opBART round 2
Aug. 23rd, 2011 06:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drewkittyPretty much spot on my predictions of last week, except that BART PD seems to be doing an OK job of keeping their cool. Kudos to them.
Also, the quality of infiltrators needs to improve. Even I can pick out their Tweets, and I'm not even on channel.
Link collection:
http://theprez98.blogspot.com/2011/08/opbart-round-2-anonymous-still-doesnt.html
"One woman with a bullhorn who was featured on the ABC News stream decided to unleash her entire political platform in front of the camera. Most of her rant had absolutely nothing to do with BART. People are hijacking your protest for their own causes."
http://www.baycitizen.org/bart-police-shooting/story/45-arrested-bart-protest/
"One commuter turned violent later in the evening, rushing into the crowd of protesters at Civic Center, swinging his fists. He exchanged blows before running off. The man, who wouldn’t give his name, said he was upset about having his commute delayed.
“What about the disabled? What about the elderly?” he said. “How are they supposed to get home?”
He was briefly detained by police, but let go when no one who’d been struck came forward."
Next Monday will be interesting -- especially if East Bay stations start to be affected.
Just for the record, Anonymous has no control over what others are doing. They are like a match applied to standing timber, strictly from a memetic perspective. The standing timber is existing rage at "the system," BART PD, discrimination, the economy, and last but certainly not least, disruptions in commutes.
Also for the record, I don't approve of what is going on. I am watching it for two reasons:
1) for the same reason I would watch a forest fire near my home, or some other major threat to general public safety
2) personal interest based on some years of study and research
Also, the quality of infiltrators needs to improve. Even I can pick out their Tweets, and I'm not even on channel.
Link collection:
http://theprez98.blogspot.com/2011/08/opbart-round-2-anonymous-still-doesnt.html
"One woman with a bullhorn who was featured on the ABC News stream decided to unleash her entire political platform in front of the camera. Most of her rant had absolutely nothing to do with BART. People are hijacking your protest for their own causes."
http://www.baycitizen.org/bart-police-shooting/story/45-arrested-bart-protest/
"One commuter turned violent later in the evening, rushing into the crowd of protesters at Civic Center, swinging his fists. He exchanged blows before running off. The man, who wouldn’t give his name, said he was upset about having his commute delayed.
“What about the disabled? What about the elderly?” he said. “How are they supposed to get home?”
He was briefly detained by police, but let go when no one who’d been struck came forward."
Next Monday will be interesting -- especially if East Bay stations start to be affected.
Just for the record, Anonymous has no control over what others are doing. They are like a match applied to standing timber, strictly from a memetic perspective. The standing timber is existing rage at "the system," BART PD, discrimination, the economy, and last but certainly not least, disruptions in commutes.
Also for the record, I don't approve of what is going on. I am watching it for two reasons:
1) for the same reason I would watch a forest fire near my home, or some other major threat to general public safety
2) personal interest based on some years of study and research
