On 2012-02-08, at 12:48 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Shag: I can assure you that Proyect's dribble in re black bloc will never be
> taken seriously by me. what he writes is so ignorant of the situation in
> oakland - hedges too - that it is less than useless.
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> There was at one time a lot of pointless complaints on this list about
> preaching to the choir. That was based on simple ignorance of how movements
> worked. But here we have an instance in which the cliché is wholly accurate:
> The Professors & other Chatters are speaking to those who (a) already agree
> and (b) have no effective voice _within_ any movement and whose opinions
> therefore float in space.
So it can be assumed you're both actively encouraging the wider takeup of window-smashing by trade unionists, liberal Democrats, and the mass of other Occupy supporters, based on your knowledge of how movements work, or are your opinions also simply floating in space?