I wonder sometimes, if the white hats often have to pretend to the black hats that they are "one of them"… (sort of like criss-cross doublecross, etc…? IDK, it's been so long since I saw that old movie… I think it can apply.)
Anyway, just as there were duplitious agents among the Jan6 "insurrection" there were also other agents among them, too, spying on the whole thing.
And the same goes for all the Portland/Seattle/Minneapolis/etal all last summer.
WHICH MEANS… It will be next to impossible for any of us to start attacking those we think are black hats, and not run the very real risk of injuring (or worse) a white hat operating undercover.
Do I think things are that convoluted? Yes, I think it is highly probable that they are…
Don't be a loose cannon. The vast majority of us will not be able to figure out what the hell is going on. And the more dumbasses roaming the streets thinking they are going to be heroes, the more chaotic and possibly advantageous it is for the blackhats, who want nothing more than for everyone with good intentions to go out and start shooting each other like a bunch of idiots.