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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhen Raging Against The Machine Beware Of The White Agent Provocateur
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...Weve seen photos of white people flipping cars. Weve seen them setting fires. Weve seen them masked. Weve seen them wear white bands around their arms, signaling to their fellow plainclothes cop comrades that theyre one of them. And thats not to say all of these agent provocateurs are cops. But best believe, the ones who are cops, are easily identifiable.
The ones who arent cops? The ones burning buildings and masquerading around as if they care about the lives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery? Those are the ones you should be worried about. Those are the ones destroying cities they dont live in, and after they get their rocks off, they return to their idyllic home in the suburbs, turn on their televisions and laugh.
If I had to describe the typical personality of one of these agent provocateurs, Id say they were typical 4chan and Reddit thread members coming to life. These people couldnt give a damn about the movement theyre infiltrating. They dont care about Black lives mattering. Theyre only there to get off on the destruction.
Agent provocateurs are nothing new and in a lot of instances sometimes the United States government has used them to infiltrate and disrupt movements. And considering we have the biggest agent provocateur living in the White House, it would only make sense that they are also out on the streets during this time of unrest.
https://www.essence.com/news/when-raging-against-the-machine-beware-of-the-white-agent-provocateur/
The ones who arent cops? The ones burning buildings and masquerading around as if they care about the lives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery? Those are the ones you should be worried about. Those are the ones destroying cities they dont live in, and after they get their rocks off, they return to their idyllic home in the suburbs, turn on their televisions and laugh.
If I had to describe the typical personality of one of these agent provocateurs, Id say they were typical 4chan and Reddit thread members coming to life. These people couldnt give a damn about the movement theyre infiltrating. They dont care about Black lives mattering. Theyre only there to get off on the destruction.
Agent provocateurs are nothing new and in a lot of instances sometimes the United States government has used them to infiltrate and disrupt movements. And considering we have the biggest agent provocateur living in the White House, it would only make sense that they are also out on the streets during this time of unrest.
https://www.essence.com/news/when-raging-against-the-machine-beware-of-the-white-agent-provocateur/
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When Raging Against The Machine Beware Of The White Agent Provocateur (Original Post)
mia
May 2020
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FraDon
(518 posts)1. Back in the 60s, we were warned
... beware the spit-shined sandals.
mia
(8,356 posts)2. Back when spit-shined shoes
were the pride of members of the ROTC and the National Guard.