Furguson Agitator Exposed

[Scuba]

http://www.christiancentury.org/blogs/archive/2014-08/one-way-not-be-solidarity

Here’s something I do know: one extraordinarily bad way to stand with Ferguson is to show up there, strive to ratchet up tensions with police, tangle with local black leaders about tactics, and insist that the problem at hand is everything everywhere rather than this thing here.

That appears to be the mode of solidarity chosen by Revolutionary Communist activist Greg “Joey” Johnson:

(Video at link. I could not get it to embed)

In another video, Johnson leads a chant against "the whole damn system." Take that! In Ferguson, of course, the outrage is a little more specific: the cops killed Michael Brown and then responded to overwhelmingly peaceful protests with oppressive restrictions and absurd firepower. If you want to be in solidarity with people, protest what they’re protesting. And defer to local leaders, don’t fight with them! They might not be full-time revolutionary agitators, but they probably know a thing or two about Ferguson, its people, and their needs.

According to Chris King of St. Louis American, Johnson was responsible for at least some of the molotov cocktails last night. Yes, some black protesters threw them, too. As Christena Cleveland reminds us, the image of God exists even in the minority of protesters who haven’t stayed 100 percent peaceful.

[flamingdem]

1. I remember that group from New York

They'd hand our their paper on the subway and they had a bookstore on Union Square.

We always considered them the nutjobs of the left. They supported the Shining Path in
Peru.

[VanillaRhapsody]

3. the LaRouche's

You seem them all the time around here....

[Cha]

2. That is what I hate.. ratfuckers. Good for Exposing Greg Johnson.. thanks Scuba

[NaturalHigh]

4. Gee, this is just what they need.

Why won't cockroaches like this just stay in their holes?