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Oct
3
2011

Using masks, applications that many do not know about and developing a carnival type atmosphere have been read by many as devaluing the cause of their protests, opening them up for accusations of paranoid middle class hippies. However, there are some solid reasons why these techniques have emerged. If you look at the mode of policing and arrest rates of different protests, it is clear that some ideas and movements are perceived as much more threatening than others. For example, the 2009 Taxpayer March composed mainly of Tea Party followers on Washington had no arrests, yet 700 of about 1500 protestors were arrested yesterday on Brooklyn Bridge.

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