it's an attempt to escalate the sense of victimization for the protestors.
No, it's indisputably a clear fact. Spinning it however you want it to mean doesn't change the reality of its existence. They are armed with "weaponized" tear gas. Nothing changes that.
Neither of us knows the truth about it, so stop pretending you do.
I know enough from what I've seen, read, and witnessed on the bazillion videos out there over the past month. Which is a lot more than many (if not all) the Rightwingers here have done. You pretend to be objective about that picture, and yet automatically assume it's "propaganda". Unfortunately, this is the way it looks. This is fact, not fiction. Reality, not propaganda. The Occupy movement is under attack from the entire establishment because money is power, and those in power have all the money. Believe what you like. It doesn't change the truth.
