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In reply to the discussion: Police are always right. Do what they say. Trouble is never their fault. [View all]Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)I posted an incorrect analysis somewhere around this site, but can't find it.
It said half of the infiltrating agents provocateurs' effectiveness would be eliminated by opposing violent actions, under and above ground. And the other half would be eliminated by not letting paranoia about u.c. cointel "pro's" prevent the movement from outreach to non-politicized 99%ers.
I was wrong, those two actions by Occupy won't eliminate 100% of the infiltrators' effectiveness. Because the authorities will continue to target 'key activists', and file false charges to bleed the movement financially, morale-wise, talent-wise, and from the p.r. point of view.
Still, the first two actions are the only ones completely under Occupy 99%ers' abilitiy to control. If anyone suggests illegal acts or goes vandal at an action, they're either a cop working for the system, or a person who's so pissed off (about the illegal and violent moves the system is making vs the movement,) that their mind has become a pawn of that system. So they're working for the cops, and not getting paid.
And if Occupy protects themselves from infiltration by turning inward and compartmentalizing, the failure to outreach to the actual 99% population will deny official 99% Occupiers the resources and support they need to fight the 1%er lackeys' effort to bleed the movement.
It's not a tightrope walk or threading the eye of a needle. Non-violence is already an official prime tenet of the movement, and if the 1% fears Occupy, that's because Occupy is still effectively outreaching. So Occupy already has step one and two vs. u.c. effectiveness covered. Every pro-occupy post on this site is good, effective outreach, so thanks to all the pro-side post-ers. The movement's objectives are ultra-patriotic, and most desireable.
Compared to combat against the third effect (bleeding), arguing against the 'anti' post-ers on this site is a walk in the park.
The movement's members should just follow the good above-ground '60's activists' advice "We don't trust people, we trust what they do." Don't write off allies, always give them a chance and the benefit of the doubt.