded, world-weary
- Mysterious, magnetic and charismatic
- Seductive and sexually attractive
- Self-critical and introspective
- Self-destructive
- Socially and sexually dominant
- Sophisticated and educated
- Struggling with integrity
- Treated as an exile, outcast, or outlaw
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CMYKake
blueberry cake, blueberry meringue, raspberry cake, raspberry curd, lemon cake, lemon curd, dark chocolate cake, dark chocolate ganache
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From @WilbotOsterman:
Cops empty out Occupy Chapel Hill with assault rifles like it’s Baghdad. They really love protecting banks’ property
This is beyond disturbing. Do they think this is Call of Duty or something? The militarization of the police force in the US is ridiculous. It’s almost as if some of these cops want to be military, but not deployed.
It’s sick.
This is what libertarians are talking about when they talk about coercion.
The Occupy folks aren’t obeying the law with their encampments.
Whether that’s a big deal or not is debatable.But the picture above shows how law is enforced.Whenever you pass a law, the picture above is what enforces it.
The picture above is why libertarians don’t think we should pass laws unless they are really, really, really, really necessary.Sure, you can always pay your fine and say you’re sorry. Because those who don’t accept that what they’ve done is wrong will always get the treatment in the picture above.The picture above is the Obamacare insurance mandate.
The picture above is eminent domain.
The picture above is taxation.
The picture above is the war on drugs.
The picture above is environmental regulation.
The picture above is antitrust law.
The picture above is immigration law.
The picture above is conscription.
The picture above is campaign finance reform.
The picture above is every law against unpasteurized milk. It’s the seatbelt law. It’s zoning. It’s regulations about what wood can be used to make guitars.
The picture above is how we finance our wars. It’s how we provide healthcare for our elderly. It’s a prescription drug plan.
The picture above is what you have to be comfortable with every time you support the passage of a law. And if you’re not comfortable with the picture above, then you shouldn’t be comfortable with the law you just passed.
I’m not saying that we don’t need laws. I’m just saying that laws are serious things, and too many people treat them like trifles.Our politicians vote for 1000 pages bills they haven’t read that that don’t make any sense, and then they forget about it … and three years later someone is on the other end of an assault weapon, praying they aren’t shot by an officer who is “just doing his job.”The police that the Occupy folks complain about are the same police so many of them want to send to arrest everyone on Wall Street, for crimes can’t actually identify. This ought to make them think a little about what their demands ought to be. It ought to, but it won’t. And that’s the saddest thing about the picture above.
Disregarding the Libertarian statist apologetics, this is right on.
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I just love getting tumblr spam questions.
2 months ago on November 13, 2011 at 03:04pm
The irony of reblogging this does not escape me.
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