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bottomofthehill

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13. Kind of the definition

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Reply #11)

Thu May 2, 2024, 11:06 AM

May 2

One who is paid is a professional.

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The 63-Year-Old Career Activist Among the Protesters at Columbia , cops call her a "professional agitator" [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd May 1 OP

Is she a student. bottomofthehill May 1 #1

Wait... Big Blue Marble May 1 #2

You missed a bit bottomofthehill May 1 #3

is she an American? Big Blue Marble May 2 #5

columbia is a private college moonshinegnomie May 2 #7

She was a guest of the protestors. Big Blue Marble May 2 #8

it doesnt matter of shes a guest of the protestors or not moonshinegnomie May 2 #10

What are you saying? Big Blue Marble May 2 #25

she doesn have that right moonshinegnomie May 2 #33

Where does it say she was illegally on campus? Big Blue Marble May 2 #40

Correct. She can protest on public property wherever she wants. bottomofthehill May 2 #12

columbia isnt public property moonshinegnomie May 2 #14

Yes, agree totally. bottomofthehill May 2 #45

I don't think that applies before they made that rule scipan May 2 #46

What is shocking to me iemanja May 2 #21

I missed nothing. I posted the NYT's article that mentioned Big Blue Marble May 2 #22

Yes what's the problem? Sounds like MotownPgh May 2 #39

Occupy was beyond stupid NanaCat May 2 #16

It was about WHERE they set up camp PuraVidaDreamin May 2 #20

So if protesters take action and challenge the establishment. Big Blue Marble May 2 #27

Occupy changed the narrative. Voltaire2 May 2 #30

The older woman "professional left wing agitator" is such an Upper West Side character type that Prairie Gates May 1 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2 #6

The words "agitator" or "professional agitator".., A HERETIC I AM May 2 #9

except thats what she does moonshinegnomie May 2 #11

Kind of the definition bottomofthehill May 2 #13

That's what protesting is about, fundamentally. From SNCC to today. David__77 May 2 #15

SNCC wouldn't have been so stupid as to 'occupy' NanaCat May 2 #17

the same conservative impulse defending the status quo now iemanja May 2 #24

And? Why is that a bad thing? obamanut2012 May 2 #32

Exactly. iemanja May 2 #23

Of course she's there. maxsolomon May 2 #18

I am shocked at the amount of what Cuthbert Allgood May 2 #19

Scratch a liberal... WhiskeyGrinder May 2 #26

Seriously obamanut2012 May 2 #35

I'm a Democrat Ex Lurker May 2 #38

I never said it did -- and I don't appreciate your accusing me of that obamanut2012 May 3 #47

Yes I feel completely disoriented here. N/T Big Blue Marble May 2 #41

EEEEK!! A 63 year old non student, civil rights activist, is scary!! Ping Tung May 2 #28

Lisa Fithian - outside agitator? Let's Learn from Phil Ochs OutNow May 2 #29

Plus ca change.... Voltaire2 May 2 #31

"We're trying to end a genocide....." BlueTsunami2018 May 2 #34

U of Minn is making some changes because of them. Cuthbert Allgood May 2 #36

Based on your logic, we would still be part of the Commonwealth. Big Blue Marble May 2 #42

I'm down with all of that. BlueTsunami2018 May 2 #44

If authorities call you a "professional agitator" then you must be doing something right. ZonkerHarris May 2 #37

Yup, they are words authoritarians use obamanut2012 May 2 #43