Posted on 10/02/2020 4:36:34 PM PDT by karpov
Erin Smith was at a GOP election watch party at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco on November 8, 2016. For the one-time deputy vice chair of communications for the city Republication Party, it should have been a time of jubilation.
"As soon as they announced Trump the presumptive winner, we're told, 'Hey, there's a mob of protestors out front,'" says Smith, who stepped outside to find the San Francisco cops being pushed back by a crowd, some in head-to-toe black: clothes, helmets, face masks.
A trans woman, conservative, and former tugboat captain who says she's "a weird activist/analyst-type person right now," Smith soon became galvanized to find out more about a group that dressed as revolutionaries and took their fight to the streets. What was animating them? Trump animus? The romance of revolution? The boredom and frustration of COVID sequestration? An unfocused desire to fuck shit up?
It takes a special moral blindness to see setting fires, breaking windows, and threatening journalists as the road to justice. I've seen this moral blindness rise along with the violence in Portland. Young activists have told me frankly that they don't give a shit if someone working in the basement of the police station burns to death because, hey, she chose to work there. I've seen activists cheer the murder of a member of the conservative group Patriot Prayer. You cannot employ the violence of your perceived enemies and expect your revolution to end in peace.
What Smith has experienced has not been peaceful. She's had friends beaten up by antifa. She's been threatened herself. It made her curious. This summer, she decided to find out more by going undercover with the black bloc anarchists in Portland.
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
One of our two major political parties embraces this, except the part about threatening journalists (haven't seen that). Sadly, they might win.
>> A trans woman, conservative, and former tugboat captain who says she’s “a weird activist/analyst-type person right now,”
“Right now...”
Sorry, but that’s a funny statement, and would be surprised if the cap said that with a straight face.
“It takes a special moral blindness to see setting fires, breaking windows, and threatening journalists as the road to justice”
That is the only path to victory and the right had better get on it fast.
What? The right should start setting fires, breaking windows...? Can’t agree if that’s what you mean.
Bkmk
This is an insidious organization. Obviously Byedone is a sympathizer at the very least and a senior Antifa director at most. His Inshalla comment reveals that there are some dark forces at play.
“can’t agree”
Irrelevant.
Anyone that says Antifa doesn’t exist or is an idea is working with them. I.e. Byedone,Nadler,Wray etc. etc
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They talk about “overraction” in order to delegitimize the government but I think it’s appropriate to put down violence with violence. This is not a sport where there are “rules” except meet violence with overwhelming violence to protect the innocent. Rioting and looting only stops when people start fighting back rather than moaning and kneeling down to rioters.
>> A trans woman, conservative, and former tugboat captain who says she’s “a weird activist/analyst-type person right now,”
“Right now...”
Sorry, but that’s a funny statement, and would be surprised if the cap said that with a straight face.
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I think that means “I’m unemployed”
bump for later
I agree. Plus there’s no such thing as a “conservative trans.”
A tranny tug boat captain? I always thought there was nothing new under the sun but there you go.
I read the entire article. Erin Smith impressed me as being an intelligent and curious person. She wanted to know more and she is sharing that info with us.
She is also a bit mixed up (ignoring the trans thing) as she says she enjoyed the violence "it was fun"............. Hmmmm I don't know know about that.
Interesting look at the ANTIFA organization.
That's not how you spell "tugbutt."
Or butt plug neither.
btt
“Looters Will Be Shot” then follow through. That part will end instantly with the first dead looters. Breaking windows and setting fires to stores or cars would be defined as “looting” for anti riot purposes.
they just want power...and to wield it viciously....
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