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In reply to the discussion: Karen Beck of MoveOn says she will call the police on #Occupy if their actions upset her [View all]rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)You said, "The article talks about "Occupy movements ... coming in two sharply divided forms." It describes one "faction" as "open to violence" and says that the other is pledged to nonviolence and "resents what it sees as dilution of the Occupy message." " That is the authors saying that there are two factions. It is the authors that claim one faction is "open to violence". These are observations of the authors.
You point out that the authors say, "Demonstrators such as Beck say images of clashes with police undercut the central Occupy message of pointing out economic inequities and could be avoided." This is an observation of the authors not quotes of Ms. Beck.
You say, "But I very much doubt that the reporters could have written "demonstrators such as Beck say..." if Beck herself had not made those statements." Please reconsider. "demonstrators SUCH AS Beck" Please! Why not quote Ms. Beck.
Again, I dont know Ms. Beck, nor her motives. I only ask that we be very careful of manipulation. The oligarchs would love nothing better than to have us fighting each other.