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joeglow3

(6,228 posts)
Thu Feb 13, 2014, 02:39 PM Feb 2014

Torch-Carrying Environmentalists Protest at Oil Exec’s Home

http://freebeacon.com/torch-carrying-environmentalists-protest-at-oil-execs-home/

"Masked protesters carrying torches and threatening organized violence protested outside the home of an executive at a major oil pipeline company last week.

Eight environmental activists gathered on the lawn of Mark Maki, a member of the Enbridge Energy Company’s board of directors and president of Enbridge Energy Management, to protest the arrests of three anti-pipeline activists last year.

The protesters, who brandished torches for a photo posted online, held a sign warning, “solidarity means attack” and “we will shut you down.”

Maki stepped out of his Houston, Texas, home to talk with the protesters, though he said he was not familiar with their grievances.

“It’s 10 o’ clock at night, I’m happy to discuss it, [but] not here, not in my neighborhood, not with my neighbors around,” Maki told them."

-Don't know how I feel about this. While it brings a smile to my face, I can't support because I certainly oppose similar treatment of abortion providers?
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Torch-Carrying Environmentalists Protest at Oil Exec’s Home (Original Post) joeglow3 Feb 2014 OP
It will be used to further villify environmentalists. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #1
Really stupid...nt greytdemocrat Feb 2014 #2
Will not endorse or condone what they did. Amounts to terrorism IMO. bluesbassman Feb 2014 #3

bluesbassman

(19,369 posts)
3. Will not endorse or condone what they did. Amounts to terrorism IMO.
Thu Feb 13, 2014, 02:49 PM
Feb 2014

Protests outside corporate offices, even civil disobedience by chaining oneself to construction equipment is fair game.

Showing up in the dead of the night on somebody's front lawn wearing masks and carrying torches? That is a form of terrorism.

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