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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:00 PM   #281
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Originally Posted by dudalb View Post
Ignorance being a refusal to support the idiotic actions of the rioters....
No, ignorance being thinking there exists a "Black Bloc" group. And let's add that to the usual arrogance of right-wingers expecting leftists to care about their support or refusal thereof.
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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:01 PM   #282
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Can a brother get a laughing dog?

Fantastic!
So you are saying that after the teachers' strike in Brazil, this group you call the "Black Bloc" went to Berkeley to protest Milo?
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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:03 PM   #283
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When someone is saying they want to deprive you of the home and life you have built in America would you be polite in your response? It's a question of perspective. You think you're protecting America, they are rightly fearful of their future. I don't agree with their tactics, but I do understand them.
So even if it is hurting their cause we should let it continue because. ..feeling s.
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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:03 PM   #284
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Originally Posted by NoahFence View Post
Conspicuous by its absence from any reply from Sunmaster, theprestige, TBD or the user who made the observation initially, mgidm86 - is an answer to the question. Deflect, deflect, deflect.
Why is that?

So I ask.

Again.

Why do the infinitesimally small number of nitwits who choose violence represent the whole of liberals in your mind, but the massive number of peaceful protesters that we saw at the Women's march don't?
I never claimed that they represented the whole of liberals. I had claimed that the liberals who had participated in the thread up to an earlier point had not actually denounced the violence as wrong - only as counterproductive. I have also claimed (perhaps here, but certainly elsewhere) that liberals are generally less tolerant of opposing viewpoints as conservatives are, at least among the highly educated people that I interact with.

I have my theories for why this is so. I suspect, though, that you, being liberal, don't want to read them.

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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:05 PM   #285
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So you are saying that after the teachers' strike in Brazil, this group you call the "Black Bloc" went to Berkeley to protest Milo?
The Rule of So! Fantastic example.

So did you think that we are not going to notice that you posted that in the companion thread here a couple of days ago to show what swell fellas the Black Bloc are (and the guys in Greece too)?

Mayhap you should contact your local anarchist/autonomous/anti-fascist group and see for themselves - a bit of empiricism.

Just a bit?

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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:05 PM   #286
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Originally Posted by sadhatter View Post
So even if it is hurting their cause we should let it continue because. ..feeling s.
Who says it is hurting their cause?
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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:08 PM   #287
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The Rule of So! Fantastic example.

So did you think that we are not going to notice that you posted that in the companion thread here a couple of days ago to show what swell fellas the Black Bloc are (and the guys in Greece too)?

Mayhap you should contact your local anarchist/autonomous/anti-fascist group and see for themselves - a bit of empiricism.

Just a bit?

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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:09 PM   #288
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Originally Posted by caveman1917 View Post
Who says it is hurting their cause?
The racist cheeto getting elected as backlash. Next question.
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Originally Posted by caveman1917 View Post
Who says it is hurting their cause?
Anybody who has any political sense.


What is sad is that their...and yours...obsession with violence is as bad as anything the right can produce.
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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:12 PM   #290
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The racist cheeto getting elected as backlash. Next question.
I suggest you read the signatures as the bottom of Caveman's posts and understand what you are dealing with:Somebody who is a 100% supporter of the Black Block and their ilk.
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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:12 PM   #291
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Originally Posted by sadhatter View Post
So even if it is hurting their cause we should let it continue because. ..feeling s.
I never said that. My point was that we can expect a lot more protests and probably violence. People will not go softly into that good night. No, no they will rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:13 PM   #292
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Originally Posted by sadhatter View Post
The racist cheeto getting elected as backlash.
Are you claiming that Milo is going to get elected? Or are you claiming that black bloc tactics are responsible for Trump's election? Or what exactly?

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Next question.
So the answer to my question is "you". Any reason anyone should care about your musings on the subject?
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It is odd, every time you post that, all I see is little white flag.

Fantastic.

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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:17 PM   #294
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I suggest you read the signatures as the bottom of Caveman's posts and understand what you are dealing with:Somebody who is a 100% supporter of the Black Block and their ilk.
You do realize that makes about as much sense as "somebody who is a 100% supporter of the Pincer Movement and their ilk"?
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It is odd, every time you post that, all I see is little white flag.

Fantastic.

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How exactly did this group you call the "Black Bloc" end up in Berkeley after the teachers' strike in Brazil?
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Caught this one before I logged in.

I watched a young woman get pepper sprayed in the face while doing a TV interview. Another person was knocked out. I'm watching these asshats burn and destroy their campus - who will pay for this? Taxpayers?

Yeah right I'M whining?

You are sick, and your buddies over here our destroying their own campus.

You people need to calm the hell down - but then again, you, yes you since you support them, are once again playing to Trumps tune. You think people are going to tolerate this? Do you think you are convincing a single person that you are somehow right?

WWIII - I hope someday you all will look back and see how infantile your behavior is. To me it's twilight zone.

Meanwhile, two nights ago:

http://www.keyt.com/news/milo-yianno...poly/303247613

Not sure how this affects Jerry Brown's approval rating or how and why it relates to Sanctuary Cities. But it must, somehow, I suppose ...
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How exactly did this group you call the "Black Bloc" end up in Berkeley after the teachers' strike in Brazil?
The same way that you posted that article about the Black Bloc Boys in the other thread as evidence of what swell guys they were and told us all to contact our local anarchy collective for more information.

Now, you are here declaring that there is no such thing. Curious.
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Old 2nd February 2017, 03:34 PM   #298
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The same way that you posted that article about the Black Bloc Boys in the other thread as evidence of what swell guys they were and told us all to contact our local anarchy collective for more information.

Now, you are here declaring that there is no such thing. Curious.
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Originally Posted by caveman1917 View Post
Are you claiming that Milo is going to get elected? Or are you claiming that black bloc tactics are responsible for Trump's election? Or what exactly?



So the answer to my question is "you". Any reason anyone should care about your musings on the subject?
Wow you really couldn't understand that? Let me simplify it for you.

The average person is sick of being constantly harassed by the vocal fringe left, this caused enough social backlash that enough people in the middle of the political spectrum moved right to get the current grand wizard in chief elected.

Now instead of looking at this and saying "oh **** we ********** up" the fringe left doubles down worth this immature behavior.

The definition of insanity is trying the same thing and expecting different results.
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The average person is sick of being constantly harassed by the vocal fringe left
The "average person" being Milo and his supporters?

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this caused enough social backlash that enough people in the middle of the political spectrum moved right to get the current grand wizard in chief elected.
Of course, it's the fault of people employing black bloc tactics that Trump got elected. I'm sure it's got absolutely nothing to do with a reaction against the effects of neo-liberalism and austerity. Besides, I thought Putin-did-itTM.

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: white flag :

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: white flag :

You are free to believe it means whatever you want it to mean.
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I don't think turning America into a Banana Republic is going to be as easy as you think.
Yes, I can see that. I think that was my point.


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Or if you really think that, then go out and get a rifle and ammunition, because armed resistence will be the only way to restore democracy.
The opponent will not just be 'the government' - it will be the tens of millions of self-appointed patriots, too. All those white supremacists who've been stockpiling guns for 30 years are pretty convinced that 'restoring democracy' is exactly what Trumps doing. It won't be a popular uprising - it will be a civil war in a country with a nuclear arsenal.

Will it be worth it? The Russians decided it wasn't. They saw what happened in Yugoslavia and opted for dictatorship instead of mass violence.



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Or maybe you just indulging in "Despair Porn",which I have seen quite a bit off here lately.
Neither, hopefully. Just realism.
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You are free to believe it means whatever you want it to mean.
Well, I have already explained what it means.

You label it a group when it serves your purpose, and then claim it is not when it does not.

Don't worry about it, TBD is here to keep you nice and consistent.
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Well, I have already explained what it means.
Yes you've explained multiple times what you believe it means.
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You are free to believe it means whatever you want it to mean.
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Amazing how it never even enters their mind that it might mean: "I have no interest in wasting time with trollish idiocy".
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Is there such a thing? Great British food is kind of an oxymoron.
Nonsense. I love British food. Good and heavy.

Dutch food, on the other hand. ..
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Amazing how it never even enters their mind that it might mean: "I have no interest in wasting time with trollish idiocy".
That would indeed be amazing because what I was in fact doing was quoting your own post right back to you in response to your request that I do so, and to which you have replied with either strawmen or emojis (except for the above sad little rant) and that is after you accused "so-called" liberals of ignorance for using the term Black Bloc in the same exact way that you did in the post I quoted.

Now, do you have any further questions about the existence of the Black Bloc, or just going to post another emoji.

You have the freedom to choose.

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Evidence? How did you exclude any other left-wing antifascist position?
They're in uniform. Anarchists aren't left-wing.

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All we know is that they support a "no platform" position.
No mention of a left-wing position then.

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Would you say "everybody" hates "no platform"? And who exactly is "everybody"?
Everybody on the left-right political spectrum - which anarchists aren't.
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Wow you really couldn't understand that? Let me simplify it for you.

The average person is sick of being constantly harassed by the vocal fringe left, this caused enough social backlash that enough people in the middle of the political spectrum moved right to get the current grand wizard in chief elected.

Now instead of looking at this and saying "oh **** we ********** up" the fringe left doubles down worth this immature behavior.

The definition of insanity is trying the same thing and expecting different results.
I see no reason to think that the average person is ever harassed by some "vocal fringe left" in the first place.
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I remember my first protest.

I was scared the cops would surge towards us and take us away.

Now?

Nothing makes my heart thunder more than seeing an amorphous mob of black fabric heading towards or hearing from around the corner, "Ah, ahn-tee, ahn-tee-cap-a-tal-ees-tah."

That's probably the most reliable signal of when it's time to stop filming for a moment and make sure my gas mask is ready as I mumble to myself, "oh ****, here we go again..."
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No, ignorance being thinking there exists a "Black Bloc" group.
It might well do. It's the kind of name anarchists go for.
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Wow you really couldn't understand that? Let me simplify it for you.

The average person is sick of being constantly harassed by the vocal fringe left, this caused enough social backlash that enough people in the middle of the political spectrum moved right to get the current grand wizard in chief elected.

Now instead of looking at this and saying "oh **** we ********** up" the fringe left doubles down worth this immature behavior.

The definition of insanity is trying the same thing and expecting different results.
Yep.

We have met the enemy, and they are us.
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I see no reason to think that the average person is ever harassed by some "vocal fringe left" in the first place.
Apparently it's the norm in the US. It's a dreadful place from what I've been hearing recently.

Here we just have manic street preachers.
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That would indeed be amazing because what I was in fact doing was quoting your own post right back to you in response to your request that I do so
Except that I did not refer to them as a group in that post. In fact that post was a clear refutation of your unsupported tales about characteristics you claim are held by people who employ black bloc tactics.

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They're in uniform.
And? Do you have some evidence for your claim that these are anarchists?

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Evidence that anarchists aren't left-wing? Who exactly is left-wing according to you?
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Evidence that anarchists aren't left-wing? Who exactly is left-wing according to you?
Yeah, technically Communists are Anarchists (the theory is that Communism is the elimination of government enforcement, it's people self-organizing to work together in their own best interests).
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Apparently it's the norm in the US. It's a dreadful place from what I've been hearing recently.

Here we just have manic street preachers.
Actually, that's what we have in the US as well - and of course, college students that are overly strident about whatever.

But in day-to-day, it's mostly twitter trolls spewing racism, misogyny, and anti-semitism from what I can see. Still not much at the personal level, offline.

ETA: as far as these Black Bloc idiots go, I learned of them (here in Maryland!) when they showed up at the Sean Bell protests back in 2009 and started trashing things. The regular protestors, of course, hated them. IOW, the idea that this is something new for the Trump Era is a joke.

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