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Related: About this forumPolice end Democratic lawmaker's town hall after fiery confrontations - CNN
A heated confrontation broke out at Democratic Congressman Sean Casten's town hall in Downers Grove, Illinois forcing police to escort constituents out of the building.
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Police end Democratic lawmaker's town hall after fiery confrontations - CNN (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Mar 20
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SheltieLover
(66,325 posts)1. Propalestinian protesters should confront the slob.
I'm sick of this shit.
msongs
(71,085 posts)2. the vast differences between the piles of corpses in Gaza is a cause for
concern for many people. those protestors could have had their say at the Q&A bit however. the congressman ought to have to defend his positions.
dweller
(26,374 posts)3. Matt Mowers former trump admin official "throws around the Z word "
Xenophobia …
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Bobstandard
(1,860 posts)4. Agents provocateur
An "agent provocateur" is someone who intentionally incites or provokes others, often into illegal or provocative actions, typically to expose or discredit them, or to create chaos.
I don’t believe anybody thinks this kind of behavior will result in achieving their goals. So there has to be something else going on. Tearing down the Republic seems a more likely goal than achieving peace and justice for Gaza. Doing the former ensures that the latter can’t happen. It also earns my enmity. Which may be the point.