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In reply to the discussion: Gosh there seems to have been a national outburst from the blac block [View all]Bennyboy
(10,440 posts)8. DING DING DING...
There is no black bloc, never has been. That is the medias self penned pet names for Agent Provocateurs who always wear black. They are organized, buy the PTB to discredit Occupy and make them look like Hooligans.
I ahve seen em in action, guys that one minute look like cops and the next are wearing masks and hoodies.
Let's not forget that the word BLACK Scares a lot of Americans so they see black bloc (The soviet touch is nice but not nearly as scary today as it use to be) is the scariest two word combination know to man. Black Bloc!
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Gosh there seems to have been a national outburst from the blac block [View all]
hootinholler
May 2012
OP
Breaking windows and property damange and being ineffectual and idiotic is not an "uprising."
joshcryer
May 2012
#17
I predict that, when the FOIA requests are honored fifty years or so from now...
Ken Burch
May 2012
#27
OAKLAND Police spies chosen to lead war protest Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article
Bennyboy
May 2012
#39
Some might be, some might be lone idiots, others might be truly philosophically backing...
joshcryer
May 2012
#9
And some Occupiers are Democratic Party members not all Democrats are Occupiers.
Luminous Animal
May 2012
#28
The cops were definitely in the position to make arrests of many of the vandals.
Luminous Animal
May 2012
#33
Occupy are nice peaceful people committed to non-violent direct action.
Luminous Animal
May 2012
#21