Of all things that anti-protesters yell at protesters, "Get a job!" has to be classic. I've heard it for years; i heard it last night. Amazingly vacuous. Am i to assume that the driver who yelled that at us yesterday was himself on duty & makes his living by driving past protesters, yelling things? What a strange job, but as they say, "somebody has to do it". I also wonder if such knuckleheads think that protesters should have jobs with 24-hour shifts, precluding any time at all to be protesting. Shortly after bush stole his "election", pro-bush & anti-bush people met up at Pioneer Square. Pro-bush people were marching around the Christmas tree. So some of us anti-bush people went & circled in the opposite direction, making the republicans move aside. That angered them. One yelled at me, "Get a job!" As it happened, i was working one full time & two part time jobs, just not at that moment. Anyway, i yelled back, "Am i to assume that YOUR job is marching around Christmas trees?" Of course, he had no come-back. Blustery language & vacuous thinking are hallmarks of supporters of fascism. I think one reason why i'm a progressive or liberal or leftist or whatever, is that i rarely hear an articulate & rational ultra-conservative. The right needs spokespersons, who are well-scripted & well-rehearsed ideologues. Their supporters simply revert to bluster & straw men & circular arguments & garbage like that. Most "leftists" are far better debaters. Last night, a woman was chalking a message on the Burnside/2nd intersection pavement. Some guy approached her & complained about the stoppage of traffic. She glared at him & deftly asked, "There's a war going on, & you're talking about TRAFFIC?" It was a perfect exchange. We in The Movement have difficult work to do, but we have advantages, rational thinking being one.
"I think; therefore i AM ..... for Justice & Peace!" Onward!
(but first, i need tuh find me one o' them jobs where yuh get tuh harrass them protesters)
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The people who say 'get a job' already have jobs and are remarkably out of touch. If little Bush has his way the screws will tighten on them too. There will be people willing to do their jobs cheaper. Soon there will be only the rich and poor.
But for the moment you can look down at people like me and yell 'get a job'. See you in the street.