The 'father figure' is symbolic of the 'oppresive' figure you're claiming
freedom from....anyway, society is still within the boundaries of tightly
controlled nation states, each with their own security to uphold so where
is the gain IF (emphasized, that is, I am not saying it is conclusive..)
one fine day you discovered that your fight against your police state for
freedom is but instigated by a equally skillful police state from another
country? What then? Belongs to one police state fighting another police
state. Repeat: just a notion.
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> "In the event that after personal investigation, one finds your group with
>
> 'strings' tied to a 'father figure' (that being said is against those
>
> wanting freedom) what do you say then that the very same tactics that you
>
> employ
>
> were to be used against your group for the very same reasons of individual
>
> freedom that those of us are fighting for and thus, wish not your bloc
>
> domination nor your 'father figure' behind those 'curtains' - what do you
>
> say
>
> to us then ....do you give us the freedom of opposition as you give
>
> yourself? "
>
> Father figure?? Did I miss something?? When did these politics become
> Oedipal?
>
> But the point is, the same tactics weren't used!!! It is a very different
> thing to engage in sabotage of corporate property than to be physically
> violent with another human being.
>
> Point is, so-called peaceful protesters were physically violent with
> people
> engaged in sabotage of corporate property.
>
> I don't see how those saboteurs were interfering with anyone's freedom to
> do
> anything. Blaming police repression on them is not only naive and facile,
> it's politically dangerous.
>
> (un)leash
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