Why don't the police just shoot these anarchist idiots with rubber bullets?

Yes I did, I'm totally at a loss as to how there are so many deranged lunatics in a civilised society like ours. They'll go back home to mummy and daddy and their trust funds and be too cowardly to do anything other than slam their bedroom doors. I'm afraid Care in the Community just hasn't worked.

I'm talking about launching fireworks at police horses and burning police cars......

Water cannons work pretty well over here in NI without causing damage to property, enraging the crowd or running the risk of injuring someone (including innocents for example).

I'm not even right wing myself, more neutral, but it's hilarious how many "left wingers" (esp. Labour ones I know for some reason) are actually.champagne socialist types, who don't actually respect those on low incomes. Despite their ideals they seem reluctant to give up their designer clothing (note the guy at the protest in Levis), regular Starbucks and expensive vegan food, or iPhones.

They also look down on and insult people like working class voters who dare vote UKIP or Tory, calling them "brainwashed".

Yes, their lifestyles don't match their assertions. Iphones, macs, designer gear but capitalism is the root of all evil. Hypocrisy at it's best/worst. How is it possible they can't see it? Someone on twitter picked out one of the protesters in a photo and posted a link to the jacket he was wearing - £455! I can't take these people seriously!

I'm not even right wing myself, more neutral, but it's hilarious how many "left wingers" (esp. Labour ones I know for some reason) are actually.champagne socialist types, who don't actually respect those on low incomes. Despite their ideals they seem reluctant to give up their designer clothing (note the guy at the protest in Levis), regular Starbucks and expensive vegan food, or iPhones. Good luck fitting in if you're not from a certain background.

They also look down on and insult people like working class voters who dare vote UKIP or Tory, calling them "brainwashed".

They are clearly not mostly people on benefits/low incomes (still wouldn't support violent protest if they were but that's more understandable).

Middle class kids looking for an excuse to be thuggish and "fight the man". The stupid thing is, if they were willing to give up stuff like their £455 jackets or Levis or whatever they could feed some of the homeless people in London for weeks. That would actually be an achievement. But no, probably watched V for Vendetta once and think they're some kind of heroes.

Of course the legal system is going all soft on them

The Anonymous group aren't left wing. They're anti-authoritarian, to some extent making them anarchists.
The usual understanding of anarchism as a left wing ideology does not take into account the neo-liberal "anarchism" championed by the likes of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman and America's Libertarian Party, which couples social Darwinian right-wing economics with liberal positions on most social issues.





Come on, that only makes the loyalists more angry, they're like a pack o wolves. And the only reason they use them is because they used to use rubber bullets and bean bag rounds and the RUC/Army used to cut off the ends which made them more deadly.
And that's usually because they've already caused damage by the time the water cannons are out.

Anti-capitalist marches aren't left wing?

Anti-capitalist marches aren't always left wing, yes. You don't have to be a raving communist anti-trade tree-hugger to complain about the economic crisis or the way the economy is being run, some are actually capitalists that seek an alternative means.

The Anonymous group aren't left wing. They're anti-authoritarian, to some extent making them anarchists.
The usual understanding of anarchism as a left wing ideology does not take into account the neo-liberal "anarchism" championed by the likes of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman and America's Libertarian Party, which couples social Darwinian right-wing economics with liberal positions on most social issues.





Come on, that only makes the loyalists more angry, they're like a pack o wolves. And the only reason they use them is because they used to use rubber bullets and bean bag rounds and the RUC/Army used to cut off the ends which made them more deadly.
And that's usually because they've already caused damage by the time the water cannons are out.

True story: friend of mine was chatted up on the train by some guy a few weeks ago. They apparently got along for a few hours etc. till the discussion turned to politics, she told him she was a Tory and he started accusing her of being "evil" and "hating the poor" and walked off.

Title says it all really, all these pathetic leftie losers (funny, its always lefties) burning police cars in London, why dont they just shoot them with rubber bullets?

Beyond the fact it would be enjoyable to watch them getting shot, it would solve the problem!