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masmdu
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Thu Nov-03-11 10:55 AM Original message |
OWS...Who are the "Black Bloc"....are they agents provocateur? |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Thu Nov-03-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. It's a tactic. It used to be a movement |
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2pooped2pop
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Thu Nov-03-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. yes. |
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applegrove
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Thu Nov-03-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. +1 |
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redqueen
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Thu Nov-03-11 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. In Greece it turns out they were either working for the police |
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amyrose2712
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Thu Nov-03-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. Black bloc From Wikipedia |
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eShirl
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Thu Nov-03-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. +1 |
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JohnnyRingo
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Thu Nov-03-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. "black cop shoes". |
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LeftyMom
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Thu Nov-03-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. A black bloc is a tactic, not an organization. |
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Hell Hath No Fury
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Thu Nov-03-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. Here in SF -- |
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arcane1
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Thu Nov-03-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Well put! |
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Hell Hath No Fury
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Thu Nov-03-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. :) |
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mulsh
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Thu Nov-03-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. I"ve been in most marches in SF since the first Moratorium March |
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Hell Hath No Fury
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Thu Nov-03-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I marched in a huge pro-choice rally -- |
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Mz Pip
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. They've been around forever |
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Xithras
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Thu Nov-03-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. Anarchist troublemakers |
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Tom Rinaldo
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Thu Nov-03-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. You have a warped view of real anarchists |
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Xithras
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Thu Nov-03-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I'm quite familiar with it. |
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MadrasT
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Thu Nov-03-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. OK, this is funny... |
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themadstork
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Thu Nov-03-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Yeah, you know nothing at all about anarchism. |
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Xithras
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Thu Nov-03-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Mob rule. Destruction of the state. Pervasive anti-intellectualism. |
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Leopolds Ghost
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Thu Nov-03-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Anti-authoritarianism is the opposite of mob rule. Then again, Thomas Paine and others |
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Tom Rinaldo
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Thu Nov-03-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. OWS essentially functions using anarchist theory |
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themadstork
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Thu Nov-03-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Interesting that you mention anti-intellectualism. |
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formercia
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Thu Nov-03-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. Regardless of intentions, the Black Bloc is counterproductive. |
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hunter
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Thu Nov-03-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Don't "ask" them to leave, tell them to leave! |
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flamingdem
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Thu Nov-03-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. good idea, but they'd fight like crazy if held down |
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yodermon
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Thu Nov-03-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. Here they are in the G20 in Toronto. It's so amatuerish it's comical. |
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Leopolds Ghost
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Another reason I'm not too worried n/t |
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Zorra
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Thu Nov-03-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. Did you mean the |
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inna
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Thu Nov-03-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. They're heavily infiltrated - heavier than any other anti-(establishment) group, perhaps. |
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Leopolds Ghost
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. It's an inappropriate tactic for this particular movement. |
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inna
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. agreed and thank you! |
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Leopolds Ghost
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Thu Nov-03-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. Wow, some of the responses on this thread are fairly juvenile. Yes, lets... |
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2pooped2pop
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Fri Nov-04-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
36. I was not passing identity on to the police |
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War Horse
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. It ain't that hard |
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Fire Walk With Me
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Thu Nov-03-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. Police. They already have proof: |
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