re: #201 The Ghost of a Flea

I’m generally not a fan of “everybody meets and we all get indignant” type protests. They’re often masturbatory in nature. I have huge respect for Gandhi and Dr. King and his cadre, because it couldn’t have been easy to organize people so that acted so calmly.

I think the key difference is the seriousness of the issue being protested and the earnestness of the organizers. Most modern protests in the West are just events to make people feel they’re part of something. A way to reinforce a group identity. It’s about making the participants feel good about themselves. None of these protests have a serious plan to change what they’re protesting against. That goes for the antiwar, wallstreet and tea party protests.