2. I asked why protesters don't eject black bloc before they fuck things up. Many friends are protest kids, so expected some insight.
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3. Turns out they all haaaaaaate black bloc, for reasons of (i) optics, and (ii) endangering kids and elderly. Unfortunately,
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4. They don't eject black bloc for several reasons. First is philosophical reluctance to tell others how to protest. There was a term . . .
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5. for this, something like "diversity of tactics." Second, these protests are mostly leaderless, and without direction or even cohesion
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6. ejecting a semi-organized, armed, relatively young and male minority is practically infeasible. So you get what you saw today.
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7. Hot take: may be potential for gains from cooperation between well-intentioned police + nonviolent protest coordinators.
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8. But I also doubt moderate protesters and police have sufficient mutual trust to realize these gains, at this point. Bummer. /thread
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The civil rights marchers had enforcer dudes with armbands at ends of each row. You threw a rock, you were dealt with.
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