Posted on 05/07/2012 1:41:11 PM PDT by OddLane
One of the hallmarks of demonstrations organized by the left-as anyone who lives in this city can attest-is a consistently muddled message-or assemblage of messages-which often has little bearing on the theme ostensibly animating the protest movement in question. Im not sure if the occupiers displaying the words of anti-USSR, Marxist Polish philosopher-turned anti-Marxist Solidarity activist-Leszek Kolakowski appreciate their import-considering the number of CCCP t-shirts and Soviet flags I saw displayed throughout May Day, I doubt most of them do.
However, the Kolakowski quote did strike an ironic note when juxtaposed against the sea of slogans chanted by protesters this past Tuesday, some of them contradictory, some of them incoherent, and some of them not even leftist so much as anti-state.
Unlike in past years, the number of self-styled activists who were promoting mass legalization of illegal aliens was miniscule. There was the Aztec warrior you see below, who was wearing sneakers made of vulcanized rubber that Im pretty certain was not part of pre-Columbian civilization.
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Good news story coverage. Names, signs, flags, context, etc.
That’s the way news should be covered.
Kudos from an old street reporter.
Thanks!
Thats the way news should be covered.
Kudos from an old street reporter.
Indeed.
Good job, G, as usual. Well done! (from someone who knows the workings of a newsroom)
Coming from you, it means a lot.
:0)
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