youthiswasted: Media Misdirection #19: It’s worth noting how the New York Daily News cover story suggests that the protester is to blame. Even the wording “OWS clashes with cops …” supports that position. Instead, as anyone who has seen the video of that incident could attest to, the NYPD were the ones whose actions were violent. They struck the protester with a baton in the face. Then, as they arrested him, they removed his shoes and pants, in full view of the crowds of people. Those images have since gone viral, around the world. It should come as no coincidence that the reviled Department of Homeland Security is behind the coordinated attacks on the protests across the United States. That agency was started under the Bush regime, the same regime which legalized torture of prisoners and which eroded our civil rights and provided us with the conditions of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. Why should we be surprised that these same tactics are being used against citizens? And after being lied to for so many years (“Oh, we’re going to war with them because of weapons of mass destruction. What do you mean, they don’t have weapons of mass destruction?”), the media continues to perpetuate its fraud to keep the public from identifying with the protesters. By presenting a warped view of the facts in a way which will alienate the casual reader from the protesters, it is a blatant attempt to keep the protests from gaining more support. This is what a police state looks like.

youthiswasted:

Media Misdirection #19:

It’s worth noting how the New York Daily News cover story suggests that the protester is to blame. Even the wording “OWS clashes with cops …” supports that position.

Instead, as anyone who has seen the video of that incident could attest to, the NYPD were the ones whose actions were violent. They struck the protester with a baton in the face. Then, as they arrested him, they removed his shoes and pants, in full view of the crowds of people. Those images have since gone viral, around the world.

It should come as no coincidence that the reviled Department of Homeland Security is behind the coordinated attacks on the protests across the United States. That agency was started under the Bush regime, the same regime which legalized torture of prisoners and which eroded our civil rights and provided us with the conditions of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay.

Why should we be surprised that these same tactics are being used against citizens? And after being lied to for so many years (“Oh, we’re going to war with them because of weapons of mass destruction. What do you mean, they don’t have weapons of mass destruction?”), the media continues to perpetuate its fraud to keep the public from identifying with the protesters. By presenting a warped view of the facts in a way which will alienate the casual reader from the protesters, it is a blatant attempt to keep the protests from gaining more support.

This is what a police state looks like.

(via solitaryforager)

  • November 18
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    I don’t support this. I am completely against all of this brutality but it was reported that this kid “threw the first...
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    the police are killing dogs, beating protesters, and macing students sitting and covering their heads. meanwhile, much...
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    Again HOLY FUCK PEOPLE. YOU ARE JUST ASKING FOR A BAD REP FOR THE POLICE. It’s things like this that makes me want to...
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    ^^^^ Also, I never really realized how very Orwellian the term “Department of Homeland Security” is until now.
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    tiny concession. Pfah. Clash my ass.
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    if someone could link me to the video in which this treatment is shown, that would be much appreciated.
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