*** 1. Direct action is terrorism.

*** 2. Direct action is violent.

*** 3. Direct action is not political expression, but criminal activity.

*** 4. Direct action is unnecessary where people have freedom of speech.

*** 5. Direct action is alienating.

*** 6. People who practice direct action should work through the established political channels instead.

*** 7. Direct action is exclusive.

*** 8. Direct action is cowardly.

*** 9. Direct action is practiced only by college students/privileged rich kids/desperate poor people/etc.

*** 10. Direct action is the work of agents provocateurs.

*** 11. Direct action is dangerous and can have negative repercussions for others.

*** 12. Direct action never accomplishes anything.