Spain may be nearing revolution. (Added videos)(Added livestreams, Sept. 26)

[a geek named Bob]

32. okay, a few things...

1.) I work with kids with developmental disabilities. "Fucking retarded" is a hurtful phrase. You want to call me delusional, fine. You want to say I've got disordered thinking styles, cool. Otherwise, we get into issues of hate speech.

2.) I used to be part of my local GA. I stopped going, when they started in about differential voicing, to "make up for loss of power." A double standard is a double standard, regardless of the favored group.

2a.) I've found a number of Occupy groups started getting into confrontational issues with other citizens and LEOs. Not cool.

2b.) One of the issues I had with my local Occupy GA was the idea of confiscatory redistribution. That gets into dangerous territory.

3.) When does one group's right to peacefully assemble override another group's right to conduct business? If one is treated above another, then there is a problem with constitutional law. Why should a group be allowed to stop me from conducting business with a bank, or a Planned Parenthood clinic, or a gun shop, or a bookstore.

3a.) when you have a protest that covers several blocks, you have - by definition - a crowd issue. A large crowd protesting something can quickly get violent. Shouldn't there be a certain amount of space between the protester and the protested? That's just public safety. No one wants to be caught in the middle of a riot.