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Protest fashion
Sep. 24th, 2005 11:09 pmToday was interesting. It started out with mana'eesh, coffee, and tea at Ayeda's place and the idea that we were going to have an Al-Awda contingent at the demo. Well, that worked out well. We got there and everyone ran into everyone else's friends and we pretty much scattered. There were Trot speeches, but who wants to pay attention to those? There was gossip to exchange and a sighting of what we suspected were National Bolsheviks -- these were quickly photographed for posterity and expunged from the demo.
And then it was on to the marching and chanting. You all might have gathered this by now, but I really hate demos. The only reason I show up at all is to see my friends and snark about how ridiculous everyone looks. I have to say, there were a lot more Dos than Don'ts this time around...at least when it came to fashion sense. The chants were as lame as ever. Someone started up a round of "What do we want? PEACE! When do we want it? NOW!" (Which sounded, by the way, like they were shouting for Peace Now...ugh.)
Chris and I responded with: "What do we want? CLASS WAR! When do we want it? NOW!" but none of these supposed Trots (or people carrying Trot signs) wanted to join in. Bah. Asad wanted to know what kind of chants I did like, and I responded that chanting made me feel like a bloody zombie and I'd much rather people sang or did something more creative.
What's with these guys? They get points for the big spray-painted kraft paper banner, but not for the sign that makes no sense whatsover.
So without further ado and with apologies to VICE Magazine, I present Protest Dos and Don'ts.
Disclaimer: Complete flippancy lies ahead. I'm glad these folks came out to an anti-war demo. That's no excuse for bad fashion, though. Apologies if any of these people are your friends.
( Dos )
( Don'ts )
There's another, more serious entry coming. I started to write it here and then decided that it didn't belong in such a silly post. Let's just say that the day ended in a radically different way than it began. More later, I promise.
And then it was on to the marching and chanting. You all might have gathered this by now, but I really hate demos. The only reason I show up at all is to see my friends and snark about how ridiculous everyone looks. I have to say, there were a lot more Dos than Don'ts this time around...at least when it came to fashion sense. The chants were as lame as ever. Someone started up a round of "What do we want? PEACE! When do we want it? NOW!" (Which sounded, by the way, like they were shouting for Peace Now...ugh.)
Chris and I responded with: "What do we want? CLASS WAR! When do we want it? NOW!" but none of these supposed Trots (or people carrying Trot signs) wanted to join in. Bah. Asad wanted to know what kind of chants I did like, and I responded that chanting made me feel like a bloody zombie and I'd much rather people sang or did something more creative.
What's with these guys? They get points for the big spray-painted kraft paper banner, but not for the sign that makes no sense whatsover.
So without further ado and with apologies to VICE Magazine, I present Protest Dos and Don'ts.
Disclaimer: Complete flippancy lies ahead. I'm glad these folks came out to an anti-war demo. That's no excuse for bad fashion, though. Apologies if any of these people are your friends.
( Dos )
( Don'ts )
There's another, more serious entry coming. I started to write it here and then decided that it didn't belong in such a silly post. Let's just say that the day ended in a radically different way than it began. More later, I promise.
