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CNN Guest: Berkeley Rioters Were Actually Secret Right-Wingers Affiliated With Breitbart (R.Reich) [View all] workinclasszero Feb 2017 OP

Brownshirts did it Lithos Feb 2017 #1

That was the first thing I thought. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #2

I doubt it, but anarchists would be very plausible. HassleCat Feb 2017 #3

I know quite a few anarchists. Scruffy1 Feb 2017 #7

not here - in Seattle KT2000 Feb 2017 #35

I know some Seattle/Oregon area anarchists too. meadowlander Feb 2017 #49

There's a group of mostly young men Retrograde Feb 2017 #36

I watched it when CNN first started showing then and I saw several of the glass breakers... Jim Beard Feb 2017 #48

I believe they are paid RW agitators BannonsLiver Feb 2017 #57

I agree. I think Trump is moving so fast..... Jim Beard Feb 2017 #79

RW media reported those two protests as 'violent',selected images & footage toexclude the masked few Sunlei Feb 2017 #86

Berkeley has become more conservative over the years. DK504 Feb 2017 #92

You are absolutely right. I am a boomer and said som bad things about us Jim Beard Feb 2017 #99

Thank you sir Achilleaze Feb 2017 #4

the problem is limbaugh and sons have a much larger audience certainot Feb 2017 #50

Better make sure the fire extinguishers are in good working order... dchill Feb 2017 #5

You got that right! workinclasszero Feb 2017 #6

That seems to be the plan....nt 2naSalit Feb 2017 #8

You bet. HurricaneWarning Feb 2017 #52

OMG, great minds think alike..... wildeyed Feb 2017 #9

Notice how they haven't bothered to deny it, either? gratuitous Feb 2017 #11

That's what I choose to believe Merlot Feb 2017 #10

Of course that's what happened, even a boob like tRump could figure that out. Augiedog Feb 2017 #12

I read BadgerMom Feb 2017 #13

DejaVu it's the 60's again randr Feb 2017 #14

COINTELPRO and the Kent State Rock Throwers. byronius Feb 2017 #19

Of Course drm604 Feb 2017 #15

That was my immediate thought NastyRiffraff Feb 2017 #16

He could be right wryter2000 Feb 2017 #17

Same thing in Seattle. I was pleased they were no shows for the women's march. LisaM Feb 2017 #25

Why aren't their stories ever rainy Feb 2017 #43

This is what makes me suspicious Generic Other Feb 2017 #54

I Google a couple of the journalists that were charged with felony rioting HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #73

In the story in the immediate aftermath... Blanks Feb 2017 #91

See this!!! workinclasszero Feb 2017 #18

Sounds like as good a theory as any other. Anarchists, black bloc, paid agitators, RW loons... jmg257 Feb 2017 #20

Sick Johnny2X2X Feb 2017 #21

at very least, take off mask and photograph. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #60

They need to be prosecuted and exposed for whoever they are bucolic_frolic Feb 2017 #22

And Furthermore zentrum Feb 2017 #23

This is a good point. logosoco Feb 2017 #82

In DC kiranerys Feb 2017 #87

Would be funny torius Feb 2017 #24

That enemy is much closer to home, and his name is Steve Bannon Hekate Feb 2017 #40

Reich could be right on this Gothmog Feb 2017 #26

The Women's March was also paid agitators... TomVilmer Feb 2017 #27

The key word is "spoiled". It stops the protest from getting bigger and appearing successful.. lostnfound Feb 2017 #55

The personal details you share are always fascinating to view, TomVilner. Millions of paid women Mc Mike Feb 2017 #81

Tired of people who only reads the headlines... TomVilmer Feb 2017 #83

I see. Mc Mike Feb 2017 #84

Rovian ratf***ing. nt tblue37 Feb 2017 #28

Bannon will do it worse, because he's into violence. Be alert. Hekate Feb 2017 #38

Post removed Post removed Feb 2017 #29

Oh Jesus, with the fucking Soros shit. Warren DeMontague Feb 2017 #30

George Soros Knitted sagesnow Feb 2017 #88

Hannity is that you ? obnoxiousdrunk Feb 2017 #31

Yes!!! Call the trolls out!! They cannot keep getting away with this! Initech Feb 2017 #32

Its believable as the right wingers have a history that goes back decades of this kind of shit. cstanleytech Feb 2017 #33

Yes, see COINTELPRO workinclasszero Feb 2017 #39

i totally believe that. barbtries Feb 2017 #34

Reich was a very forthright eyewitness. He said they looked "paramilitary," and I believe him. Hekate Feb 2017 #37

Please - millennials in black hoodies, jeans, workboots and Vans aren't paramilitary. jmg257 Feb 2017 #66

"Paramilitary" is not a fashion statement. It's a mode of training that affects how you walk... Hekate Feb 2017 #69

Thanks! I don't think they were students either. Just not so sure they were paramilitary..but I jmg257 Feb 2017 #70

WHat I don't get is how someone can corrdinate 150 people to get to a protest w/o there being jmg257 Feb 2017 #71

Face to face meetings and telephone calls used to work pretty well Hekate Feb 2017 #76

Secret facebook groups? kiranerys Feb 2017 #90

How about maybe arresting ONE of them & proving it? 7962 Feb 2017 #95

If LEOs were not pawns of the Ruling class, that might happen. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #97

Time to do a bit or organizing of our own randr Feb 2017 #41

good idea... follow them and photograph. KittyWampus Feb 2017 #61

Agreed! We need to stop talking and start doing. Initech Feb 2017 #65

Absolutely. In our town during the Iraq War protests our organizers worked closely with the cops. Hekate Feb 2017 #75

Why don't they arrest more of these scum jmg257 Feb 2017 #42

Hitler would be proud RussBLib Feb 2017 #44

... orangecrush Feb 2017 #45

The students were making themselves heard tirebiter Feb 2017 #46

I figured as much. Anybody spot James O'Keefe sneaking around there? calimary Feb 2017 #47

I wondered if the O'Keefe thing was a sting or they were realling trying to hire thugs. mackdaddy Feb 2017 #64

I suspect that O'Keefe has been busted enough times that he KNOWS people recognize his face now. calimary Feb 2017 #98

Law enforcement has also been known to infiltrate gatherings to incite violence and crimes Lanius Feb 2017 #51

If ANTIFA is really on our side C_U_L8R Feb 2017 #53

Good to know - millennials in black hoodies and jeans, workboots and Vans are "paramilitary". jmg257 Feb 2017 #56

And, water is wet. GoCubsGo Feb 2017 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author sfwriter Feb 2017 #59

Right?? The police made 1 arrest - and they were carting away a kid in a blue sweatshirt jmg257 Feb 2017 #62

When the LAPD and assorted other constabulary brought the hammer down on KingCharlemagne Feb 2017 #67

You would think, wouldn't you? nt 7962 Feb 2017 #96

Black bloc protests return for Trump era, leaving flames, broken windows from D.C. to Berkeley mackdaddy Feb 2017 #63

NS, Sherlock. WinkyDink Feb 2017 #68

Recently saw a documentary about civil rights HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #72

One of the anarchists that was identified but not arrested in DC was almost famous HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #74

This may have Steve Bannon's fingerprints all over it... Rollo Feb 2017 #77

Yaaaayyyy now we get to say that they sent paid agitators !!! I love using their own stuff TrekLuver Feb 2017 #78

The story is as old as Haymarket Square, or Conrad's book "The Secret Agent", or Molly Maguires. Mc Mike Feb 2017 #80

The same masked people using the same tactics as in DC, they did 100% of violence. fox live stream Sunlei Feb 2017 #85

Would be very interesting to play videos of the "protesters" in front of Akamai Feb 2017 #89

If Trump hired fake crowds, agent provocateurs wouldn't really surprise me. But the kind brewens Feb 2017 #93

Bannon's Breitbart Brownshirts... Raster Feb 2017 #94

This is ridiculous Averagegrunt Feb 2017 #100

R#127 & K n/t UTUSN Feb 2017 #101