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panader0

(25,816 posts) Tue Aug 19, 2014, 05:15 PM Aug 2014

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"Outside agitators"--that's what they're saying on CNN [View all]

Many of those arrested were apparently not from the area. Isn't that what they used to say in the South during the Civil Rights movement in the 60's?

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"Outside agitators"--that's what they're saying on CNN [View all] panader0 Aug 2014 OP

It's what our GOP Governor Pat McCrory calls the NC octoberlib Aug 2014 #1

Yes....: BronxBoy Aug 2014 #2

I remember one time after a prison riot the warden blamed it on "outside agitators" hobbit709 Aug 2014 #3

I think being "agitated" is appropriate at times. panader0 Aug 2014 #4

From where? A couple days ago CNN said Oakland, link: 4139 Aug 2014 #5

That's what conseratives always say. I heard it in the South and in Ukraine and Syria. pampango Aug 2014 #6

CNN : Among those arrested are residents of Chicago, Brooklyn, Washington, San Francisco, Austin... 4139 Aug 2014 #7

Their fellow citizens aren't allowed to protest with them? Lex Aug 2014 #8

YES! panader0 Aug 2014 #9

Silly as people hear about it and go there to join them treestar Aug 2014 #10

That's what Homer Stokes said. Brigid Aug 2014 #11

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