[thoughtomator]

How do they know they are anarchists?

The anarchists I am familiar with aren’t motivated to do this kind of thing... to date it’s been socialists doing this.

[Mears]

“The anarchists I am familiar with aren’t motivated to do this kind of thing... to date it’s been socialists doing this.The anarchists I am familiar with aren’t motivated to do this kind of thing... to date it’s been socialists doing this.

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I think much of it is young guys who just want to fight and cause trouble.

The same type that cause trouble after certain sports events.

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[dragnet2]

So individuals who threaten innocent people, destroy private property, including occupied vehicles, light fires, assault innocent people, smash windows at random are not anarchist?

[Nifster]

Apparently you don’t remember the anarchists protesting the WTO in Seattle

[DesertRhino]

So you haven’t heard of violent anarchists? You cannot be serious. From the bomb throwing anarchists of the early 1900s, assassins, the Battle of Seattle, to WTO protesters....violent anarchists are the norm, not the exception.

[Zeneta]

Kinda agree.

Most Anarchist’s would be home, “tripping balls” on the latest batch of LSD they cooked up.

[Billthedrill]

The anarchists I am familiar with aren’t motivated to do this kind of thing

It may be that the anarchists you're familiar with aren't the ones typical of the movement. I was in Seattle during the WTO riots, when the black-clad fellers from Eugene lit dumpsters on fire and shoved them downhill toward the police, the other protesters, and us civilians. If you're of a historical turn of mind you might be aware that in the decades leading up to World War I, anarchists murdered no fewer than five heads of state including an American President: Czar Alexander II of Russia, President Carnot of France, King Umberto of Italy, Empress Elisabeth of Austro-Hungary, and William McKinley of the United States. Five acting heads of state. That's actually pretty impressive if you're into that sort of thing.

[sockmonkey]

I saw some t shirts and signs for The Party for Socialism and Liberation. PSL is a Communist party in the United States, created as the result of a split within the ranks of the Workers World Party (WWP).

Communists, not anarchists.

[trebb]

The anarchists I am familiar with aren’t motivated to do this kind of thing... to date it’s been socialists doing this.

Ummmm - it's the act of causing havoc and anarchy that makes them anarchists.

Without the action, the title is meaningless. With the action, the title is self-evident.

Being a Socialist doesn't make one immune from being an anarchist.