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Re:I wrote the Anarchist Cookbook in 1969. Now I see its pre... by pstuart on Thursday December 19, 2013 @03:04PM (#6937423)
There's a place for that but it should be a last resort. The Nixon administration was more afraid of the collective size of the protest movement - not the violence by the radical fringe.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/july-dec11/nixont...

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Re:I wrote the Anarchist Cookbook in 1969. Now I see its pre... by pessimizer on Thursday December 19, 2013 @03:29PM (#6937637)
I think that's because the violence that the Nixon administration would have to visit on a protest movement that couldn't be worked around would cause support for the administration to crumble.
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