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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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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not to mention that black bloc are usually experienced protesters who often try to protect the vulnerable from violent cops
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I am hopping off for a bit but will mull + respond! Thank you for your thoughts, in the mean time
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Nope, sorry, "diversity of tactics" means they endorse violence. @aspasia_project
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without endorsing it, I think a closer expression of their view is they don't feel entitled to prevent others' violence
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direct quote from friend: "...someone uses the phrase diversity of tactics, and you lost the battle before it even began."
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that is, the battle to stop violent action. Gentle caution against homogenizing the outgroup . . . !
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Basically without "diversity of tactics" attempts to organize marches and such devolve into infinite debate about rules.
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