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January 22, 2003
Anybody's Protest Movement
just because i'm part of the blogospheric echo chamber, despite the fact that it has been a month and i still don't understand trackback.
ANSWER whomever they are, are effective. not for me of course, because i don't much pay attention to protest marches, especially if they are catered by someone i don't know. never trust a stranger's canapes, i always say. it's always made sense to me to hire professional protest leaders and marchers. i don't know why more people don't do it. the point is not to be authentic, it's to get the attention of people on the street, and if you're really well organized, the news media.
the real trick, when hiring protest marchers, is to have a solid cast and repertoire. now nobody does this quite as well as the french, but they're too costly and, well they actually believe that strikes work. of course they do in france, but this is america. second best would be hispanics, because they don't necessarily have to be on rhythm or saying anything coherent. nobody in the mainstream media understands spanish anyhow. you've got to have a skinny black man with no shirt and a funny hat on of course. then an old jewish man with gold rimmed glasses and a short sleeved shirt. a pregnant white woman with long hair is always great to have on hand, although one with an infant is just as good. the infant should always be carried and never pushed in a carriage. grandmothers of any race will work, especially if they are spry. gotta be spry and feisty, but no cackling. cackling always sounds disingenuous. she should be shocked, and remember the days when people trusted each other more. she should be on a fixed income and stare off into space and say "after this, i don't know what i'm going to do"
so those of you who have lost sleep over the whole ANSWER scandal, understand that now, you too can be in the protesting business. send me $29.99 and i'll give you the rest of my secrets. act now and get a $5 coupon off the 'fight club' dvd.
Posted by mbowen at January 22, 2003 11:34 AM
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