Anti drone protests peaceful, anti Zimmerman protests breaking windows - why ?

I would say that the drone protesters are a more informed and educated crowd. The Martin protests seems to have a lot more ignorance (admittedly, I am basing this on Twitter posts).
 
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UpperDecker said:
I would say that the drone protesters are a more informed and educated crowd. The Martin protests seems to have a lot more ignorance (admittedly, I am basing this on Twitter posts).
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I'm hoping to find additional explanation to avoid reaching that conclusion.

Also, another differenc is that controvercial neocons plant did not inject himself to fan flames of rarcial emotions and media did not give minute by minute coverage to drone strikes victims stories or non-existing trials as they did to Zimmerman strike victims trial.

Obama: 'If I Had A Son, He'd Look Like Trayvon' - Huffington Post
Mar 23, 2012 - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For the first time since the controversy erupted on the national scene, President Barack Obama weighed in on the killing ...
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CPUd said:
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enhanced_deficit said:
I'm hoping to find additional explanation to avoid reaching that conclusion.

Also, another differenc is that controvercial neocons plant did not inject himself to fan flames of rarcial emotions and media did not give minute by minute coverage to drone strikes victims stories or non-existing trials as they did to Zimmerman strike victims trial.







Thanks for stopping by CPUd :)
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What I meant by my post was the fact that people protesting drones have a very firm knowledge of what they are protesting, while those protesting for Martin are protesting even though there is a HUGE piece of information missing (who started the fight?). A lot of the Martin protesters are acting like he was some angel when it was a tragic end to two idiots meeting at the wrong time. It also seems that there are more people with the Martin protests that just want to stir crap up in a bad way, where I haven't seen anybody like that with the drone protests.
 
enhanced_deficit said:
http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&q=anti+zimmerman+protest+windows
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This is bit weird when just clicked on above link again now, look at result # 4. And that wasn't 21 hrs ago, thread was posted couple of hours ago.


  1. [h=3]George Zimmerman verdict: Protesters break windows and start ...[/h]www.nydailynews.com/.../zimmerman-verdict-protesters-break-windows-st...
    3 days ago - An Oakland man throws a trash can at the window of a building during a protest following the George Zimmerman verdict.


  2. [h=3]Zimmerman Protesters Burning Flags, Busting Windows ...[/h]freepatriot.org/.../zimmerman-protesters-burning-flags-busting-windows-...‎
    2 days ago - ... Filmmaker Gets Beaten Up At Anti-Zimmerman Protests For Filming ... Sunday morning in which protesters smashed police car windows, ...



  3. [h=3]Post Zimmerman Verdict Protests Held on Both Sides of Bay | NBC ...[/h]www.nbcbayarea.com › news › local‎
    1 day ago - An anti-war and anti-racism activist group has called an emergencymarch in ... Store owners on Monday began to board up broken windows and clean up tagging ... Hundreds Gather in Oakland to Protest Zimmerman Verdict.


  4. [h=3]Anti drone protests peaceful, anti Zimmerman protests breaking ...[/h]www.ronpaulforums.com › ... › General Politics
    21 hours ago - 1 post - 1 author
    Why one set of protests remained peaceful and other is starting to turn ... .google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&q=anti+zimmerman+protest+windows.





 
Cleaner44 said:
Looks like the Zimmerman protesters will soon be declared terrorists and will earn a drone strike...


Oakland Anti-Zimmerman Protesters Burn American Flag
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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/14/Oakland-anti-Zimmerman-flag-burn
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Cleaner44 said:
Oakland domestic terrorist movement
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To be fair, while anti drone protests in US/UK/Germany have been peaceful, there had been news reports of anti drone protesters burning flags and effigies in some other countries:










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In unrelated news , Bill Clnton wife Hillary is apparently offering prayers for Martin's as well as families of Obama drone srike victims:

Hillary Clinton offers prayers for Martin family
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WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is offering her prayers for the family of Trayvon Martin and, in her words, "every family who loves someone who is lost to violence.
 
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On semi related note, his trial is being pretty much ignored by TV media:

No jury trial for Beale AFB anti-drone protesters

Against a backdrop of furor – both at home and abroad – over the Obama administration's use of killer drones, five protesters who oppose the policy and who are charged with trespassing at Beale Air Force Base were told Thursday by a federal judge that they will not get a jury trial.
Defense lawyer Mark Reichel said when contacted after the hearing: "This is a political prosecution, and the defendants should not be judged by a branch of the federal government but by a jury of their peers."
The hearing was short, but not so sweet for the defense. In addition to denying the defendants a jury trial, U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney barred them from claiming that their actions were a benefit to society.
The U.S. attorney's office in Sacramento did not want the protesters to have a jury trial. After hauling the five into court on a charge of entering the base for an unlawful purpose – a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in prison, a year of supervised release and a $5,000 fine, or five years on probation – the office argued that the crime is not serious, and thus not legally worthy of a jury trial.


Defense lawyers, on the other hand, insist there is nothing to prevent a court from convening a jury trial in any criminal prosecution.
Article III, Section 2 of the U. S. Constitution states: "The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury. … "

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/28/5530481/no-jury-trial-for-beale-afb-anti.html
 
BlackTerrel said:
This is a false premise. The vast majority of Zimmerman protests have been peaceful.
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Vast majorities of Iraqis were peaceful and yet that operation based on false premises still cost us over $1 Trillion.

Premise here is fine, you retort is based on fallacious reasoning I think. Point is relative comparison and not total condemnation of any group.
 
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