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During the MJ trial coverage this morning, the correspondent mentioned that some of the people were professional protestors. Are there really people that do that as a job? How do you get paid? What things do you protest? Does anyone else want to run themselves onto a sword at the thought of that?
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B wrote:
During the MJ trial coverage this morning, the correspondent mentioned that some of the people were professional protestors. Are there really people that do that as a job? How do you get paid? What things do you protest? Does anyone else want to run themselves onto a sword at the thought of that?
Yes, there really is a professional protestor industry. It is more popular in South America and Africa right now, when a government wants to stage demonstrations supporting theirselves, or opposition wanting to make themselves look bigger than you are. Bus 'em in, protest, take pictures, bus 'em out.
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They're actually quite common. I think pretty much any "fringe" special interest group with somewhat deep pocket that wants to protest uses them. If they don't have the numbers and they have the $$$, why not?
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The only thing I can find by googling is the Florida people from the Gore/Bush election.
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This angry mob, which successfully stopped the recount in Miami-Dade County during the 2000 election standoff, was portrayed by the media as an uprising by Florida voters.
Here are the identities of the protesters: 1. Tom Pyle, policy analyst, office of House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Tex.). 2. Garry Malphrus, majority chief counsel and staff director, House Judiciary subcommittee on criminal justice. 3. Rory Cooper, political division staff member at the National Republican Congressional Committee. 4. Kevin Smith, former House Republican conference analyst and more recently of Voter.com. 5. Steven Brophy, former aide to Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-Tenn.), now working at the consulting firm KPMG. 6. Matt Schlapp, former chief of staff for Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), now on the Bush campaign staff in Austin. 7. Roger Morse, aide to Rep. Van Hilleary (R-Tenn.). 8. Duane Gibson, aide to Chairman Don Young (R-Alaska) of the House Resources Committee. 9. Chuck Royal, legislative assistant to Rep. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.). 10. Layna McConkey, former legislative assistant to former Rep. Jim Ross Lightfoot (R-Iowa) now at Steelman Health Strategies.
_________________ "Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest." - e.v.
I met some at a union protest at a construction site. I wanted to know what was going on and what the alleged abuses were, so I went up to the guys there and not a single one of them knew what was going on. They weren't even union members, just protesters.
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I've met some too last year at an environment action. The organisations do pay people to come along and yell out slogans. I was disgusted. I asked him what kind of organisations he's protested for, and ceased any association with all of them.
Does anyone else want to run themselves onto a sword at the thought of that?
I have nothing coherent to add to this...only disgust at the commodification of the right of assembly.
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Bammer wrote:
fuck protesters
Ah, yes, thank you for the commentary. We shall begin stripping away the guaranteed freedoms of Americans immediately.
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B wrote:
Bammer wrote:
fuck protesters
Ah, yes, thank you for the commentary. We shall begin stripping away the guaranteed freedoms of Americans immediately.
Refer to my story in another thread about the protesters who stopped their cars and got out on a bridge on a major freeway in Seattle, completely halting traffic for most of the day.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 pm Posts: 39068 Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA Gender: Male
Bammer wrote:
B wrote:
Bammer wrote:
fuck protesters
Ah, yes, thank you for the commentary. We shall begin stripping away the guaranteed freedoms of Americans immediately.
Refer to my story in another thread about the protesters who stopped their cars and got out on a bridge on a major freeway in Seattle, completely halting traffic for most of the day.
FUCK PROTESTERS!
I can't imagine that protest didn't break at least 3 different laws that would have justified the arrest of the protestors and/or their removal from the bridge. I'm not sure this is any kind of argument against the right to peaceably assemble.
_________________ "Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest." - e.v.
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Bammer wrote:
B wrote:
Bammer wrote:
fuck protesters
Ah, yes, thank you for the commentary. We shall begin stripping away the guaranteed freedoms of Americans immediately.
Refer to my story in another thread about the protesters who stopped their cars and got out on a bridge on a major freeway in Seattle, completely halting traffic for most of the day.
FUCK PROTESTERS!
take awau freedom of speech! I need to drive at 70, swerve in and out of lanes, and drink my double latte tall mocca. GET THESE HIPPIES OUTTA MY ROAD!
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