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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProtest: Easy to mock, harder to take part in
http://www.suntimes.com/news/steinberg/12587570-452/protest-easy-to-mock-harder-to-take-part-in.htmlProtest: Easy to mock, harder to take part in
NEIL STEINBERG nsteinberg@suntimes.com Twitter: @NeilSteinberg May 18, 2012 7:14AM
Protest is an unpopular habit. Few do it. Which makes it like voting. Americans are big on defending our freedoms; on actually exercising them, not so much.
Think about it given all the woe in the world, the crimes committed, the ongoing wrongs, at home and abroad, have you ever made a sign, marched down a street, spent an hour voicing your opinion? Protest takes guts. snip
The general attitude seems to be a desire to not be bothered. Most just want to get to work. We crave normalcy and resent the idea that our commute might be affected. Which perhaps should give us pause, maybe more so than the protests themselves. Some fellow citizens feel strongly enough about this to take buses a thousand miles, and were concerned we might have to step around them on the way to the office. We must really like that office. Not a shameful thing, particularly in this economy. But nothing to be proud of either. Im not saying that we need to get hot and bothered about the Alberta tar sands. But remember: all the evils in the world were committed while pliant populations put on their blinders and hotfooted to work. There are injustices out there, gathering environmental calamities, and given that some care about that a lot, I think its incumbent upon us, as Americans, to at least care about that a little, enough to glance at what theyre saying and try to extract whatever sense might lurk within. You might not feel the urge to march most dont but would it really hurt to listen to what theyre saying, and think about it?
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Protest: Easy to mock, harder to take part in (Original Post)
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May 2012
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(5,420 posts)1. heading to Nato Sunday for the main march.
can only atay the one day. It's our 34th anniversary.
Families that protest together are best together. (sorry coz that's the best I could come up with)
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)2. Thank you, wish I could go too but cannot right now. However, there are other things people
can do to help those who are actually there. For every person there, there are hundreds who support them. Donating to the legal defense fund is one way.