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ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
Sun Apr 16, 2017, 09:06 PM Apr 2017

A Little American Civil War In Berkeley

link: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/04/16/a-little-american-civil-war-in-berkeley.html

The melee that erupted in Berkeley on Saturday in the name of free speech was nothing like the Free Speech movement there a half-century back.

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But what is happening in Berkeley in 2017 is completely different. Instead of protesters rallying against authoritarianism and state power (the Free Speech Movement protested against the University of California’s decision not to let people distribute political materials on campus; the fight for People’s Park was against the university and the National Guard) these are fights among citizens.

I feel like Berkeley has become the ground zero of a new civil war.

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Daily Beast calling it what it is.

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A Little American Civil War In Berkeley (Original Post) ProudLib72 Apr 2017 OP
Why has Nathan Damigo not been arrested? ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #1
People from outside the area are instigating things. onecaliberal Apr 2017 #2
Berkeley's local left should NOT wear masks or cover their faces. Mc Mike Apr 2017 #3

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
3. Berkeley's local left should NOT wear masks or cover their faces.
Mon Apr 17, 2017, 08:11 AM
Apr 2017

Any 'lefty' that does wear masks could be identified as one of the bad guys, then.

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