I was reading an article yesterday written by someone I don't remember now and can't even find it, about the fact the only people left protesting on the Madison Capitol Square and in the building are the extremists.
My take on that is the fact only extremists have the fortitude to stick things out, bring it to the forefront, remain active in a cause. They bring about change. If it wasn't for extremists, we would still have the Queen of England on our stamps and the Union Jack flying on our ships.
KUDOS and THANK YOU to the extremists that work for social change. For civil rights, human rights. To those that work for peace. To those that work for fair treatment in the workplace.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Displays of Anger are NOT Helpful
I've been walking around the capitol square in Madison Wisconsin for a bit and have spent countless hours protesting what the Republicans are doing to public workers, their rights, and the cuts in healthcare, education, and so forth.
Overall, the crowds are very peaceful, cordial, and somewhat humerous in their signs and banners.
There are, however, a group of folks that just seem to be there for confrontations. Some are just annoying. I'll forego the annoying ones and just mention the confrontational.
I'm not really sure what good result will come out of screaming at people, calling them assholes, telling them to fuck off, or multitudes of other vulgar words and gestures that I've seen bestowed back and forth from supporters of Walker and the protestors against his policies.
Would it not be more beneficial to try and figure out why in the world regular working class people would support such a tyrant as Scott Walker and his cronies the Fitz brothers, and the rest of those union busting republicans by talking to them in a respectable manner ?
How can we persuade the masses to support worker's rights, support the anti-war movement, or any other movement, if we alienate the people in an angry outburst of profanity ?
Why not tone down some of that anger and spend the energy in working peaceably against the policies being passed inside that capitol building ? You may be surprised at how much support you get serving honey instead of spewing vile remarks on another human being.
Overall, the crowds are very peaceful, cordial, and somewhat humerous in their signs and banners.
There are, however, a group of folks that just seem to be there for confrontations. Some are just annoying. I'll forego the annoying ones and just mention the confrontational.
I'm not really sure what good result will come out of screaming at people, calling them assholes, telling them to fuck off, or multitudes of other vulgar words and gestures that I've seen bestowed back and forth from supporters of Walker and the protestors against his policies.
Would it not be more beneficial to try and figure out why in the world regular working class people would support such a tyrant as Scott Walker and his cronies the Fitz brothers, and the rest of those union busting republicans by talking to them in a respectable manner ?
How can we persuade the masses to support worker's rights, support the anti-war movement, or any other movement, if we alienate the people in an angry outburst of profanity ?
Why not tone down some of that anger and spend the energy in working peaceably against the policies being passed inside that capitol building ? You may be surprised at how much support you get serving honey instead of spewing vile remarks on another human being.
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