I guess it is a stupid way to get your idea across... and it does tend to alienate people.

[MADem]

74. Who's clutching? Saying "dumb ass move" isn't "clutching."

Everyone knows that the act of flag burning is constitutional. This is not a surprise to anyone. What people want to know is "What's the fucking point? How is that dumb ass move HELPING?" And no one can come up with a unified response. Everyone's shooting from the hip, and missing by a mile.

If you have to deliver a sanctimonious lecture to accompany your flag burning, and accuse fellow 99 percenters of failing to "look at greater violence and injustice" in order to try to guilt them into seeing your point of view, you've blown the argument. Leadership by guilt is what the fourth grade teacher does when she forces the class to rat a misbehaving schoolmate out, otherwise there will be no recess. It's not how you inspire people or impart enthusiasm to a movement.

Sitting at a lunch counter means "I want to be allowed to have a grilled cheese here." Sitting at the front of the bus means "Don't you tell me I have to pay the same fare and sit in the back or stand." It's obvious. No words are needed.

If you have to lecture people to "understand" a protest, you're screwed before you even start.

But hey, if you dig it, and just know that you're right and the visceral feelings of people from all over the political spectrum are just "wrong" and are to be ignored, mocked and devalued, go on and buy a dozen more flags (US/Union Made, thanks) and have at it--see what it does to energize the movement.

Forewarned, though: It wouldn't surprise me if there are One Percenters out there who are PRAYING that's just what you'll do. It also wouldn't surprise me if some wingnut troublemakers get out there and start firing up Old Glory just to dampen enthusiasm.

We'll see.