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yardwork

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7. Anarchists don't really march. They show up to cause trouble.

Reply to sagesnow (Original post)

Sun Sep 3, 2017, 04:35 PM

Sep 2017

Anarchists show up and cause trouble wherever there is trouble to be caused. Some lefty groups tolerate them, which is a mistake, I believe. Any group that insists on non-violence doesn't welcome anarchists.

You will not see anarchists welcomed at a march sponsored by NAACP, for instance.

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Wondering why Anarchists are [View all] sagesnow Sep 2017 OP

Some of them are paid. DURHAM D Sep 2017 #1

They do seem strangely more organized than sagesnow Sep 2017 #13

An excellent point. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #2

Probably to cause trouble to discredit the left ? rickford66 Sep 2017 #3

They're generally Libertarian Left. Oneironaut Sep 2017 #4

I think they're socially extreme left, everything goes defacto7 Sep 2017 #5

It's their style, not so much any sort of coherent message Warpy Sep 2017 #6

Anarchists don't really march. They show up to cause trouble. yardwork Sep 2017 #7

Extremists on the left and right are far more like each other than not but do also have Hortensis Sep 2017 #8

They aren't Rightists b/c they believe in democratic control of capital. QC Sep 2017 #9

Here is an interesting article about them from the June 21 New Yorker: janx Sep 2017 #10

left anarchists are generally fine with participatory democracy Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #11

+1 QC Sep 2017 #12