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Now We Know: Those 'Spontaneous' Anti-Trump Airport Protests Weren't Spontaneous At A

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But these protests weren't spontaneous at all. They were, in fact, the result of months of careful planning by hard-core left-wing activist groups.


"News reports and TV broadcasts about the week's protests described the events as 'spontaneous protests' mounted in response to the Trump administration's travel and immigration executive order," author Asawin Suebsaeng writes at the liberal leaning Daily Beast. "But to Make the Road New York, and the groups like it across the country, there was nothing 'spontaneous' about it."


Suebsaeng notes that "professional organizers had been waiting and planning for this type of mass, direct action — ready-made to go viral on social media — even since, well Nov. 9." These professional organizers, he says have been "anticipating and mapping out their battle plans for Trump's orders on deportations, bans, and detention."

Now We Know: Those 'Spontaneous' Anti-Trump Airport Protests Weren't Spontaneous At All | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD
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Goebbels would be proud of the FlameScream Media happily fueling the fake fire.


So when you heard about a large crowd at an airport in the past few days yelling catchy slogans like “**** TRUMP, **** PENCE, THIS COUNTRY’S BUILT ON IMMIGRANTS,” it was no “spontaneous” outpouring of support. It was the result of a lot of unseen work and man hours.

“It was a domino effect of rapid mobilization,” said Renata Pumarol, communications director at New York Communities for Change, which was also on the ground at JFK. “And going forward, we have our plans in place to resist Trump… and pressuring corporate Dems to resist every appointment, every aspect of Trump’s agenda.”

These Are the Groups Behind Those ?Spontaneous? Anti-Trump-Ban Protests - The Daily Beast
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Re: Now We Know: Those 'Spontaneous' Anti-Trump Airport Protests Weren't Spontaneous

zimmer said:
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Only a matter of time before they get detained.
 
Re: Now We Know: Those 'Spontaneous' Anti-Trump Airport Protests Weren't Spontaneous

It should be common knowledge that people were ready to protest if Trump decided to go through with many of the things he stated during the campaign. That doesn't make a protest illegitimate. If everyone was paid, or it was used as some sort of distraction, there would be an argument, but planning for protest if certain things are done is just good organizing.
 
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I hire people to clean my house. Why shouldn't I hire someone to protest for me. (Just don't put my name on the Molotov cocktail, will ya!).
 
Re: Now We Know: Those 'Spontaneous' Anti-Trump Airport Protests Weren't Spontaneous

chuckiechan said:
I hire people to clean my house. Why shouldn't I hire someone to protest for me. (Just don't put my name on the Molotov cocktail, will ya!).
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It's more like you planned to clean your house if it became dirty, the house became dirty, and then in response you cleaned it. It doesn't make your cleaning illegitimate because you planned ahead of time to do it.
 
Re: Now We Know: Those 'Spontaneous' Anti-Trump Airport Protests Weren't Spontaneous

zimmer said:
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About as spontaneous as the "protests" in Benghazi were. Surprised they didn't have some extraneous video put out by Trump readily at hand to blame.
 
Re: Now We Know: Those 'Spontaneous' Anti-Trump Airport Protests Weren't Spontaneous

zimmer said:
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WTH makes an organized protest any less legit than an unorganized protest?
 
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Chomsky said:
WTH makes an organized protest any less legit than an unorganized protest?
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Well usually you wait until something happens that warrants protest before getting your ducks in a row. Else you're just a professional "victim."
 
Re: Now We Know: Those 'Spontaneous' Anti-Trump Airport Protests Weren't Spontaneous

zimmer said:
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lol

So, grass-roots action isn't "real," because they prepared ahead of time? Or because the media labeled activists as "spontaneous," because they weren't aware of those small and new grass-roots groups?

Sorry to burst your bubble, but no one is "astro-turfing" here. Protest is not illegitimate because people are organized more than 5 minutes in advance.
 
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zimmer said:
Goebbels would be proud of the FlameScream Media happily fueling the fake fire.
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Fake fires don't cool the emotions much?
 
Re: Now We Know: Those 'Spontaneous' Anti-Trump Airport Protests Weren't Spontaneous

Chomsky said:
WTH makes an organized protest any less legit than an unorganized protest?
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U don't get it, huh?
 
Re: Now We Know: Those 'Spontaneous' Anti-Trump Airport Protests Weren't Spontaneous

Visbek said:
lol

So, grass-roots action isn't "real," because they prepared ahead of time? Or because the media labeled activists as "spontaneous," because they weren't aware of those small and new grass-roots groups?

Sorry to burst your bubble, but no one is "astro-turfing" here. Protest is not illegitimate because people are organized more than 5 minutes in advance.
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Well in case you missed it the narrative by the LSM is that these protests are ALL spontaneous in nature. Well, they're not, so there's that. The narrative is also to paint these violent protests are protests when in fact they're riots.

But it's ok.. The rest of us notice these slight changes in wordspeak. Luckily for us, the adults in the room, and the ones taking notice are voters, whereas the ones doing the "protesting", well, they typically do not bother.. ;)

Tim-
 
Re: Now We Know: Those 'Spontaneous' Anti-Trump Airport Protests Weren't Spontaneous

Spartacus FPV said:
Well usually you wait until something happens that warrants protest before getting your ducks in a row. Else you're just a professional "victim."
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Well - from the article, it seems that's exactly what occurred: Trump got it, they protested.

The 1stA, just as our founders intended.
 
Re: Now We Know: Those 'Spontaneous' Anti-Trump Airport Protests Weren't Spontaneous

Chomsky said:
WTH makes an organized protest any less legit than an unorganized protest?
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I guess it's the social media: "Dial-a-mob! 1-800-DESTROY"
 
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