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OneGrassRoot

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50. Same. Online and off. Former friends...

Thu Jun 13, 2024, 02:14 PM

Jun 2024

And they see the US as The Great Satan and want to burn it all down, acknowledging Trump will do that faster. Accelerationists. On the left.

Palestinians should be terrified of such allies.

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I am so sick and tired of the anarchists who tack onto peaceful protests [View all] Peacetrain Jun 2024 OP

Scary Anarchists - TBF Jun 2024 #1

I'm assuming they're talking about EllieBC Jun 2024 #2

Perhaps the term "antisemitic" would suffice. nt TBF Jun 2024 #3

They are extreme leftists who see Israelis as "White, capitalist, colonialist, imperialists." wnylib Jun 2024 #37

Same. Online and off. Former friends... OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #50

We ignore the fact that they are from the left at our own peril. wnylib Jun 2024 #52

Thank you. I feel I'm... OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #53

I can suport changes that seem radical at the time, and have done so, wnylib Jun 2024 #63

💯 n/t OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #66

So, what is incorrect with this position? OutNow Jun 2024 #77

The British were the colonists in pre 1948 Palestine. wnylib Jun 2024 #82

Thank you. betsuni Jun 2024 #85

I would LOVE to find a space to have rational discussion about this... OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #88

This is an excellent post - TBF Jun 2024 #94

Yes!!! OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #96

Israelis are no longer mostly white, European Jews, They are Mizrahi Middle Eastern Jews. Deported from Arab, Iran. LeftInTX Jun 2024 #97

THIS n/t OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #98

Maybe not so extreme - TBF Jun 2024 #86

Darn, that looks like a really good article OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #87

ugh, tried to gift it (I subscribe to Haaretz) -- TBF Jun 2024 #92

Here is one account from Forward - TBF Jun 2024 #93

Thanks very much! n/t OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #95

Mahalo, EllieBC.. Excellent post.. they are Cha Jun 2024 #74

Unreal how anyone EllieBC Jun 2024 #83

The OP did not say leftists wryter2000 Jun 2024 #35

What do you think anarchists are? TBF Jun 2024 #42

Little reported, but yes, happy feet Jun 2024 #48

That guy who broke the windows... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #75

the idea that these people are either 1) infiltrators stopdiggin Jun 2024 #4

Thank you. Many here REALLY don't want to hear that it seems. n/t OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #16

I agree. yardwork Jun 2024 #25

Yeah! the rightwing would NEVER do THAT! Think. Again. Jun 2024 #26

Rittenhouse wasn't claiming to be part of the protests XorXor Jun 2024 #32

the 'infiltrators' mythology is not a (plausible) explanation for stopdiggin Jun 2024 #36

Sorry, taking advantage of protests is an old practice... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #64

there was virtually no need for anyone to hijack the Palestinian protests stopdiggin Jun 2024 #81

Obviously there WAS a need to hijack the protests... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #84

those 'peaceful protests' were full of virulant hate (and messaging) stopdiggin Jun 2024 #90

No, but it's interesting to see.... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #91

"mythology"? Think. Again. Jun 2024 #76

Because many Islamic people in the US have been victimized by the right.... Happy Hoosier Jun 2024 #34

Our version of Antifa being the insurrectionists TheKentuckian Jun 2024 #70

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. BannonsLiver Jun 2024 #5

They don't just tack onto peaceful protest. Beastly Boy Jun 2024 #6

good point. as soon as someone starts vandalizing property stopdiggin Jun 2024 #22

I've seen them at protests out here Qutzupalotl Jun 2024 #7

Nursery Rhymes of hate and violence Bad Thoughts Jun 2024 #19

yeah. but that is NOT what is happening stopdiggin Jun 2024 #23

The so called peaceful protestors can speak up JI7 Jun 2024 #8

Demonstrations Are Run And Orchestrated By The People Who Show Up For Committee Meetings The Magistrate Jun 2024 #9

THIS -- Be part of the planning, get to know the people involved, know your cohort Hekate Jun 2024 #38

'run and orchestrated' bigtree Jun 2024 #99

I can't prove it, but I'd bet they're usually "false flag" agents provocetuer Wednesdays Jun 2024 #10

Within Our Lifetime- a well-known Pro-Palestinian, antiZionist(*) group sarisataka Jun 2024 #20

I doubt many are false flag infiltrators. yardwork Jun 2024 #29

Yes! Richard D Jun 2024 #60

Face masks to avoid being identified for their vandalism by witnesses, employers, and LE. wnylib Jun 2024 #39

Oh please. They have been showing their ass since Day #0 TheKentuckian Jun 2024 #11

Glittering generalities and one size fits all. GreenWave Jun 2024 #12

Don't smear the anarchists with this anti-Semitic crap. These people want Sharia law. n/t Coventina Jun 2024 #13

Yup. But I've gotten used to it on this site - TBF Jun 2024 #17

"No gods, no masters" is the anarchist creed Coventina Jun 2024 #21

I've never seen a call to "kill all the leftists" at DU, nor have I seen such "widely applauded by centrists" Hekate Jun 2024 #40

I think then that you are not paying attention TBF Jun 2024 #51

"Kill all the leftists"? Don't deflect. You said that. Hekate Jun 2024 #55

Ignore all the words you don't want to read - TBF Jun 2024 #57

What you said about this site was about the broadest brush I've ever seen. I'll fight at your side ... Hekate Jun 2024 #61

When they call Israelis capitalist colonial imperialists wnylib Jun 2024 #43

Can we just kick... OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #45

Nihilists attach themselves to any cause that has an urgent or emotional basis. haele Jun 2024 #54

No doubt some have made a profession... OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #62

COVID Isolation and the constant bombardment of "bothisidersm" haele Jun 2024 #67

Excellent points. OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #68

Good points, and also I've thought about the impact on college students. yardwork Jun 2024 #72

Happily, somehow Covid had the opposite effect on an old friend TheKentuckian Jun 2024 #79

Anarchists and anti-semites are definitely two different things Silent3 Jun 2024 #47

Sounds like a re-branded Antifa meme... EarthFirst Jun 2024 #14

Doxxing? Yet another word that has morphed to mean something different. OneGrassRoot Jun 2024 #18

yep. apparently doesn't know what the word means stopdiggin Jun 2024 #24

There's no mentions of Palestine, Israel or antisemites in the OP AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2024 #69

That is their conscience messing with them. TheKentuckian Jun 2024 #80

Doxxing has a specific meaning. In order to doxx you, I'd need to ferret out your name, address, SSN... Hekate Jun 2024 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author TBF Jun 2024 #56

Yes, in STLMO, when we had the riots/demonstrations, most of the people that were arrested were from out of town. SWBTATTReg Jun 2024 #15

THIS is exactly what needs to be done if you don't want to be co-opted by thugs Hekate Jun 2024 #31

Yes. And we took back our neighborhoods. Scumbags need to stay away. The protests were all peaceful too. SWBTATTReg Jun 2024 #71

Disrupting and infiltrating protests... Think. Again. Jun 2024 #27

Campus protest leaders (not infiltrators) were shouting in unison wnylib Jun 2024 #49

Palestine SHOULD be free. Think. Again. Jun 2024 #65

Palestine can be free any time it wants. Ex Lurker Jun 2024 #73

But the "From the River to the Sea" means after they eradicate Israel EX500rider Jun 2024 #78

I disagree that these are anarchists. yardwork Jun 2024 #28

They co opt the protest to sow chaos and division and ms liberty Jun 2024 #30

I am so with you wryter2000 Jun 2024 #33

the 'agents provocateur' is (mostly) an urban myth stopdiggin Jun 2024 #41

They ought to follow the rules. bluedigger Jun 2024 #44

These people that go around trashing..... scardycat Jun 2024 #58

they sound like republicans to me. barbtries Jun 2024 #59

every one of our anti-Iraq war protests had a contingent of these people bigtree Jun 2024 #89