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San Francisco Rabble Brings Discredit on Antiwar Movement
Antiwar.com ^ | 3/21/03 | by Justin Raimondo

Posted on 03/21/2003 11:54:40 AM PST by MikalM

The outrageous disruptions launched by alleged "antiwar" protesters in San Francisco had nothing to do with opposition to the war, nothing to do with changing the foreign policy of this country, and no rational person could possibly endorse them.

Masked thugs stopped cars, and tried to drag people out. These "peaceful" protesters had quite an array of weapons: stun guns, crowbars, brass knuckles, and other instruments of mayhem were confiscated from arrested demonstrators. They deliberately blocked streets, tied up the entire city for 8 hours, broke windows, threw rocks, and wreaked havoc, acting like the hooligans they are. Some of them wore masks, demonstrating that they are also cowards. News crews were assaulted with spraypaint, rocks, and other objects.

A milder version of these tactics were replicated in Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York City, and elsewhere, but San Francisco was, naturally, the worst. Over 1,000 people were arrested in the City by the Bay, but most were, unfortunately, released. Shouting their defiance – "We’ll be back! We’ll be back!" – they are still out there, as I write [10:00 PM, March 20], moving in groups from intersection to intersection, creating as much chaos as possible. They are organized, they are violent, and they are nuts.

It’s an outrage that they have been allowed to get away with this. The San Francisco Police Department tells us that these people were mostly cited and immediately released, but if they are arrested again they will be charged. What nonsense! Can anyone imagine what would happen if pro-war demonstrators went on a violent rampage in San Francisco? They would be charged with felony riot and thrown in jail for years.

Why is the Left – and I use the term really loosely, since it is flattering these people to ascribe political motives to their mindless actions – immune from the law? Doesn’t the city government have a responsibility to keep public order?

The San Francisco Chronicle cites one Benna Kollinsky, who was among those blocking the corner of Montgomery and Clay streets for more than two hours:

"This is a total shutdown,'' I thought we'd be lucky to close it down for an hour. We've run this block all morning.''

Can you believe the nerve of this arrogant thugette? As they say: Only in San Francisco!

These people are the lowest form of thrill-seekers, no better than roving packs of dogs, who go after any "target of opportunity" for any reason. The marauders who have taken over the streets of San Francisco are a free gift to the War Party, which is delighted to magnify their idiocy and broadcast it from coast to coast.

Peaceful, legal, and massive demonstrations are the only way to stop this war. The crazed actions of a few opportunistic nutballs put the broader antiwar movement in danger – and discredit legitimate, meaningful forms of dissent.

To have to sit and listen to a local news anchor interview some sneering ghoul of a woman named "Planet" justify mindless disruption because "Life can’t go on as usual," is just too much for me to bear. Spare us the self-righteous baloney, "Planet" – life will go on, in spite of George W. Bush and his cabal of warmongering chickenhawks, and thank God for that!

Oh, and do something about that hair, girlfriend – like washing it, for a start.

Justin Raimondo is the editorial director of Antiwar.com.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: antiwar; bayarea; blackbloc; california; demonstration; iraq; justinraimondo; libertarian; loonyleft; peace; protest; riot; sanfrancisco; war
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1 posted on 03/21/2003 11:54:40 AM PST by MikalM
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To: MikalM
Well what the hell did Justin expect?

We predicted this months ago. We knew what International A.N.S.W.E.R was all about.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

2 posted on 03/21/2003 11:56:07 AM PST by section9 (You will all be shot unless you download the Saddam screensaver...)
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To: MikalM
Great find.
3 posted on 03/21/2003 11:56:51 AM PST by joyce11111
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To: MikalM
Peaceful, legal, and massive demonstrations are the only way to stop this war.

Don't count on it, sweetheart.

4 posted on 03/21/2003 11:56:54 AM PST by grobdriver
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To: MikalM
I give this article two snaps - in a circle.
5 posted on 03/21/2003 11:57:42 AM PST by wideawake (Support our troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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To: MikalM
What is the url of the site that Rush has been talking about a few minutes ago, with the fellow that got into some anti-war protests with signs making fun of the peace-niks without them knowing it?

A fellow in a nearby cubicle heard me laughing over it and I'd like to show him some of the signs he had.

6 posted on 03/21/2003 11:58:17 AM PST by cdefreese
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To: MikalM
ROTFL! Great find!
7 posted on 03/21/2003 11:59:58 AM PST by nutmeg (Liberate Iraq - Support Our Troops!)
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To: MikalM
I only have one question: who lent Raimondo a clue?
8 posted on 03/21/2003 12:00:15 PM PST by discostu (I have not yet begun to drink)
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To: MikalM
Peaceful, legal, and massive demonstrations are the only way to stop this war.

Funny, looks more to me like overwhelming, well-coordinated, united military action and the death of Saddam Hussein & Sons is the only way to stop this war.

9 posted on 03/21/2003 12:00:27 PM PST by inquest
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To: MikalM
HA, HA, HA,HA, HA, HA!

Friggin idiots.
10 posted on 03/21/2003 12:00:30 PM PST by Abn1508
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To: MikalM
Disgracing the anti-americans?? Not possible. They are already so selfish , stupid and depicable that I don't even want to breath the same air they do.
11 posted on 03/21/2003 12:00:35 PM PST by JeeperFreeper
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To: cdefreese
Perhaps here?
12 posted on 03/21/2003 12:00:57 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: firebrand; Dutchy; RaceBannon; Cacique; Clemenza; kristinn; Angelwood; tgslTakoma; Black Agnes; ...
FYI
13 posted on 03/21/2003 12:01:00 PM PST by nutmeg (Liberate Iraq - Support Our Troops!)
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To: section9
Many of these violent protesters are trust fund babies whose parents live in Greenwich CT.

Total slackers.

14 posted on 03/21/2003 12:01:02 PM PST by zarf (Republicans for Sharpton 2004)
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To: MikalM

When did Despotism become Peace?


15 posted on 03/21/2003 12:01:26 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: MikalM
Peaceful, legal, and massive demonstrations are the only way to stop this war

Wrong answer!

The unconditional surrender of Saddam Hussein and his armed forces to the US and its allies will suffice...
16 posted on 03/21/2003 12:01:48 PM PST by saluki_in_ohio (Gun control is the ability to hit your target!)
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To: MikalM
Even peaceful is offensive:


17 posted on 03/21/2003 12:02:10 PM PST by Eala
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To: MikalM
They are what they associate with.....scum.
18 posted on 03/21/2003 12:02:38 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: section9
They will be claiming that those arrested are actually members of the VRWC.
19 posted on 03/21/2003 12:02:56 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: section9
Well what the hell did Justin expect?

Obviously he has never heard of the saying about getting fleas if one lays down with dogs. Though in the case of the SF protestors, it would be more accurate to say that one gets covered with vomit and feces.

20 posted on 03/21/2003 12:02:59 PM PST by CFC__VRWC (What Saddam screensaver?)
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