1.0The Educated Imaginationhttps://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblogMichael Happyhttps://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/author/michaelhappy/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="kiY99m0YPC"><a href="https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/2011/11/19/wall-streets-plan-to-destroy-occupy/">Wall Street’s Plan to Destroy the Occupy Movement</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/2011/11/19/wall-streets-plan-to-destroy-occupy/embed/#?secret=kiY99m0YPC" width="600" height="338" title="“Wall Street’s Plan to Destroy the Occupy Movement” — The Educated Imagination" data-secret="kiY99m0YPC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://macblog.mcmaster.ca/fryeblog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> This video was taken at Occupy UC Davis yesterday: police deploying pepper-spray on peaceful demonstrators as though spraying for cockroaches. It is an image that will be hard to shake. This is what an unthinking response to the constitutional right of peaceful protest threatens to devolve into. Our fundamental rights, as the Canadian Charter of Rights […]