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If some or all of this is real -- someone in the command chain above these resources needs to reshape their thinking and fast! Talk about a quick way to radica

If some or all of this is real -- someone in the command chain above these resources needs to reshape their thinking and fast! Talk about a quick way to radicalize individuals against the society in which they are embedded: - Visitors from all over the country come to a welcoming self-supporting nature camp with friendly people behaving peacefully and protesting the destruction of nature for profit - Apply violence to those people - Attempt to disrupt these people's ability to communicate about their experience That kind of visceral experience is the stuff of which revolutions are made. Lately I can't stop thinking about this quote from JFK: Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable

ZenoArrow 10y ago
I've been following the DAPL protests for a couple of weeks now. The actions of the police have already begun to backfire massively. For example, around 2000 veterans are due to be arriving at Standing Rock over the next couple of days in support of the water protectors. Whilst these veterans have said they won't be bringing weapons, I suspect their presence will increase the mainstream media attention on the protests.
- dsfyu404ed 10y ago
  It's sad that the only thing way to appeal to mass media is to be of a sympathetic social status. All they need now are (white) single moms and some cute puppies.
  - ZenoArrow 10y ago
    I agree it's sad that the MSM has largely ignored the protests so far, but sympathetic social status is not the only way to get attention. The thing that really gets the MSM interested in a big story like this is when it fits into a narrative that doesn't undermine their corporate funders. For example, if the protesters had turned violent they'd be all over this like white on rice, as it let's them paint the protestors in a less favourable light. They're only reluctant to get involved because they'll find it hard to spin the story the way they want to.

ZenoArrow 10y ago

I've been following the DAPL protests for a couple of weeks now. The actions of the police have already begun to backfire massively. For example, around 2000 veterans are due to be arriving at Standing Rock over the next couple of days in support of the water protectors. Whilst these veterans have said they won't be bringing weapons, I suspect their presence will increase the mainstream media attention on the protests.

dsfyu404ed 10y ago
It's sad that the only thing way to appeal to mass media is to be of a sympathetic social status. All they need now are (white) single moms and some cute puppies.
- ZenoArrow 10y ago
  I agree it's sad that the MSM has largely ignored the protests so far, but sympathetic social status is not the only way to get attention. The thing that really gets the MSM interested in a big story like this is when it fits into a narrative that doesn't undermine their corporate funders. For example, if the protesters had turned violent they'd be all over this like white on rice, as it let's them paint the protestors in a less favourable light. They're only reluctant to get involved because they'll find it hard to spin the story the way they want to.