Protest, schmotest....

By Michael J. Smith on Saturday January 28, 2012 01:03 PM

... although the one shown in this picture is more original than most. But in general I hate this category of 'protest'; the assertiveness of 'occupy' is a huge improvement. Time magazine's 'person of the year' for 2011 was notoriously 'The Protester', which manages to recognize and simultaneously belittle thousands of determined and brave people from Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park. They didn't 'protest'; they acted.

Comments (3)

Op:

Acted
Precisely
And now we have two conventions and several global org meetings to act against


I wish the occ set up a spring training
struggle camp here in south Florida to train OCCers
for the commotions ahead

I see where
Mahatma Gitlin has his usual hand wringing against violent fringers

MJS:

Got a link for the Gitlin sermon? Though come to think of it, why am I asking? Glutton for punishment, I guess.

Chomskyzinn:

The Occupy movement has indeed been instructive on the significant difference between an occupation and mere marches, the latter being mostly liberal-feelgood-then-go-home-and-fughettaboutit events.

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