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pnwmom

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1. Berkeley's never had to deal with this before -- what one reporter called a "fight club" mentality.

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Wed Apr 26, 2017, 08:55 PM

Apr 2017

The Vietnam protests were not like this -- they were motivated by idealism not hate. And most of the violence, when it happened, came from the police, not the students.

And Berkeley is an open campus with dozens of unguarded entrances and exits, so it's a very difficult place to secure.

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The far right goes on a rampage in Berkeley [View all] guillaumeb Apr 2017 OP

Berkeley's never had to deal with this before -- what one reporter called a "fight club" mentality. pnwmom Apr 2017 #1

There is an interesting reference in the article to this "fight club" idea. guillaumeb Apr 2017 #2