tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post6665969045227910862..comments2023-12-13T05:02:37.426-05:00Comments on Pushed to the Left and Loving It: Thank You Kathleen O'Hara and Rabble. You Are in my Army of US'sEmily Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354341672810615468noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-75455301697555313432011-01-07T14:18:22.429-05:002011-01-07T14:18:22.429-05:00Naomi Wolf talks about the barriers to authentic p...Naomi Wolf talks about the barriers to authentic protest and what it takes for a real protest to succeed:<br /><br />♥<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoYahriXBGo<br /><br />OK. So what kind of mass protest? The kind of mass protest that always works is illegal just about everywhere in the United States today. Why is that?<br /><br />For a protest to be effective, you have to stop traffic. You have to stop traffic.<br /><br />What keeps you from getting a permit in the United States? Stepping a foot into the street.<br /><br />Now why do you have to stop traffic? Because for a protest to do anything, it has to disrupt business as usual. I don’t mean violence. Whoever’s tape-recording this to take it back to, you know, Quantico or whatever, I don’t mean violence. I mean dissent.<br /><br />Martin Luther King, who wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail” because he marched without a permit, said sometimes it is important for the tension to rise up for people to see that all is not well. And that you do that by stopping traffic. That’s how citizens indicate, you know, business as usual is not acceptable.<br /><br /><br /><br />It's an exercise in stifling debate and blurring the line between legitimate protest and terrorism. They want people to be afraid of those who speak out against government policies. Then they can throw dissidents into all of those jails they want to build.Nadine Lumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591663475427502169noreply@blogger.com