Posted on 07/28/2008 7:57:15 PM PDT by keepitreal
A group of anarchists that plans to disrupt the Democratic National Convention is promising to go away if the $50 million federal grant that Denver received to pay for convention security is invested in the community instead.
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Simons said the group's offer to sit out the convention if the city, the federal government and the DNC all agree to "redirect" the $50 million to things like health care is not a publicity stunt.
"We understand that it's farfetched, but it's a sincere offer, and the goal of doing this is to really show what our priorities are," said Simons, who grew up in Boulder and recently returned to the metro area, where he has family, to help plan the group's efforts.
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Should the group's offer be accepted, "they will call off all protests which include street parties, rallies, marches, protesting fundraisers and nonviolent direct action aimed at disrupting what they're calling the 'spectacle of a sham democracy,'" the group said in a statement.
Simons said the group doesn't do demonstrations, which he called a symbolic act to get media attention.
"We're going to physically stand in the way of what's going to happen," he said.
"The anarchists who are interested in confronting the Democratic National Convention are interested in doing more than just marching. We're interested in disrupting the spectacle of the DNC," he said.
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I’m not sure — their guy is going to get the nomination.
This group doesn’t care about who gets the nomination. They just want to riot.
The guy would be a perfect member of the Democrat Party. Issue threats and promise to be nice if the extortion is paid.
One of the best news article headlines I ever saw was simply “Local Anarchists Find Themselves Disorganized”
That is a good one!
obama tries to divide the moonbats,a free concert may do it,hillary will be left on the stage alone,the old media will be at the lovefest at invesco,who will be the opening band?
Let’s see...I love crosswords. What’s a nine-letter word meaning “extracting money by promising to refrain from threatened violence”? Uh...wait, I got a down word gives me an X for the second letter. Hmm...ends in “ion”. I know! EXTORTION!
Even assuming the offer is for real, do these folks think they are the only ones who might cause trouble that would require the 50 $Mil? Way too much self esteem here.
What’s interesting here is if Simons and his group can now be bought up on extortion, conspiracy, etc. charges.
sounds like he should be running for congress under the democratic ticket. He’s got Hillary’s extortion technique already perfected.
People can be bought.
Yeah, that’s a basic problem with anarchism. This anarchist leader is saying that, if he gives the order not to riot (because his conditions were met), all his followers will comply.
Well, crap, if they had that mindset, they wouldn’t be anarchists in the first place.
Besides, from the point of view of the DNC, having some kooks denouncing Obama and fighting with the police would probably be a positive.
“hillary will be left on the stage alone,the old media will be at the lovefest at invesco,.........who will be the opening band?
What about Bill, he plays the sax and he’s prob not going to the lovefest without the wife!
people more evil and leftist than the democrats are hard for me to comprehend.
What a laugh! First, usually money that is designated for a certain use can’t just be used legally for something else.And second does this anarchist really think he is king of the moonbats and can tell them what to do after they are all geared up for mischeif? LOL
That’s what I’m thinking. And if they’re true anarchists, they won’t be able to hold individual members to any promise made to the DNC. IOW, whether they (the DNC) does or doesn’t, there’s gonna be some anarchist fun!
“A group of anarchists that plans to disrupt the Democratic National Convention is promising to go away if the $50 million federal grant that Denver received to pay for convention security is invested in the community instead.”
Extortion by any other name...
“You got yourselves a nice convention here. Pity if something would happen to it...”
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