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Re: A Statement from Some Participants in the October Coalition and the Georgetown March

as someone who was there and saw that woman, i was very sorry that a bystander was hurt. but as someone who saw the news footage of her and a friend, having left the store where she worked, laughing and videotaping, i'm a little confused about the reactions i've read here.
a black bloc is not and has never been a tourist attraction. this person made a conscious and very unfortunate decision to get in between people throwing rocks and what those people were throwing rocks at. i'm very sorry that happened, but being sorry isn't going to change the fact that she made a very bad call and endangered herself.
getting written off as collateral damage is one thing (bad), walking into the middle of target practice is another (stupid).
 
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Jews who stayed in germany made a conscious decison too ... Re: Re: A Statement from Some Participants in the October Coalition and the Georgetown March

Yeah, I bet all the Nazi SS storm trooping throwing bricks at Jews who didn't leave their stores before Krystall nacht had the SAME argument. What percentage of the black bloc is cops now adays, anyway? 10 - 15 - 20%?? It's a joke.
 

Re: Jews who stayed in germany made a conscious decison too ... Re: Re: A Statement from Some Participants in the October Coalition and the Georgetown March

i bet its not. i bet their argument was more like "let's exterminate the jews". so when the black bloc announces its campaign to exterminate the store clerks, you just go ahead and repeat that, because you'll have a chance at being relevant. in the mean time, ask yourself how often you bring up nazis in debates that make you feel insecure. 10 - 15 - 20%?? because its a fucking joke.
 

Re: Jews who stayed in germany made a conscious decison too ... Re: Re: A Statement from Some Participants in the October Coalition and the Georgetown March

yeah, people who intend to end domination and those who intend to perpetuate it are totally the same. Get lost idiot!
 

Re: Re: A Statement from Some Participants in the October Coalition and the Georgetown March

Word. But of course, in this type of situation people are going to naturally be curious and watch. It's very unfortunate that girl did get hit, perhaps she didn't know that it was a possibility of getting hit by a brick. She did make the decision to watch, though.

And of course, this will be the thing that will be playing over and over on the news. Not the reason why we were there and how no one even fucking questions who the fucking cops are protecting. How about education in the media about neoliberalism? But I wouldn't even fucking trust that. All news is fucking horrible and not trust-worthy.

Violence is part of revolutions. Look through history of human beings, it's bound to happen. Destruction of property is not violence, however. Like, stated above.
 

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