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2017-04-19 Fifth Column

Anarachists reflect on their defeat in the streets of Berkeley

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Posted by Herb McCoy7309 2017-04-19 02:36|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 Hold their own? Hell, they cleaned the streets faster than a SWAT riot team. Stayed together, cooperated, grabbed antifa leaders and beat them for a few seconds then sent them on their way bloody way, and the rest of the idiots fled.

Expect more weapons to be brought in though and things to grow more violent.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-04-19 09:49|| 2017-04-19 09:49|| Front Page Top

#2 This could get really nasty. I've seen a story about the "anti-"fascists lining up knives to take and use in a scrum, the little folding ones the size of a credit card.

Now I know that the good guys will go "that's not a knife..." but then someone will go for a gun and...........

Posted by AlanC 2017-04-19 11:08|| 2017-04-19 11:08|| Front Page Top

#3 About those little knives, AlanC -- Rantburg has the story here.

Reading the comments at the link is interesting. One hopes the anti-Antifa crowd lurk there and similar open source sites regularly as part of their observation step.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-04-19 12:49|| 2017-04-19 12:49|| Front Page Top

#4 No worries TW, they're on it.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2017-04-19 13:04|| 2017-04-19 13:04|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah TW that's where I read the story but my befuddled old brain couldn't remember where I'd seen it. Heck it was probably an hour or so had passed.

YASM (yet another senior moment)

Posted by AlanC 2017-04-19 13:12|| 2017-04-19 13:12|| Front Page Top

#6 If they were smart (/sarc) the antifast would ignore the 'Nazi's'. The media would certainly help them in that regard. The Berkeley police might even help in making it difficult for certain groups to get permits and such.

By going for direct confrontation they raise the visibility of the 'Nazi's' as well as expose how vile they are themselves.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-04-19 13:34|| 2017-04-19 13:34|| Front Page Top

#7 I remember seeing history documentaries showing B&W newsreels footage of the Spartacists vs. Freikorps riots in Wiemar Germany. Most of these clueless fools have no idea the havoc they are unleashing.

Posted by magpie 2017-04-19 13:41|| 2017-04-19 13:41|| Front Page Top

#8 I agree with the graphic in the article.

Posted by gorb 2017-04-19 14:11|| 2017-04-19 14:11|| Front Page Top

#9 No worries TW, they're on it.

Glad to hear it, Rex Mundi. Though I expect that the Anarchist cadres are not as foolish about such things as their cannon fodder.

You are very welcome, AlanC.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-04-19 15:35|| 2017-04-19 15:35|| Front Page Top

#10 Anarchists for government subsidies and higher taxes is an definete oxymoron.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-04-19 16:45|| 2017-04-19 16:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Calling people who want a smaller state Fascists is even stupider.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-04-19 16:45|| 2017-04-19 16:45|| Front Page Top

#12 /pol/ is narrowing in on identifying the Antifa padlock attacker

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-04-19 17:28|| 2017-04-19 17:28|| Front Page Top

#13 Gee, if only our LEO in Berkeley had the initiative and incentive to DO THEIR F*CKIN JOBS

Posted by Frank G 2017-04-19 19:05|| 2017-04-19 19:05|| Front Page Top

#14 ...They are, their leadership is just on the other side.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-04-19 20:27|| 2017-04-19 20:27|| Front Page Top

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