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TorchTheWitch

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35. They aren't agent provocateurs however some may like them to be
Wed May 2, 2012, 01:04 AM
May 2012

They're just obnoxious kids and always have been. They aren't anarchists either as they wouldn't know an anarchist if one bit them on their ass. They're nothing but obnoxious kids in their teens and very early 20's, both male and female, and middle to upper middle class who found out about black bloc tactics from the internet or one of their equally obnoxious friends who found out from the internet and decided to use it as nothing more than a means to make mayhem with the likelihood of not getting caught. That's IT. They do it for NO other reason than they think it's fun to overturn cars, smash windows, tip over trash cans, ram into innocent people or even beat some up, etc. They don't even KNOW what any particular protest or sizable crowd is about and don't give a shit. They show up at any sizable protest or any sizable crowd for any other reason for the SOLE purpose of creating havoc with the likelihood of not getting caught because they can so easily melt into a crowd and lose the black bandanna or ski mask and appear a second later as Joe or Jane Average. Not a damn one of them would have the guts to do the shitty things they do during protests or in any sizable crowd because that would mean likely getting caught, and mommy and daddy might take away their computer, not let them watch tv or use mommy and daddy's credit cards at the mall.




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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
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