The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, known by its opponents as "Cop City," has been at the center of escalating demonstrations and confrontations.
But every time I see some fascist apparatus engulfed in flames I reflexively pump my fist triumphantly.
Then I stop to wonder, “could this be another police 101 tactic of shutting down protest by means by setting things on fire or providing them with bricks or….,” as has been done in almost every instance in which a protest rally or action was getting so big and uncontrollable for them that they pull out this kind of subterfuge? Which is what they did In Minneapolis, at Occupy, throughout years of BLM uprisings, etc.
Throughout the ages the cops and FBI have done this kind of shit all the time. To populist uprising as having now stepped over the line, and with the public on their side because they are now sufficiently opposed to “this kind of violence” are onboard to see it totally shut down. “I was all for the protests, until they started to (fill in the blank).”
That said, radical acts are sometimes the only way to get the point across.
Almost always they are actual actions by radicals and not cop operations. Unless there is clear evidence otherwise then i always assume the actions are authentic.
“I was all for the protests, until they started to (fill in the blank).”
People who say this are 95% of the time full of shit. If it’s a cause they agree with they are fine with anything. See: supporters of capitol Jan 6th rioters who also complained about BLM protests. Supporters of ukraine who condemn this atlanta protest. Etc etc. its all just bullshit excuses. But some libs don’t even realize they’re doing it and they say this shit unself-consciously. I at least have more respect for reactionaries that say this shit but know they are lying about it for having more self-awareness than a fucking lib goldfish brain.
Anarchists burn ecocidal machines all the time. Cops were already throwing around domestic terror charges. Those two things happening at the same time really seems the most likely explanation.
Haven’t been following this story closely enough.
But every time I see some fascist apparatus engulfed in flames I reflexively pump my fist triumphantly.
Then I stop to wonder, “could this be another police 101 tactic of shutting down protest by means by setting things on fire or providing them with bricks or….,” as has been done in almost every instance in which a protest rally or action was getting so big and uncontrollable for them that they pull out this kind of subterfuge? Which is what they did In Minneapolis, at Occupy, throughout years of BLM uprisings, etc.
Throughout the ages the cops and FBI have done this kind of shit all the time. To populist uprising as having now stepped over the line, and with the public on their side because they are now sufficiently opposed to “this kind of violence” are onboard to see it totally shut down. “I was all for the protests, until they started to (fill in the blank).”
That said, radical acts are sometimes the only way to get the point across.
What’s the feeling here about it?
Almost always they are actual actions by radicals and not cop operations. Unless there is clear evidence otherwise then i always assume the actions are authentic.
People who say this are 95% of the time full of shit. If it’s a cause they agree with they are fine with anything. See: supporters of capitol Jan 6th rioters who also complained about BLM protests. Supporters of ukraine who condemn this atlanta protest. Etc etc. its all just bullshit excuses. But some libs don’t even realize they’re doing it and they say this shit unself-consciously. I at least have more respect for reactionaries that say this shit but know they are lying about it for having more self-awareness than a fucking lib goldfish brain.
Anarchists burn ecocidal machines all the time. Cops were already throwing around domestic terror charges. Those two things happening at the same time really seems the most likely explanation.