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7. It wouldn't surprise me, considering reports on how these things were organized, and by whom

Mon Dec 10, 2018, 02:37 AM

Dec 2018

These people seem more like "les casseurs" than people with a social cause. No serious spokesmen or leaders, notable absence of people from economically disadvantaged areas, and the fact that the real hot spots seem to have been organized by anonymous groups operating through obscure facebook accounts. Indeed, their only real unifying goal seems to be using a vague pretext to cause Macron headaches. Let me see, whose agenda does that fit, again?

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France to Probe Possible Russian Influence on Yellow Vest Riots [View all] applegrove Dec 2018 OP

It wouldn't be much of a surprise, would it? blue neen Dec 2018 #1

And Of Course Individual 1 Had To Put His 2 Cents In Me. Dec 2018 #2

I knew it was a Marine Le Pen/Putin-influenced violent protest! poli-junkie Dec 2018 #3

The mistake Macron made was by taxing carbon and not making applegrove Dec 2018 #4

and trump's putin-directed twitter is chiming in too, further inflaming the violence PSPS Dec 2018 #5

This could be a doubled edged sword elmac Dec 2018 #6

Which, in turn, would cause vast demonstrations with a legitimate cause DFW Dec 2018 #9

It wouldn't surprise me, considering reports on how these things were organized, and by whom DFW Dec 2018 #7

+1. We have seen this movie a few times dalton99a Dec 2018 #8

Indeed we have, and he was. DFW Dec 2018 #10

Meh. moondust Dec 2018 #11