Nonviolent Protest and Resistance Privileged

[abaris]

Black bloc seems to be the left anarchist expression of using violence to protest. Is it helping more than its hurting? It started in Germany as a reaction to a resurgence of Neo-Nazis, which is about as good as it gets as far as justifying the violence.

They show up internationally. They're the equivalent of internet trolls and sometimes I'm not sure if they're not ruse to discredit honest and peaceful protestors. Their self proclaimed goal is anarchism. At the very least they're mindless idiots, since they don't really stand for anything. Truth to tell, I quite hate them, since they give protestors a bad name. They discredit protests and the issues being protested at the same time by burning cars or attacking cops.