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Sympthsical

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44. I live in the Bay Area, the violent Left very much exists
Thu Jan 21, 2021, 08:52 PM
Jan 2021

And they love places like Oakland, Berkeley, Portland, and Seattle.

They're a mixed bag. You have your Antifa, Black Bloc, By Any Means Necessary, Anarchists, and others. I've seen the violence and the results first hand. And their violence has absolutely pre-dated the age of Trump.

When our side claims all violence is right-wing, we look like the same ones claiming those who assaulted the Capitol were actually Antifa. It's conspiracy theory at best. A denial of reality.

Look at all the big summits. The G-8, etc, where violent protests broke out. It's been happening since I was an adult. Did all those people just go away?

I promise you, they have not.

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Wingnuts Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #1
I'm tired of these thugs making my city look like shit. Kittycow Jan 2021 #2
It gets old. CentralMass Jan 2021 #12
Far-left? How do they know that? Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #3
I've lived out here around 6 years now and history would say otherwise. CentralMass Jan 2021 #7
white supremacists bdamomma Jan 2021 #14
You can draw your own conclusions. CentralMass Jan 2021 #15
thank you for posting bdamomma Jan 2021 #18
You are welcome. CentralMass Jan 2021 #19
A 38 Year Old? ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #4
I might be wrong but this smells of a right wing "false flag" operation Botany Jan 2021 #5
+1 moondust Jan 2021 #27
The ethos expressed more closely resembles the boogaloos... ret5hd Jan 2021 #6
You would think. CentralMass Jan 2021 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author bdamomma Jan 2021 #9
It doesn't make sense that any genuine self identified "leftist" engaged in vandalizing the msfiddlestix Jan 2021 #10
This is not new in Portland. It would be disingenuous to blame it on the right. CentralMass Jan 2021 #13
what precipitated this? Why now? msfiddlestix Jan 2021 #16
Who knows, there is an anarchistic element out here that feels the need to do this. CentralMass Jan 2021 #17
We have our anarchists in the Bay Area msfiddlestix Jan 2021 #20
I don't know if they have or need a cause. CentralMass Jan 2021 #21
They consider Democrats to be "fascist lite" LeftInTX Jan 2021 #33
Right, but I never associated antifa with anarchists. msfiddlestix Jan 2021 #34
Idiots superpatriotman Jan 2021 #11
Idiots? Sure. So far left they're right? Hardly Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2021 #30
How is it, that there are more young people being indoctrinated dreamland Jan 2021 #22
These protesters are not right wing. CentralMass Jan 2021 #23
You're the only one on this thread saying that Wednesdays Jan 2021 #25
Do you live in Oregon ? Did you read the article and watch the video? CentralMass Jan 2021 #29
Okay, I might have expected a response Wednesdays Jan 2021 #41
I didn't appreciate your insinuation. CentralMass Jan 2021 #45
Really. What did you expect your reply was going to yield ? CentralMass Jan 2021 #46
The poster is not wrong leftstreet Jan 2021 #35
Unfortunately, CentralMass is right they are a left wing anarchist movement. dustyscamp Jan 2021 #38
I live in the Bay Area, the violent Left very much exists Sympthsical Jan 2021 #44
I think nihilists more aptly describes them than far left. jalan48 Jan 2021 #24
Nihilists, anarchists. Where RW extremism merges LW extremism. Hortensis Jan 2021 #36
Typical Anarchists, young rebels without a clue. Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2021 #26
From statements, it seems likely the FBI and other services will be Hortensis Jan 2021 #40
Some are in their 30s JI7 Jan 2021 #42
"Young" is relative. nt Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2021 #47
Kyle Romstad mugshot 2020 Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2021 #28
All of the mugshots are here chowder66 Jan 2021 #31
You can't tell anyone's politics Mossfern Jan 2021 #32
Are you sure about that? nt Roisin Ni Fiachra Jan 2021 #48
Libertarians on parade! struggle4progress Jan 2021 #37
Far right provocateurs? roamer65 Jan 2021 #39
Rose Twitter Types. They wanted Trump to win. JI7 Jan 2021 #43
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