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hootinholler

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22. Tra La La, I'm off to bed...

Tue May 1, 2012, 11:41 PM

May 2012

Yes I was being sarcastic. Black Bloc is a tactic adopted by many, in my experience adopting the tactic is the easiest way to insert agents provocateur into a group, especially a leaderless movement like Occupy. It also hands the press a paint brush to be used in setting the tone for reporting.

That being said, I'm still wondering how I would know more about stuff if I cared more about it. How is one to know what to care about so they can receive what seems to be divine revelations.

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Gosh there seems to have been a national outburst from the blac block [View all] hootinholler May 2012 OP

It' actually Black Bloc. Also, FarLeftFist May 2012 #1

What ever do you mean? hootinholler May 2012 #2

Why would you give up on Occupy when it was the black bloc that JDPriestly May 2012 #3

It's this way every May 1st. joshcryer May 2012 #7

That's Odd hootinholler May 2012 #10

I would think you would have heard about it if you cared, imo. joshcryer May 2012 #11

So if I cared more I would have known about it? hootinholler May 2012 #13

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

I'll bet they get their paycheck from Homeland Defense. lob1 May 2012 #4

Homeland Defense reports to the President of the United States slackmaster May 2012 #5

I think we all knew that. Ken Burch May 2012 #29

+1 (nt) Luminous Animal May 2012 #34

DING DING DING... Bennyboy May 2012 #8

OAKLAND Police spies chosen to lead war protest Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article Bennyboy May 2012 #39

Maybe, or they could also be Pinkertons hired by the banksters. backscatter712 May 2012 #37

I'd bet my house that they're not OWS supporters bigtree May 2012 #6

Some might be, some might be lone idiots, others might be truly philosophically backing... joshcryer May 2012 #9

Could also be frat boys, come to think of it. Ken Burch May 2012 #30

Wait...at what point did black bloc seem like "nice peaceful people"??? flvegan May 2012 #12

No Occupy seemed like nice peaceful people hootinholler May 2012 #15

Black Bloc is not a faction of Occupy. They are their own separate Luminous Animal May 2012 #16

Some Occupiers are bloc'ers not all bloc'ers are occupiers. joshcryer May 2012 #18

And some Occupiers are Democratic Party members not all Democrats are Occupiers. Luminous Animal May 2012 #28

That goes without saying. joshcryer May 2012 #31

Falling for the propaganda? backscatter712 May 2012 #14

I wonder why the police can't crack down on them? hootinholler May 2012 #19

The cops are more than capable of cracking down on the instigators... backscatter712 May 2012 #20

The only way to get them is to do unconstitutional kettling. joshcryer May 2012 #26

The cops were definitely in the position to make arrests of many of the vandals. Luminous Animal May 2012 #33

Bingo! backscatter712 May 2012 #38

LOL, championing Oakland's brutal methods. joshcryer May 2012 #23

Occupy are nice peaceful people committed to non-violent direct action. Luminous Animal May 2012 #21

Excellent! hootinholler May 2012 #24

Tra La La, I'm off to bed... hootinholler May 2012 #22

You have to care to know because the media doesn't do its damn job. joshcryer May 2012 #25

They aren't agent provocateurs however some may like them to be TorchTheWitch May 2012 #35

Not sure about these most recent incidents, redqueen May 2012 #40

Didn't you hear? It was a terrible FLOP! Rex May 2012 #32

Of course they're well organized. They're cops for christ's sake. They were outed as police plants. Monk06 May 2012 #36