Posted on 09/01/2012 3:48:20 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
TAMPA, Fla. Republican National Convention protesters sobbed in each others arms as their weeklong series of protests came to an abrupt and unremarkable end.
As Mitt Romney delivered his remarks at the RNC on Thursday night, marking the end of planned events, demonstrators living in the Romneyville protest camp led a final march through the streets of Tampa.
Following a fragmented march against the GOP, TheDCs photo team spoke to several protesters who said they were disappointed by low turnout at protests and the lack of open discussion between protesters and Republican leadership.
Referencing the large number of bicycle-based police officers, a protester named Lash told TheDC, we can see liberty crumbling on bikes.
Lash, 26, described himself as a conservative and a member of the Libertarian Party for six years as he sobbed on the shoulder of Mike, a fellow protester.
I love that we have an anarchist forum here, and I really love us, but I hate that our forum cant even talk with their conservative forum, he said. The police just silence us, the Republicans just silence us. We are just getting silenced everywhere we go. Its like no one wants to even hear what we have to say.
Mike, 26, told TheDC that he participated in Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City before arriving in Tampa.
Allegedly an MIT student (expelled for truancy issues), Mike said that he quit within a few months with just enough to get out and gave $50,000 to charitable causes. Since then, he says, hes barely had a dollar in his pocket.
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Such emotionalists.
Most people would take that as a hint.But not "anarchists".
The irony in this paragraph made me spit coffee.
They are not Anarchists, they are BronyCon rejects looking for a venue.
DUH
“Its like no one wants to even hear what we have to say.”
It’s like you’re right.
IIRC, this photo was taken of the mayor of a French town during WWII as the Nazis marched through the town to occupy it.
Well it’s back to Mom’s basement and Dem Underground chat rooms......
This must be a candidate for the world’s tiniest violin.
26 YEARS OLD, BARELY A DOLLAR IN HIS POCKET, AND HE HASN’T FIGURED OUT WHY ‘NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO SAY’?
I always flash to the beginning of Niven/Pournelle's "Inferno" and their take on what Dante referred to as "Banner Chasers" when reading about liberal "protestors".
N/P's take in the 1970s was a very harsh (not to mention prescient) view on "activists" compared to the modern interpretation of Dante's "aimless".
Maybe she was in Linda Ronstadt’s original backup band.
“How much you want to bet the $50k went to Obamas reelection campaign as his charity?”
I’d have to pass on that bet.
“We are just getting silenced everywhere we go. Its like no one wants to even hear what we have to say.
Ciuld there BE any better news??!
Hey DUmmy, the First Amendment gives you the right to speak your mind. However, it doesn't mean we have to listen...
Not quite - the women are WAYY too hot in that pic...
All the FReeper angst over this was certainly wasted emotion.
I didn’t pay much attention to the MSM reports, but did not see one iota of coverage of these clowns outside FR.
They provide comic relief.
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