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wryter2000

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19. Even though it was dark when the police building was up in flames

Reply to blm (Original post)

Mon Mar 29, 2021, 04:20 PM

Mar 2021

i could tell watching the silhouettes of the rioters in front of the building that they weren't BLM. They were dancing and hopping all around in celebration. It looked nothing at all like the way BLM marchers had behaved themselves. At another point, it was half a dozen young white men who were trying to break into a store to loot.

At the time, especially at the beginning, they reminded me of the anarchists who'd made such a mess of the anti-Iraq war protests. But I knew in my bones they weren't BLM.

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Reminder:It was RightWing extremists lighting fires, shooting up buildings [View all] blm Mar 2021 OP

Minneapolis Police Link 'Umbrella Man' to White Supremacy Group dalton99a Mar 2021 #1

These are the thugs that show up at BLM protests that the repugs call antifa. brush Mar 2021 #2

+1 dalton99a Mar 2021 #4

+2 2naSalit Mar 2021 #10

Anti-fascists get blamed for crimes of anarchists, too. blm Mar 2021 #11

Yes. Remember the young, white girl who started the McDonnells fire in the Atlanta protest? brush Mar 2021 #12

Yep. BLM got the blame, then Antifascists blm Mar 2021 #14

I say no, they're not antifa, they're profa. CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #13

True. But there's no value for republicans to admit people on their side of the aisle are the ones.. brush Mar 2021 #16

Blaming their own violence on antifascists blm Mar 2021 #22

I've shared these facts with the wingnuts I argue with numerous times and agree it's very important Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #3

There are more including the 2nd link posted above. blm Mar 2021 #5

Post removed Post removed Mar 2021 #6

The worst of the violence and ALL the copkillings blm Mar 2021 #7

You sound pleasant MenloParque Mar 2021 #8

I replied appropriately to the post as written. blm Mar 2021 #9

You do get, right, that anti-fascists (so-called antifa) are on our side? brush Mar 2021 #15

Odd sentiment all around. blm Mar 2021 #21

Yep, remember Umbrella man Ohioboy Mar 2021 #17

The only police officer that died in conjunction with the BLM protests was bullwinkle428 Mar 2021 #18

Even though it was dark when the police building was up in flames wryter2000 Mar 2021 #19

So true. Anarchists and RW extremist groups want chaos blm Mar 2021 #20