Posted on 08/24/2002 12:46:40 PM PDT by doug from upland
I arrived at about 7:20 to see a sea of fools. There were probably about two or three hundred there at the corner of Wilshire and Westwood. Unfortunately, although some FReepers were there, we never made contact. I visited all three corners where people gathered but missed them.
I wore a pair of khaki slacks, a black shirt and my USS RONALD REAGAN aircraft carrier ballcap. On the back of my black windbreaker was a red, white, and blue oval that said: 9-11 ... our disaster ... compliments of the Sinkmaster. Only one person in the whole crowd asked me about it and was not amused.
Noticeably absent from the gathering of the clueless were American flags. Anna Z said a small group of FReepers had 2 flags but for some reason I didn't see them. I was busy talking to the enemy.
Yes, indeed, the people with whom I spoke are stupid. Not surprisingly, some in the crowd, smelled. Gee, what were the odds of that in a demonstration of leftist lunatics.
When we put on a demonstration, we are creative. The enemy's signs had very little thought and the chants sucked. They had nothing like: Algore we are getting mad...you can kiss my dimpled chad. They had no songs. You need songs.
Every anti-war loser group and social misfit imaginable was there -- the creepy commies, the stupid socialists, the whining welfare leeches, fem-fatale (not) feminists, the save the forest fools, the free Mumia morons, a few ignorant Indian (not native American) dancers, a toad with a tambourine, a shemale with a stinking accordian, ACLU ambulance chasers with neon lime hats, anti-police people, tatooed and pierced punks, free Palestine (no such country) pukes, get us out of the Phillipines pawns, stop bombing Vieques (sp?) vultures, and any number of other gypies, tramps, and thieves (credit to nitwit Cher).
Some of the signs: We are still angry, we won't go away, Gore won
Money for jobs, education, health care -- not war
Save a forest, stop a Bush
The war is for oil, not freedom
Resist the racist war
End sanctions, no more innocent victims
Simon and Enron - unsafe and unethical
George W. Hitler (picture with little mustache)
Bush bombs kill kids
George W. Bush - world's No. 1 terrorist
No new war in Iraq
End the occupation from the West Bank to Watts
We want justice for Donovan Jackson Chavis
No police brutality - end war against black youth (held by middle aged bald white guy with side and back hair almost down to his waist)
Iraq is not the enemy, you are
Peace through anarchy
Start seeing Iraqi children (with picture)
California wants clean air, not dirty war
If you think peace is the only option - there will be peace
Jail the real criminals, the LAPD
Simon fraud
The real axis of evil - Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft
Money for reparations, not war
Bush wants war, we want jobs
Bush with a swastica for the "s"
Osama is a Bush
Pretty unimaginative, huh?
Chants: Stop, stop, stop the Bush attack
No more attacks on women's rights
Stop the fascists now
Money for jobs, not war
War makes it worse
Two guys were in prison outfits chanting Jail to the Thief. Gee, isn't that a ripoff on something we've seen before?
As you can see, although they were loud and obnoxious, these people were pathetic. Dumbing down our population is a RAT plan that seems to be working quite well. The RAT party depends on stupid people. It was a bonanza of stupidity on 3/4 of the corners at Wilshire and Westwood.
I engaged several in conversation. One woman, who appeared to be about 65-70, would not have sent U.S. troops to Europe to fight the Nazis. There must be, according to her, another way. She would also not have fought the Japanese because Pearl Harbor was our fault.
An admitted communist believes that the battle of Stalingrad was between the Soviets and the fascists. I had to explain that the fascists were actually the brainchild of Mussolini. Hey, honey, ever hear of Nazis?
A young guy with a sign about no war over oil was asked by me if he drove a car. At least he was honest enough to right away admit to me, "Yeah, I'm a hypocrite."
I spoke with two tree people who want us to just let the forests alone. If lightning stikes, it should just burn, because that is nature. If man set it, we should try to stop it. We should not remove dead trees or diseased trees because that is nature. When I asked her if, because cancer is part of nature, she would do something to stop cancer in her body, she had no good answer other than, "Oh, that's different. We're people." For some reason, these two naive fools had on handkerchief masks like they were bad guys in a Lone Ranger episode. When we talked about air quality, transportation, and energy, they were somewhat at a disadvantage arguing with someone who has written about and driven all types of alternative fuel vehicles.
The guy with the peace through anarchy sign really was clueless. He couldn't understand why government and police were necessary. When I told him that without the police, the criminals would kill the innocent. He said, "Well, I'm not killing you." I expressed my appreciation for that.
There was one normal person in the crowd named Larry. He was a retired CPA holding a Bush-Cheney sign. The rude RATS chanted right in his face as loudly as possible.
When I confronted people about the possibility of Hussein obtaining nuclear weapons and a delivery system within 18-24 months, there was one person was not worried about Hussein and another who thought it was propaganda. Even the report from the Iraqi scientist defector was propaganda. Two people with whom I spoke are as worried about us having nukes as if Hussein has them. Duh.
It was an interesting morning being in the belly of the beast as I've never been before. These people are scary. And they are stupid. And yes, they smell.
If the good people can be given time to leave, maybe a nuke on L.A. might not be a bad thing. It is a third world cesspool.
Well............after looking at your lengthy list of signs these droolers were carrying, may I recommend you do something to the tune of "Signs" by Five Man Electrical Band (redone acoustically by Tesla)??
How about some nice bullet jewelry BALLISTIC JEWELRY
Problem I see with them is the lack of work ethic. They want a pure pristine paradise, but they want someone to provide it for them. There is none of the pioneer ethic that was determined to make a better life for themselves. Rather they seem to want to schmooze and socalize in the temple and play the role of the priestly caste, but somehow think that their tofu and granola and vegan dietary needs should just magically appear on their table at the appropriate time, and do that somehow without exploiting anyone into doing the work. Same with the clothes on their back, their shelter, and their transportation needs.
Question is, who would provide all that? Who is going to do the WORK, the actual hand labor, to provide these free goods? No one. Certainly not them, no no no, that is YOUR job, and MY job, but not THEIR job. The members of the New Enlightenment are above all that, it is up to us evil conservatives to provide all these good things for them and take care of their physical needs.
And that is OK you see, because we don't believe in the dogma, we don't have religion. It is you see OK to exploit someone who doesn't have the same social values as you. Of course, how is that any different than the attitude of the European colonists that they so ferociously hate?
Oh but you see, our morality is so much superior to theirs, and that makes everything all right. Forget that they are the ones who denounce any idea of religous or moral superiority or absolutism.
Of course we all know that they would not tolerate us in society, we would be imprisoned or killed. Then once everyone left is of their like mind, then who will provide their sustenance? No one. Then of course they will have to force morality and work ethic at the point of the gun, but they will have to shift their moral code to do it.
The problem is, then we are right back to square one, govt oppression of the people, exploitation, authortarian control, and a complete lack of individual expression....much worse off than what we have now and certainly not tolerant or diverse. Technology won't solve their problem, as most of the New Elite are against any new technology. What then, anarchy? A series of local warlords in exchange for one big national one? Or are we just all supposed to mentally and cosmically converge into some Universal Harmonic Global Lovefest where we all think as one giant (Borg) collective?
And ultimately that is where it all comes back to. When they say 'power to the people' they really mean 'power to my force my morality on others.' When they say they want freedom, they really just want THEIR freedom, freedom from having to provide for themselves, and shoving it off on someone else. It is pure selfish motivation to gain power and control for their own personal benefit. It is utopian society based on their personal or group set of values, hell be damned for anyone who has a different set of values.
They have gotten away with it because of their standard Marxist tact of forcing morality on others by saying you are trying to prevent others from forcing their morality on everyone else. By looking like the Messiah coming to save us all, we never question just what will occur afterwards once they do so. Well, we found out in the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and Cambodia. And now we are finding out here.
Problem is here, people are used to freedom. Question is how far can they go before people start balking. I think recent events such as the tax battle in Tennessee have shown that that is already happening. Now we just have to expose the stealth stuff like the enviro movement and Smart Growth. If we can do that, then these people's days are numbered.
I use Bartcop as a purgative.
We are fighting the enviros here in Iowa, our little group of activists here fighting them are trying to figure them out and find their cracks. They really camouflage themselves pretty well behind all their roses and peaches rhetoric of how they are trying to create a better world.
The guy with the peace through anarchy sign really was clueless. He couldn't understand why government and police were necessary.Unfortunately, there are plenty of people on Free Republic who seem to feel the same way, equating anarchy with liberty.
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