This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
Saturday, August 30, 2008 12:00 AM

Massive police raids on suspected protesters in Minneapolis

Several "hippie homes" are raided this morning by semi-automatic-weapon-wielding police squads.

Read other letters about this article

  • Saturday, August 30, 2008 09:28 PM

    write more, write everywhere, expose ourselves....

    http://www.startribune.com/local/27703754.html?page=2&c=y

    all these brilliant Salon writers: do more

    write the Star Tribune or other newspapers of the area, and be intelligent, direct, clever,

    and expose your reactions to what has happened...

    dont let the ones who like Raids, panty raids, activist raids, roach raids, whatever .... those who agree with the Sheriff dont let them be the only ones read on those Minneapolis websites without a response from us !

    please, take your comments to the sources where those who live in the area, perhaps, can see there are other smart reactive responders, first or fourth responders, to

    share our views of their Police excesses.

    Dont vent, just be the fascinating writers I see here on Salon, but take it to those streets...it might help just a bit more...

    *exposure*... of opinions that have a reasonable side instead of their side = fear of activists or loud disrupters [no crime].

    We love to write/talk to ourselves and form these locked-in enclaves for safety. So this is another good time to expand into letter- writing elsewhere too.... briefly, politely, not attacking or insulting, but saying we shall be heard or read in their cities as well. Flood their lines with honest

    reactions to the over-use of infiltration & force on those who have committed no serious crimes.

    And can someone who knows tell us the legal criteria for "incite to violence" ?

    what is actually required for such a label, accusation to be made or branded upon a person ?

    Collecting weapons [most vets have at least a few in their homes ], having various cutting tools [most American houses and garages are cluttered with them], having a website that says some people dream of being powerful disrupters [ask your manly friends what they dream about beyond sex ]...

    what has to proven to assume there is danger and that inciting is a negative dangerous act ? Anyone care to share ?

    exposure of our smart letters here can be taken outside of our safety zone. wanna ?

Most Active Letters Threads

685

Obama's exceedingly familiar justifications for escalation

The "new" approach to Afghanistan touted by White House officials seems quite old
606

The commendably missing element from Obama's speech

There was no pretense that human rights is our goal, or the likely outcome, in escalating the war
440

The face of rotted Washington

Evan Bayh demands more debt-financed war - fought by others - while boasting that he's a stern "deficit hawk."
317

Yes, it's Obama's war now

An uninspiring speech sells a dubious policy, but progressives who feel betrayed have only themselves to blame
209

Bigotry wins in Switzerland

By voting to ban the construction of minarets, Switzerland apes the most extreme intolerance in the Muslim world

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon