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I was teargassed and beaten twice in two separate protests in Washington, DC in the late 60's ...... including the "May Day" protest where there was supposedly over 1 million people present .......
Nixon would always leave DC during such protests, he was so paranoid he thought the protesters were coming to get him.
Always a bunch of long-haired "hippie" FBI undercover agents around creating controversial events (and guess what, a camera just always happened to be there) to try and discredit the marchers ...
In one march, a man with an SDS armband was directing an "illegal" march off Penn ave toward DuPont circle ...... I decided to go ....
It was a setup ..... as we approached DuPont Circle, a Trailways bus emerged from a hidden position in an alley, isolating and "cutting-off" approximately 200 of the "leaders" from the crowd behind them ...... then police on scooters drove this small contingent like cattle toward Dupont Circle where DC's finest were waiting in riot gear with clubs to beat them on their heads and teargas them ....
No doubt the SDS "hippie" was undercover FBI .....
Not a damn thing's changed .....
Just be a good little consumer and all will be fine ........ watch your movies, buy your ipods, watch your television, buy all your crap ....
But challenge the status quo and you'll find out the US is no different than Russia or China .........
As the Japanese say, "The nail that sticks up gets hammered down."
I was hoping the draft would be re-instituted perhaps serving as a stimulus for young people to get politically involved ....
This crap is nothing new ....
You just don't get it .....
