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To: Orangedog

Save some concern for those who pretend to be on your side while talking up violent or illegal acts. Agents provocateur seem to be the State’s go-to play for creating “arrestable moments” and discrediting opponents of totalitarianism.


44 posted on 04/14/2014 6:08:25 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Chewbarkah

Those are pretty easy to spot. Eventually you get to the point where it’s like the stings at high schools for drugs with one informant trying to set up another because those are the only ones who will talk to each other.


50 posted on 04/14/2014 6:20:13 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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To: Chewbarkah; Orangedog
Folks, there is an old saying that the ones in the room calling loudest to "burn it down" or "blow it up" are Feds.

Please be careful of those whose first course of action is illegal, violent, or whose statements can be spun badly in the news.

While we all passionately support our Constitution and the Rights it was intended to guarantee, a calm, deliberate, and reasoned demeanor is what the public needs to see. Otherwise, all will be branded crackpots.

Be careful of those who go out of their way to publicly tread on the usual 'protected' groups, too, as the discussion can quickly shift to other topics in the media, who will use the worst quotes and images taken out of context to paint everyone assembled in the worst possible light.

115 posted on 04/14/2014 11:10:26 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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