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AntiFa: The Dartmouth Connection
Accuracy in Academia ^ | August 23, 2017 | Brian McNicoll

Posted on 08/23/2017 9:25:46 AM PDT by Academiadotorg

Unable to hang Russia collusion charges on President Donald Trump, The Washington Post has turned to a new and far more dangerous tactic --normalizing and promoting left-wing hate groups in hopes of encouraging violent conflict against the president and, in particular, his supporters.

Days before the rioting in Charlottesville, Va., the Post ran a feature on the cool kids who were gravitating to the anarchist movement. It delved into their weekly potlucks (deviled eggs, banana bread, occasional Popeye’s chicken and a late start because the group runs on "anarchist standard time") and how they wore black masks "so that authorities would have a harder time identifying – and convicting – participants."

Then, rather than try to find out why a former Obama acolyte had organized the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, it devoted days of coverage to how it was Trump's fault because he had not sufficiently denounced racism.

Then, it gave op-ed space to Mark Bray, who calls himself an historian of human rights, terrorism and political radicalism and, of course, a lecturer at Dartmouth -- but who actively is seeking to become the intellectual explainer/justifier of alt-left street violence. In fact, what Bray, who wrote a book last year about the Occupy movement, is attempting to do goes beyond that. He is trying to create the intellectual case for beating up anyone who disagrees with you politically and implementing the "no platform" strategy – which means to give opposing speakers no platform to share their views.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antifa; dartmouth; markbray; occupywallstreet; ows
Remember when David Horowitz said that inside every leftist is a totalitarian just screaming to get out? Well, they're out.
1 posted on 08/23/2017 9:25:46 AM PDT by Academiadotorg
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To: Academiadotorg

Leftist academia survives within a massive bubble - funded by massive private and government debt, in our unbacked, printed, fiat currency - distributed mostly by the Department of Education.

Pop the bubble - kill the DOE


2 posted on 08/23/2017 9:33:33 AM PDT by PGR88
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Yikes-—I was at Dartmouth 4 days ago——just being a tourist.

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3 posted on 08/23/2017 9:36:13 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Academiadotorg
So, in other words, according to the flagship paper of the nation’s capital, communists, anarchists and socialists who are organizing for a “revolutionary rupture with the prevailing political system” should become the arbiters of who should be allowed to speak in our society and given permission to physically attack dissenters.

(When I wrote the following it was supposed to be a joke.)

Since you violated us with your differing opinions we are forced to physically attack you in our self-defense and it's illegal for you to fight back.

They might want to stick to garbage cans and plate glass windows...

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4 posted on 08/23/2017 9:37:36 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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Makes sense. The movie Animal House was based on Dartmouth.


5 posted on 08/23/2017 9:40:42 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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This is pure conjecture on my part but wouldn’t Canada be a good place to organize an all out assault on the U.S. global as well as domestic?
Much easier to fly into Canada from anywhere in the world.
Wasn’t Bin Laden,and co.,in Canada at various times before 9-11?


6 posted on 08/23/2017 9:40:53 AM PDT by Leep (Less talk more ACTiON!)
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Then, it gave op-ed space to Mark Bray, who calls himself an historian of human rights, terrorism and political radicalism and, of course, a lecturer at Dartmouth -- but who actively is seeking to become the intellectual explainer/justifier of alt-left street violence.

They had this shmuck on NPR as well. He advocated a type of proactive "self defense" where the leftists could anticipate some sort of incitement to violence from the nazis and beat them up. Then he flat out lied about Charlottesville claiming that the right wing protesters attacked Antifa. The actual fact is that they were driven into the Antifa by orders from above (how high above we don't know). I suspect McAwful was part of that decision.

7 posted on 08/23/2017 9:44:08 AM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

& filmed there!


8 posted on 08/23/2017 10:48:59 AM PDT by Academiadotorg
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bkmk


9 posted on 08/23/2017 3:42:53 PM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is Mine)
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Bray is a former OWS organizer ...


10 posted on 06/08/2020 4:45:53 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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He’s an OWS organizer, so was one of the ‘rightwing’ leaders there though that one was from Berkely I think. OWS vs OWS, a staged show.


11 posted on 06/08/2020 4:48:05 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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Happy Valley = U. Mass


12 posted on 06/08/2020 4:52:04 AM PDT by metesky (My investment program is holding steady @ $0.05 cents a can.)
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Filmed mostly in Oregon.


13 posted on 06/08/2020 4:55:30 AM PDT by metesky (My investment program is holding steady @ $0.05 cents a can.)
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