Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Politics "Occupiers" or others looking to crash Wild Hog Supper?
Posted by Scott Henry @ScottTheHenry on Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 5:59 PM
But this year we're hearing rumblings that the feast could bring out a few uninvited guests. Over on the Georgia Green Party's website, the feed-a-thon is lambasted as "an odious celebration of privileged excess and access" that should be a target for Occupy-style protests. Elsewhere online there are various Tweets and Facebook updates suggesting that activists are trying to organize a demonstration outside the dinner.
Perhaps they should be made aware that proceeds from the event benefit the Georgia Food Bank Association. Or that the supper is one of the few perks that the starving journalists covering the Legislature can enjoy.
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Why would Occupiers (or others) crash the party when admission is $20 and the money goes to a good cause? Why not pay and be full participants?
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the problem with a 'leaderless' movement is that it'll protest any damn thing. any yahoo with a grudge can co-opt the meaning of the overall movement
my biggest problem with occupy is that it whipsaws from valuable topics like income inequality to goofy topics like the one world government. really a microcosm of democracy
i mean i get the "odious celebration of privileged excess and access" and why that would encourage opposition but strategically there are better times to yell at lobbyists than during a charity dinner
hey scott, how does this tie into occupy at all? seems like bone simple protest. editorializing?
EP: Isn't it laudable to talk to the politicians at the dinner and thereby dilute the time/messages of the paid lobbyists?
"Isn't it laudable to talk to the politicians at the dinner and thereby dilute the time/messages of the paid lobbyists?"
laudable from an ideology standpoint, as an agitator
not so much effective, from the standpoint of reform
eric, why you consider one world govt a goofy topic? just curious....
"eric, why you consider one world govt a goofy topic? just curious...."
it's conspiracy nonsense, thats why. you might as well be afraid of the transdimensional lizardmen
"Why doesn't reform begin by talking to legislators?"
because legislators don't listen to people without money. money is worth a hell of a lot more than votes
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