Wednesday, April 14, 2004 |
01:41 - The face of the enemy
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Poor, poor victims. So persecuted. So hounded. So terribly in danger of having their voices squelched by the merciless boot of The Man.
Who am I talking about? "Dissenters", of course.
The ones who threaten violence against anyone who dares to come near them with an opposing opinion.
Behold, via Tim Blair, the words of an Indymedia protestor in Melbourne (where "Liberal" means "right wing"):
My immediate reaction was to charge at these bastards and try to smash thier placards and hurt them as much as possible. I was accompanied by several other enraged demonstrators. Unfortunately the more militant socialist groups had already marched away so most of the immediate crowd complained that we where ruining a peaceful march. I stand by the actions we took. When Liberals have the confidence to attend a anti-war demo it clearly isn't a good sign.
If people are serious about activism they should realise that change doesn't come from wishing problems away it comes from militant direct action. By standing there debating with a bunch of right wingers at a rally, not only are people wasting time and demoralising everyone, they are giving them confidence to come back and disrupt more rallies. In the ideal situation Young Liberals should be left bruised, bashed and bleeding if they dare show thier face at a rally like that. That way they will be more hesitant about coming next time, and if they do the police will be more likely to quickly move them on.
And let's not forget Exhibit B, Racist Democrats On Parade. And Exhibit C, while we're at it.
Just rounding up some of the more outrageous things I've seen in the past few days. Someday it'll prove useful to have these links handy.
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