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07/27/2003 Archived Entry: "...we have arrived."
...we have arrived.
This is absolutely chilling. What has become of this country?
“Bill” made a calculated risk in attending the so-called “support our troops” rally which was held in Tucson at Reid Park on March 29, 2003. As a veteran, he wanted to be a voice of reason, given that many in attendance had not had the opportunity to witness the true horrors of what may be in store for the world as a result of the government’s current policy of pre-emptive military action. He knew he would be alone in his act of trying to persuade those who could not possibly fathom the amount of responsibility he himself had accepted during “the good fight”, but was determined to make his view known. He attended the Support Our Troops Rally and listened to speeches heavy with religious and nationalistic fervor. Clean cut and reserved, the dapper looking incidental provocateur said he began wondering if this was how the Hitler rallies started in the Germany of 70 years ago.
Shortly before Noon, he decided to retrieve the sign he had made himself specifically for this rally which read: “Mr. President: American Troops Serve to Defend Liberty, not to fight for Oil!” He was attacked almost immediately upon entering the crowd with his broom-stick mounted sign, and the mob of 20-30 people who beat him had this effect on the man who had served his country in staving off the perceived Soviet aggression:
“I went into this rally afraid that America was drifting into fascism, and went away from it knowing that we have arrived.”
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Gee thanks, Blah. It's 1:03 in the morning, I've consumed way too much vino, and I read this thread. Now my aggravation meter is back in the Red Zone.
Patriotic lemmings, let's all jump off the cliff together singing hymns and waving that flag.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/27/2003 01:08 AM NY
"Maybe we should thank the Democrats for shedding their moderate clothing to reveal their true Swinging-Seventies selves."
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Posted by jim @ 07/27/2003 02:07 AM NY
I hate to be a 'doubting Thomas' (cough), but is the source verifiable? Indymedia is known for being somewhat unevenly uniform in its' standards of journalism...
Just wondering, is all...
Posted by (: Tom :) @ 07/27/2003 05:20 AM NY
Protesters need to be careful when approaching racists in groups. In groups, with the insignia and the ensigns, racists relish their brute strength. They are heroes of self-deception.
Individually, they are cowards. They deny their hatreds, or express them only when doing so is cost free.
Even the current grandson of Hitler's bagman in NYC (aka Prescott Bs), esconced in the White House, with all of that power, takes no action himself.
He fled on Sept 11, he flew over Iraq six miles up, he skipped out on the domestic Air Force, and he taunts those whose family members he has just killed from the other side of the Atlantic. He is pure evidence that POWER is not STRENGTH.
He is, of course, an intellectual coward. He denies his imperialist plans to the entire nation, claiming his family only became interested in the Middle East because of something that happened in NYC a few years back.
The thing that happened for Bs in NYC really happened 70 years ago, when their racist grandfather hooked up with Hitler. The apple does not fall far from the tree.
Protestors SHOULD engage and mock individual racists, even in small groups. If they gather in large groups, then lookout! At that point, EVERYONE has to become protestors. Our power in numbers is the only way to defeat racist conclaves.
Outing the racism of Bs' actions is central to countering the absurd suggestion that America has been debased by Bs' actions. He actually gives Americans the opportunity to serve their country, by protesting his hateful, arrogant, negligent, anti-human disease.
Posted by Paul @ 07/27/2003 05:34 AM NY
Paul,
That was an excellent post.
Metro99
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/27/2003 10:34 PM NY
