The Vapid Self-Indulgence of Lefty Protesters
Every. Freaking. Time.
You know just about the only thing that can make me sympathetic with Wall Street and the filthy rich?
These jackasses.
Yes, the same people who frequently give the World Bank a bit of good press are now doing their thing for Wall Street. My personal rule is: when the puppets come out, I tune out. The same goes for stilts, "Anonymous" masks, and the other trappings of lefty inanity.
This is self-indulgent bullshit, and these people are over-privileged, under-educated, self-absorbed nitwits acting out in public with the goal of getting a bit of attention. Two hard facts, children:
1. To the extend you are having any effect at all--a very small extent, of course--you are making the situation worse by making the good guys look stupid and the bad guys look sober and sensible.
2. If you really cared about the issues, really cared about effecting change, you'd put on grown-up clothes, ditch the props, and read a goddamn book on the subject you're protesting.
These people are not serious, and their protest is not serious. It's mindless performance art, and I can virtually guarantee you that, if Fox News is covering this story at all, they're focusing on the props.
Jesus. This helps solidify my hypothesis that many otherwise sensible people I know who grew up in the '60's and turned out conservative were influenced by the annoying vapidity of the hippies.
Every. Freaking. Time.
You know just about the only thing that can make me sympathetic with Wall Street and the filthy rich?
These jackasses.
Yes, the same people who frequently give the World Bank a bit of good press are now doing their thing for Wall Street. My personal rule is: when the puppets come out, I tune out. The same goes for stilts, "Anonymous" masks, and the other trappings of lefty inanity.
This is self-indulgent bullshit, and these people are over-privileged, under-educated, self-absorbed nitwits acting out in public with the goal of getting a bit of attention. Two hard facts, children:
1. To the extend you are having any effect at all--a very small extent, of course--you are making the situation worse by making the good guys look stupid and the bad guys look sober and sensible.
2. If you really cared about the issues, really cared about effecting change, you'd put on grown-up clothes, ditch the props, and read a goddamn book on the subject you're protesting.
These people are not serious, and their protest is not serious. It's mindless performance art, and I can virtually guarantee you that, if Fox News is covering this story at all, they're focusing on the props.
Jesus. This helps solidify my hypothesis that many otherwise sensible people I know who grew up in the '60's and turned out conservative were influenced by the annoying vapidity of the hippies.
posted by Winston Smith at
9:34 AM
4 Comments:
The equivalent fold at tea party rallies carry signs saying "get a brain, morans" or wear cheezy Capt America outfits.
It's not fair to categorize either group by its oddest members.
-Mac
You make a good point, Mac.
Can I still draw conclusions about the Teatards on the basis of *their* oddest members, though? I'd really hate to have to give that up...
Ah yes, people so sensible they switch sides because their teammates Aren't Doing It Right.
If annoying hippies turn you into a douche its because you ARE a douche.
Ah, the douchebags emerge, their little lips quivering, their wide eyes filling with tears, when people who are "on their side" dare to criticize the trustafarians.
The first error here is thinking of politics as a sport, in which one has "teammates"...
But if something that basic has to be explained, there's probably no hope of getting anywhere interesting.
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