I see where the lines are being drawn between the Chicago police and those who wish to “protest” the meeting this week of the 60 or so nations invited to annual meeting of the heads of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
There will be disturbances. There will be heads busted. There will be tear gas used. There will be windows broken. Those are all a given.
It is not that there will not be people ostensibly to peacefully petition for the redress of their grievances. There will be some … but the core will be there to incite violence. They are begging for violence. They are pleading for violence. It is their sole objective.
Why incite violence? Because it achieves their ends.
First, the Chicago police are not known for their restraint with demonstrations, so the object is to push the limits until they are forced to react. And they will eventually have to push back. That too is a given.
Second, this is not really about war or US imperialism or social justice. Not really. It is about people wanting people to take them seriously, even when everything that they do augurs against their being taken seriously.
Yes, the coming demonstrations will do some damage to the credibility of the “authorities” and their observances of the rights of “free speech”, but then, that exactly what the object of the demonstrations are: To delegitimize the governments in attendance.
It is easy when you don’t have the responsibility to make the decisions and do the things that have to be done in order to govern large groups of people.
So sit back and watch the show.
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