“...Ringside seats for the
neighborhood fight.” Paraphrasing Brian Setzer, there are indeed
rumbles scheduled for Berkeley and San Francisco this weekend. I
suspect it will be more of the same we have seen in the Bay Area over
the last decade or so. Some of the right wing persuasion are holding
rallies. Well meaning people who oppose them plan to counter
demonstrate, feeling that they must oppose evil when they see it.
As we have seen in past demonstrations, along with peaceful, sincere
protesters the anarchists or black bloc or just plain punks dressed
in black show up and cause violence and property damage, usually,
without a Nazi or Klansman in sight. Now, with these groups present,
the anarchists are presented with a perfect foil for
their activities. Over the past couple of weeks they have been
lionized on the left for protecting them from the alt right. I have come to
think that the anarchists are in the pay of those opposed
to the ideas peacefully expressed, because they bring discredit upon
the peaceful demonstrators.
The alt right and so called anarchists
are two groups itching for a fight and I suspect they are going to
get one this weekend. Sincere people should keep this in mind and
consider how this corrupts their message.
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