1. Cross-tribal dialogue time! Permit me to serve as your intermediary. Had a chat about violent protest today with Lefties on Facebook.
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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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mmmmmm, ain't no such thing as well-intentioned police
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:( that is another problem
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that sorta negates your thread. Property destruction and sabotage are historically successful anti-fascist tactics.
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>leftist activists care about "optics"! https://twitter.com/rugliabeoulve2/status/822332952017137664 …
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They're lying to you. They love having some rabid dogs they can sic on people while they can scream "PEACEFUL PROTEST!!"
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you are being rather rude, kindly don't presume
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Black bloc has been part of left-wing protests since at least the anti-war Bush era. I met them back then, myself.
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