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Photos from Ferguson: Is it just me? (Original Post) justiceischeap Nov 2014 OP
Remember Occupy? Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #1
I think they look like they could be white. Smarmie Doofus Nov 2014 #2
What I read a lot of anarchists types... Historic NY Nov 2014 #3
Much like Ferguson, where cops ignored real troublemakers and wen after the peaceful protesters n/t eridani Nov 2014 #6
we have to be careful to make distinctions of certain anarchists. They're not all about this kind of 2banon Nov 2014 #16
Could the riot had white supremacists in it? B Calm Nov 2014 #4
And your point is ??? former9thward Nov 2014 #5
The RCP has been infiltrated by LEO agent provacateurs since the 60's instigating and perpertrating 2banon Nov 2014 #8
And you know this how? former9thward Nov 2014 #9
Quite Right. officially formed in the mid to late 70's. My Point Still Stands, however.. n/t 2banon Nov 2014 #13
I'm sure the PTBs thank him 2banon, but..... socialist_n_TN Nov 2014 #10
Astute prediction. Hat tip! - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #18
LOL you mean the whites socks wearing kind... Historic NY Nov 2014 #11
useful idiots without a cause except destruction for the sake of destruction and 2banon Nov 2014 #14
Excuse me, just caught that snarky bit about "reliving the 60's". 2banon Nov 2014 #17
No, its very accurate. former9thward Nov 2014 #19
I didn't throw rocks or firebombs. AND 99% of the DEMONSTRATORS didn't either 2banon Nov 2014 #20
Michael Brown's Father's Church Set Ablaze-he suspects white supremacists. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #7
there is norhing new under the sun olddots Nov 2014 #12
For the most part they look like they could be any color. jwirr Nov 2014 #15
 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
2. I think they look like they could be white.
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 12:51 PM
Nov 2014

And I think it may be time for everyone to take a day off ( or two) from Ferguson.

Historic NY

(37,458 posts)
3. What I read a lot of anarchists types...
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 12:58 PM
Nov 2014

blended in like the idiots that busted up Seattle, etc. Insurance won't cover a fraction if any of the destruction.

eridani

(51,907 posts)
6. Much like Ferguson, where cops ignored real troublemakers and wen after the peaceful protesters n/t
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 01:25 PM
Nov 2014
 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
16. we have to be careful to make distinctions of certain anarchists. They're not all about this kind of
Fri Nov 28, 2014, 03:22 PM
Nov 2014

"direct action" violence, but many are. I can understand the rational, but personally I don't agree or support it and it mainly why I no longer turn out for demos.

former9thward

(32,130 posts)
5. And your point is ???
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 01:07 PM
Nov 2014

Are you saying all whites are law enforcement plants? The liquor store which I saw looted in real time on tv was being looted by AA teenagers and early 20s. Not a white in sight.

The fact is that various extreme left wing groups, which are mainly white, have been in Ferguson for weeks. It is not surprising to see whites as part of the violence. They are trying to relive the 60s of their parents generation. As an example:

What The Heck Is The 'Revolutionary Communist Party' Doing In Ferguson?

As if the current clashes in Ferguson, Mo., needed any additional stimuli, a group of habitual revolutionaries has tried to insert itself into the drama. It hasn't gone well, and they've clashed with protesters as well as police, as a short video posted by a St. Louis alderman shows.

https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/812DBF79AE1113345619650551808_2428457250b.2.1.7729754074518038844.mp4?versionId=euoHp9wfaEdwqb1YN7BWSyfPC4PGuWsM

The group, which calls itself the Revolutionary Communist Party, emerged from the movement period of the late 1960s and early 1970s but is now a "parasitic" organization, in the words of one sociologist who has studied it, that tends to pop up opportunistically when and where civil unrest develops.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/left-wing-radicals-ferguson-missouri-protests

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
8. The RCP has been infiltrated by LEO agent provacateurs since the 60's instigating and perpertrating
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 01:34 PM
Nov 2014

violence for propaganda purposes ever since the 60's to this very day. So that people like you keep promoting this meme you posted as a vital service to the PTB. They thank you for your service.

former9thward

(32,130 posts)
9. And you know this how?
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 01:43 PM
Nov 2014

BTW the RCP did not exist in the 60s so you may wish to revise your CT timeline...

socialist_n_TN

(11,481 posts)
10. I'm sure the PTBs thank him 2banon, but.....
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 01:44 PM
Nov 2014

if he/she thinks that will get him into the "club", he/she is SERIOUSLY mistaken. All of the owners' fellow travelers will be discarded once their usefulness to capitalism is complete.

IOW, I hope he/she isn't expecting a pension for their service.

Historic NY

(37,458 posts)
11. LOL you mean the whites socks wearing kind...
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 03:20 PM
Nov 2014

wake up it isn't the 60's they been recalled. These idiots are the usual assholes....that make a career out of throwing bricks, burning cars, breaking glass, burning building and just fucking it up for the people that have to live there after its no longer a headline.

They dress the same, gesture the same, and look the same. Picture after picture around the globe it the same idiots.

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
14. useful idiots without a cause except destruction for the sake of destruction and
Fri Nov 28, 2014, 03:17 PM
Nov 2014

violence, that's so true. throughout history.

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
17. Excuse me, just caught that snarky bit about "reliving the 60's".
Fri Nov 28, 2014, 03:26 PM
Nov 2014

Very Offensive and Over the Top crap like this exposes who you are and what you're about.

former9thward

(32,130 posts)
19. No, its very accurate.
Fri Nov 28, 2014, 04:05 PM
Nov 2014

It is only offensive if you are one of the ones out there throwing rocks and firebombs. That stuff did absolutely nothing in the 60s and will not now.

 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
20. I didn't throw rocks or firebombs. AND 99% of the DEMONSTRATORS didn't either
Fri Nov 28, 2014, 05:08 PM
Nov 2014

a handful of assholes hell bent on destruction and violence does not a majority make.

you don't get a pass at defining the "60's" with that broad brush. Definitely turbulent times, to be sure and yes there were riots.. Selma, Watts, police authorities, and Chicago was instigated by the National Guard and the State police.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
7. Michael Brown's Father's Church Set Ablaze-he suspects white supremacists.
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 01:26 PM
Nov 2014

The pastor said he doubted the same people who were raging on the other end of West Florissant had burned his church. Instead, he said, he suspected white supremacists who wanted to punish him for his support of the Brown family, who had just been baptized there.

"Sunday, we do the baptism, Monday, the church is one fire. It just doesn't add up," he said.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/feds-probing-arson-michael-brown-sr-s-church-n255961

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