Post-May Day gripe + photos
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sabotabby is already sick of hearing:
"Violence!"
Which is very seldom the actual violence of the cops cracking in heads or Barrick Gold literally and figuratively raping the Third World. No, it's always, "some Black Bloc moron smashed a Starbucks, boo-hoo, violence is WRONG." I don't have a high opinion of the Black Bloc, but it's slightly higher than my opinion of people who go on about the Black Bloc as if they're the only non-electoral political force worth mentioning.
"Anarchists did/plotted/thought [insert bad thing here]"
One of these days it's actually going to be anarchists doing it. I'm pretty sure this time it was meth heads, though.
"Occupy is unfocused and has no leaders or demands."
Stop trying to make me be an anarchist again.
"Occupy is the most important political movement in the history of ever."
STFU hippie.
"Cops are people too!"
Yes, they are. Some people are assholes.
Drum circles.
Can we stop with the drum circles? I swear to God yesterday I saw a drum circle entirely composed of 18-year-old girls dressed like they were from the 60s, and I couldn't suppress a rant about how they probably were not in any way politically active before six months ago and did they go out and buy all that stuff, or was it in their closets already? And if so, how did it get there? Anyway, if the Left really wants to get anywhere it must abandon drum circles. Damn kids get off my lawn.
"911 was an inside job/Obama is a Nazi Illuminati Muslim Communist NWO dupe/whatever conspiracy theory is in these days"
Thanks to Jon Ronson, I'm now more affectionately amused than irrationally irritated by conspiracy nuts. We still need to purge them though.
"Street protests don't do anything!"
Yeah, you're right. You know what's a lot more effective? Sitting on your ass, eating Cheetos, and posting to Facebook about how street protests don't do anything.
Okay, that's it for the rant. Here's how Toronto's May Day looked.
Why do we have a scowling sculpture of Winston Churchill in front of City Hall?
I hope this went up in flames after.
NOII remain Kings and Queens of the Badass Banner Drop.
There was an impressive Wob contingent and a fun Wob after-party.
Shortersabotabby: May Day was awesome but haters gonna hate.
sabotabby is already sick of hearing:"Violence!"
Which is very seldom the actual violence of the cops cracking in heads or Barrick Gold literally and figuratively raping the Third World. No, it's always, "some Black Bloc moron smashed a Starbucks, boo-hoo, violence is WRONG." I don't have a high opinion of the Black Bloc, but it's slightly higher than my opinion of people who go on about the Black Bloc as if they're the only non-electoral political force worth mentioning.
"Anarchists did/plotted/thought [insert bad thing here]"
One of these days it's actually going to be anarchists doing it. I'm pretty sure this time it was meth heads, though.
"Occupy is unfocused and has no leaders or demands."
Stop trying to make me be an anarchist again.
"Occupy is the most important political movement in the history of ever."
STFU hippie.
"Cops are people too!"
Yes, they are. Some people are assholes.
Drum circles.
Can we stop with the drum circles? I swear to God yesterday I saw a drum circle entirely composed of 18-year-old girls dressed like they were from the 60s, and I couldn't suppress a rant about how they probably were not in any way politically active before six months ago and did they go out and buy all that stuff, or was it in their closets already? And if so, how did it get there? Anyway, if the Left really wants to get anywhere it must abandon drum circles. Damn kids get off my lawn.
"911 was an inside job/Obama is a Nazi Illuminati Muslim Communist NWO dupe/whatever conspiracy theory is in these days"
Thanks to Jon Ronson, I'm now more affectionately amused than irrationally irritated by conspiracy nuts. We still need to purge them though.
"Street protests don't do anything!"
Yeah, you're right. You know what's a lot more effective? Sitting on your ass, eating Cheetos, and posting to Facebook about how street protests don't do anything.
Okay, that's it for the rant. Here's how Toronto's May Day looked.
Why do we have a scowling sculpture of Winston Churchill in front of City Hall?
I hope this went up in flames after.
NOII remain Kings and Queens of the Badass Banner Drop.
There was an impressive Wob contingent and a fun Wob after-party.
Shorter
sabotabby: May Day was awesome but haters gonna hate.
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Date: 2012-05-03 12:35 am (UTC)So you Torontonians can have something to tear down when the revolution comes. (And because a non-scowling depiction would not have been true to life.)
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Date: 2012-05-03 01:13 am (UTC)