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moondust

(19,960 posts)

1. Both?

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2020, 01:18 AM

May 2020

Sometimes anarchists/hoodlums infiltrate peaceful protests and start looting and doing serious damage. The peaceful protestors can get a bad name that way. I think that happened with the Yellow Vest protests in France and some others in Europe. Also maybe in Seattle.

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Anarchists or Patriots? [View all] OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 OP

Both? moondust May 2020 #1

Both? Nope. OAITW r.2.0 May 2020 #2

I went to public school in the 60's & 70's. Refresh my memory pls. rankled59 May 2020 #3

The colonials did not kill anyone. fleabiscuit May 2020 #4

There is a proud tradition of American anarchists greenjar_01 May 2020 #5