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Seeing a lot of people talking about how "outside agitators" is code for discrediting the protests. It IS -- and that& #39;s WHY white supremacists showed up as "outside agitators", IN ORDER to discredit the legitimate protests (which may also include valid non-peaceful Black anger)
Don& #39;t play into this narrative that it& #39;s all code for discrediting the protests. Keep your eye on the ball. Protests are valid. Black anger is ABSOLUTELY valid. Aggressive white guys showing up with fascist tactics to exacerbate the situation is neither of the above
Thread of threads that have been putting this together:
First, although the police have denied this, it seems likely that undercover cops were instigating violence & property damage in Minneapolis: https://twitter.com/dyllyp/status/1266166402521522176?s=20">https://twitter.com/dyllyp/st...
The same thing appears to have been happening in Oakland and Detroit, see this entire thread: https://twitter.com/Freeyourmindkid/status/1266598693647638528?s=20">https://twitter.com/Freeyourm...
VICE is reporting that fascists have been explicitly preparing for this: https://twitter.com/PrplMnkyCupcake/status/1266763191574552579?s=20">https://twitter.com/PrplMnkyC...
Probably because Tr*mp wants to use violence in the protests as a way to justify martial law and consolidate his grip on power: https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck/status/1266752514126417926?s=20">https://twitter.com/steve_vla...
This is not the time to play into the media narrative that all outside agitation means protests aren& #39;t valid. This is the time to say "Yes, there WERE outside agitators, and they are THE BAD GUYS AKA FASCISTS". Turn public opinion against THEM!!
Will pin this thread & update more as I see things!
Here& #39;s another data point: https://twitter.com/DanielleMuscato/status/1266827827493646337?s=20">https://twitter.com/DanielleM...
(BTW, if this isn& #39;t convincing you, you& #39;ve probably never actually been to a protest. If you had, you would know the level of organizing & prep people do SPECIFICALLY to ensure that this doesn& #39;t happen. It is VERY telling when people don& #39;t care about that and do this other bs)
Looks like @cmclymer is also keeping track of these: https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1266728243236950018?s=20">https://twitter.com/cmclymer/...
More evidence that fash has been actively planning this: https://twitter.com/LCRWnews/status/1265514655109259264?s=20">https://twitter.com/LCRWnews/...
Bricks being left out in Dallas for "some" reason: https://twitter.com/ali/status/1266622746571800576?s=20">https://twitter.com/ali/statu...
The same "leave out a pallet of bricks" tactic was used in Hong Kong (video in the replies to this tweet): https://twitter.com/jondutoit/status/1266640221656903680?s=20">https://twitter.com/jondutoit...
In Nashville : https://twitter.com/nancyafrench/status/1266900547342413825?s=21">https://twitter.com/nancyafre...
@Freeyourmindkid is also putting important updates in his thread!
In case anyone is wondering how undercover cops & fash are also outside agitators: https://twitter.com/wibcs/status/1266784689563545602?s=21">https://twitter.com/wibcs/sta...
THIS!!! This is why I& #39;m doing this thread! https://twitter.com/nisishawl/status/1266886998448472064?s=21">https://twitter.com/nisishawl...
