Forum Post: infiltrated by goons....
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 9, 2011, 9:04 p.m. EST by GWGhomeboy
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What if a bunch of hard right wing goons infiltrate your ranks, and start acts of violence against the NYPD, or by looting, inorder to discredit OWS and have the police come down with their hammers. The main stream media would be delighted. Any precautions in place?
Good point. And it is likely to happen. I have heard it reported multiple times that there is no organization, no leadership to hold responsible. That seems to be accurate and people inside and outside complain about it.
Since there really is no way to control people who stand beside (not by) us, organizing prematurely will make somebody responsible for people they can't control. I wouldn't want that hot potato. If some idiot does something stupid. we should denounce it. but we can't act preemptively in any constructive way that I can see.
There are a lot of people with posts that don't seem consistent with addressing the issues that the 99% should have. Be aware that there are a lot of people who seem willing to continue to lead the lambs to slaughter that look like lambs. There are i-trolls etc. that are posting in all foura and some are complaining that there aren't enough right wing people posting. (Same comment at AmericanSelect.) They may be disillusioned TEA partyer's or just trolls. But an open forum is an open forum, I guess.
Are we the 99%*-----minus 20%?
Well, they're already doing it, kind of.
http://boingboing.net/2011/10/09/did-a-right-wing-agent-provocateur-instigate-air-and-space-museum-pepper-spray-chaos.html
I think the people on the ground are well aware of the possibility of provocateurs it has been discussed at the marches.
The people in this movement don't need to worry about infiltrators. There are enough "goons" amongst their own ranks out on the street to carry out these actions you describe.
community policing. kick them out. call the police and aid them in apprehending the criminals. etc.