Comments on: SteamPunk’s Professor Calamity faces multiple felonies for twittering http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2009/10/steampunks-professor-calamity-faces-multiple-felonies-for-twittering/ anarchism, travel, music, and book design Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Uriel Dana http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2009/10/steampunks-professor-calamity-faces-multiple-felonies-for-twittering/#comment-65310 Uriel Dana Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:08:06 +0000 http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/?p=639#comment-65310 I am so sorry for what you are going through, the violation of your rights as an American and a human. When Bush introduced the the Patriot Act under the guise of "protecting us from terrorism" the handwriting was on the wall. It is a license to bully and violate every basic freedom and instill projected fear to do so. We are the bullies and the terrorists in the world and the people who are not manipulated by the media; the ones who actually read; pay attention; or create something original are the threat. May success and justice be given to you. I am so sorry for what you are going through, the violation of your rights as an American and a human. When Bush introduced the the Patriot Act under the guise of “protecting us from terrorism” the handwriting was on the wall. It is a license to bully and violate every basic freedom and instill projected fear to do so. We are the bullies and the terrorists in the world and the people who are not manipulated by the media; the ones who actually read; pay attention; or create something original are the threat. May success and justice be given to you.

]]> By: Mary http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2009/10/steampunks-professor-calamity-faces-multiple-felonies-for-twittering/#comment-11902 Mary Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:21:31 +0000 http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/?p=639#comment-11902 Um, "Conservative Values" and "Fucking Nazi" are not the same thing arianon. You do conservatives everywhere a discredit when you talk about your unholy path toward liberating yourself from guilt about the fact that you're a racist. And you should feel guilty, by the way. I have plenty of people dear to me who are conservatives. If they were anything like you, they would not be dear to me. Um, “Conservative Values” and “Fucking Nazi” are not the same thing arianon. You do conservatives everywhere a discredit when you talk about your unholy path toward liberating yourself from guilt about the fact that you’re a racist. And you should feel guilty, by the way.

I have plenty of people dear to me who are conservatives. If they were anything like you, they would not be dear to me.

]]> By: Magpie http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2009/10/steampunks-professor-calamity-faces-multiple-felonies-for-twittering/#comment-11663 Magpie Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:54:06 +0000 http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/?p=639#comment-11663 arianon: ehg. Seriously? You’ve “shed your fear about being honest about race?” national and racial purity have no place in anarchism. Your site is covered in Hitler quotes, fascist symbols, all of that. Fascism is quite literally the direct opposite of anarchism. Please, please, take your “nationalist anarchist” shit and fuck off. We don’t want your racist lies. You’re not in solidarity with us. We don’t want you at our protests. We don’t want you masquerading as anarchists. Look, if you want to make the jump from fascist to anarchist, do so. But do so honestly. Come to understand the anarchist critique of race, of racism, of gender, patriarchy, all of that. It’s not the liberal critique, and there’s nothing in it about white guilt, nothing about being ashamed of who you are, how you were born, these things that you can’t help. Of course, you <i>can</i> help not being a fucking nazi. But pride? Pride about something that is completely beyond your control? Talk about spectator sports. Be proud of shit you actually do, of what your family has done. Fuck “white” pride. It’s nonsense. arianon: ehg.
Seriously? You’ve “shed your fear about being honest about race?”

national and racial purity have no place in anarchism.

Your site is covered in Hitler quotes, fascist symbols, all of that. Fascism is quite literally the direct opposite of anarchism.

Please, please, take your “nationalist anarchist” shit and fuck off. We don’t want your racist lies. You’re not in solidarity with us. We don’t want you at our protests. We don’t want you masquerading as anarchists.

Look, if you want to make the jump from fascist to anarchist, do so. But do so honestly. Come to understand the anarchist critique of race, of racism, of gender, patriarchy, all of that. It’s not the liberal critique, and there’s nothing in it about white guilt, nothing about being ashamed of who you are, how you were born, these things that you can’t help. Of course, you can help not being a fucking nazi.

But pride? Pride about something that is completely beyond your control? Talk about spectator sports. Be proud of shit you actually do, of what your family has done. Fuck “white” pride. It’s nonsense.

]]> By: ariananon http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2009/10/steampunks-professor-calamity-faces-multiple-felonies-for-twittering/#comment-11660 ariananon Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:20:39 +0000 http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/?p=639#comment-11660 @ rammia: lets make "innocent until proven guilty" t-shirts! @ rammia:
lets make “innocent until proven guilty” t-shirts!

]]> By: ariananon http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2009/10/steampunks-professor-calamity-faces-multiple-felonies-for-twittering/#comment-11659 ariananon Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:15:28 +0000 http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/?p=639#comment-11659 left and right wing politics are like WWE wrestling. I'm an Anarchist with Conservative values, and lately I have shed the fear of being honest about my stance on race. I just wanted to comment on the protests, and from what I have seen, most of the people protesting were non-violent, and I do question the allegiances of those that wreck property (i saw plenty of photos of police undercovers) and commit violence. I'm just glad my little sister had stopped attending college in pittsburg shortly before this happened, and that she returned home to the beautiful south! the way big brothers forces behave are unforgivable, and we must stand in solidarity against their tactics. has anyone tried playing "red rover" with the police line? LOL I'd like to see that! I was keeping up with the twiiting on the days and nights of the protest, as I'm one of the 'unemployed' and could not afford such a long trip from South Louisiana to pennsylvania, but twitter is awesome. left and right wing politics are like WWE wrestling. I’m an Anarchist with Conservative values, and lately I have shed the fear of being honest about my stance on race. I just wanted to comment on the protests, and from what I have seen, most of the people protesting were non-violent, and I do question the allegiances of those that wreck property (i saw plenty of photos of police undercovers) and commit violence. I’m just glad my little sister had stopped attending college in pittsburg shortly before this happened, and that she returned home to the beautiful south!
the way big brothers forces behave are unforgivable, and we must stand in solidarity against their tactics. has anyone tried playing “red rover” with the police line? LOL I’d like to see that! I was keeping up with the twiiting on the days and nights of the protest, as I’m one of the ‘unemployed’ and could not afford such a long trip from South Louisiana to pennsylvania, but twitter is awesome.

]]> By: VADM Suzzette Van Gallavanter http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2009/10/steampunks-professor-calamity-faces-multiple-felonies-for-twittering/#comment-11653 VADM Suzzette Van Gallavanter Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:15:18 +0000 http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/?p=639#comment-11653 Nov 3rd...All charges against the pittsburgh twitterers have been dropped! = Saa Weet! ~S~ Nov 3rd…All charges against the pittsburgh twitterers have been dropped! = Saa Weet!
~S~

]]> By: Mary http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2009/10/steampunks-professor-calamity-faces-multiple-felonies-for-twittering/#comment-11246 Mary Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:22:47 +0000 http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/?p=639#comment-11246 Lord Worthey, I understand your frustration with the bigoted right. Believe me, as a lesbian living in the south, I understand it more than I can say. But let's not group all those who disagree together. There are good people out there, left and right, and the right to dissent is exactly what this particular blog calls for. Not just the right to agree with you and I. This is not a land of freedom, not a land of justice, and until we allow expression of all ideals without imparting broad generalities on the speaker, it never will be. Lord Worthey, I understand your frustration with the bigoted right. Believe me, as a lesbian living in the south, I understand it more than I can say. But let’s not group all those who disagree together. There are good people out there, left and right, and the right to dissent is exactly what this particular blog calls for. Not just the right to agree with you and I.

This is not a land of freedom, not a land of justice, and until we allow expression of all ideals without imparting broad generalities on the speaker, it never will be.

]]> By: Rammia http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2009/10/steampunks-professor-calamity-faces-multiple-felonies-for-twittering/#comment-11240 Rammia Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:33:57 +0000 http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/?p=639#comment-11240 Lord Worthey: It seems as though you are jumping to conclusions about Darktania. From the way his approach and the over-all structure of his statement, as well as the skeptical well-wish to Prof. Calamity, he just seems like someone who wants to find people not in one extreme or another. Darktania: Generally speaking, guilt or innocence are not really the issue in this particular case. The way the justice system has to work to be effective for the people has been overturned from the protests to the search warrent and the way the people in the house were treated. I am not an anarchist, nor am I really pro government. I would be a capable person in lack of government, so I really don't have a use for it. What happened here is an absolute failure of government and the justice system. Even if they had pursued the case instead of dropping the charges, they would have lost on many technicalities. This is probably why they dropped it and there is other stuff "pending" It is always very good to have someone, a good lawyer, or even fair one, who can see where the police make mistakes. I am happy the charges were dropped, hope that at least the majority of the items confiscated are returned, and hope that the "pending" shit gets dropped, like it should be. The "justice" system going like this makes me sick. Lord Worthey:
It seems as though you are jumping to conclusions about Darktania. From the way his approach and the over-all structure of his statement, as well as the skeptical well-wish to Prof. Calamity, he just seems like someone who wants to find people not in one extreme or another.
Darktania:
Generally speaking, guilt or innocence are not really the issue in this particular case. The way the justice system has to work to be effective for the people has been overturned from the protests to the search warrent and the way the people in the house were treated.
I am not an anarchist, nor am I really pro government. I would be a capable person in lack of government, so I really don’t have a use for it. What happened here is an absolute failure of government and the justice system. Even if they had pursued the case instead of dropping the charges, they would have lost on many technicalities. This is probably why they dropped it and there is other stuff “pending” It is always very good to have someone, a good lawyer, or even fair one, who can see where the police make mistakes.
I am happy the charges were dropped, hope that at least the majority of the items confiscated are returned, and hope that the “pending” shit gets dropped, like it should be. The “justice” system going like this makes me sick.

]]> By: Lord Worthey http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2009/10/steampunks-professor-calamity-faces-multiple-felonies-for-twittering/#comment-11115 Lord Worthey Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:27:54 +0000 http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/?p=639#comment-11115 Darktania: The reason protests from the left always end up in violence is because right wing conservatives like you always use violence to try to shut up anyone who tries to speak out against you. You conservatives are all the same, you try to blame all the problems on the only people out there who are trying to defend real freedom. Then you go trying to say that the peaceful protests the left stages are violent. It is people like you that have ruined this country and turned it into some sort of fascist oligarchy. Darktania:
The reason protests from the left always end up in violence is because right wing conservatives like you always use violence to try to shut up anyone who tries to speak out against you. You conservatives are all the same, you try to blame all the problems on the only people out there who are trying to defend real freedom. Then you go trying to say that the peaceful protests the left stages are violent. It is people like you that have ruined this country and turned it into some sort of fascist oligarchy.

]]> By: All charges against the pittsburgh twitterers have been dropped! » Birds Before The Storm http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2009/10/steampunks-professor-calamity-faces-multiple-felonies-for-twittering/#comment-11020 All charges against the pittsburgh twitterers have been dropped! » Birds Before The Storm Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:38:31 +0000 http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/?p=639#comment-11020 [...] of these two. But Professor Calamity and his comrade have had their charges dropped. (see our original post on the matter for background). But Tortuga House lost the injunction that was preventing the police from looking [...] [...] of these two. But Professor Calamity and his comrade have had their charges dropped. (see our original post on the matter for background). But Tortuga House lost the injunction that was preventing the police from looking [...]

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