Comments on: The Futility of Protesting http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/the-futility-of-protesting/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:09:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Liberty Papers »Blog Archive » A very special thank you note… http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/the-futility-of-protesting/#comment-4995 The Liberty Papers »Blog Archive » A very special thank you note… Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:00:46 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2749#comment-4995 [...] The League of Ordinary Gentlemen [...] [...] The League of Ordinary Gentlemen [...]

]]> By: Creating Apathy by Fighting Apathy | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/the-futility-of-protesting/#comment-4949 Creating Apathy by Fighting Apathy | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:29:21 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2749#comment-4949 [...] (and, by implication, Freddie) has put together a challenging retort to my arguments that most large-scale political protests are inevitably undermined by the unpreventable introduction of irrelevant issues into the protest and are thus exercises in [...] [...] (and, by implication, Freddie) has put together a challenging retort to my arguments that most large-scale political protests are inevitably undermined by the unpreventable introduction of irrelevant issues into the protest and are thus exercises in [...]

]]> By: Setting the Record Straight | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/the-futility-of-protesting/#comment-4847 Setting the Record Straight | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:09:12 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2749#comment-4847 [...] on the Tea Party protests and the conservative/libertarian divide thereon.  Much as I stand by everything I wrote the other day on this issue, Gordon has been doing  yeoman’s work trying to both set the record straight [...] [...] on the Tea Party protests and the conservative/libertarian divide thereon.  Much as I stand by everything I wrote the other day on this issue, Gordon has been doing  yeoman’s work trying to both set the record straight [...]

]]> By: Ohmmade http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/the-futility-of-protesting/#comment-4837 Ohmmade Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:13:44 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2749#comment-4837 Our tax rate is the smallest it has been in 60 years. The tea-baggers of this country seem to either be completely uneducated, willfully ignorant, or using misinformation to rile up the uneducated. Any way you slice it, this astroturf movement is full of shit. Our tax rate is the smallest it has been in 60 years.

The tea-baggers of this country seem to either be completely uneducated, willfully ignorant, or using misinformation to rile up the uneducated.

Any way you slice it, this astroturf movement is full of shit.

]]> By: Tea Time | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/the-futility-of-protesting/#comment-4830 Tea Time | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:17:38 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2749#comment-4830 [...] Phenomenon?  Perhaps phenomon isn’t the right word.  The Parties have been, it appears, co-opted (or hi-jacked) by the larger conservative movement; perhaps out-Foxed, or perhaps merely filling in [...] [...] Phenomenon?  Perhaps phenomon isn’t the right word.  The Parties have been, it appears, co-opted (or hi-jacked) by the larger conservative movement; perhaps out-Foxed, or perhaps merely filling in [...]

]]> By: We’re All Mad Here | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/the-futility-of-protesting/#comment-4804 We’re All Mad Here | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:44:22 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2749#comment-4804 [...] and Mark have recently gone a couple of rounds over the effectiveness of the counter culture and its protest [...] [...] and Mark have recently gone a couple of rounds over the effectiveness of the counter culture and its protest [...]

]]> By: News for April 15 | Xenia Institute http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/the-futility-of-protesting/#comment-4788 News for April 15 | Xenia Institute Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:14:39 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2749#comment-4788 [...] The League of Ordinary Gentlemen |  “As Stephen Gordon, fresh from the Bob Barr campaign, has been taking great pains to document, the people at the root - though for quite some time no longer the forefront - of the Tea Party protests have been as vocal as could be over the last 8 years’ orgy of spending, “preemptive” war, civil liberties abuses, etc., etc.  Gordon is - rightly -skeptical that the other groups joining in the demonstrations are only fair weather friends.  I suspect and expect that he will quickly find his skepticism validated as the protests increasingly become nothing more than a vehicle for movement conservatives to advance their whole agenda, including a whole host of things that were the reason people like Bob Barr and others turned their backs on Republicans in the first place.” [...] [...] The League of Ordinary Gentlemen |  “As Stephen Gordon, fresh from the Bob Barr campaign, has been taking great pains to document, the people at the root – though for quite some time no longer the forefront – of the Tea Party protests have been as vocal as could be over the last 8 years’ orgy of spending, “preemptive” war, civil liberties abuses, etc., etc.  Gordon is – rightly -skeptical that the other groups joining in the demonstrations are only fair weather friends.  I suspect and expect that he will quickly find his skepticism validated as the protests increasingly become nothing more than a vehicle for movement conservatives to advance their whole agenda, including a whole host of things that were the reason people like Bob Barr and others turned their backs on Republicans in the first place.” [...]

]]> By: Info Hound Online: TRUTH News! http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/the-futility-of-protesting/#comment-4782 Info Hound Online: TRUTH News! Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:52:48 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2749#comment-4782 [...] in nature and was to be as much a protest of the Republicans as it was of the Democrats,” writes Mark Thompson. “Movement conservatives saw an opportunity to co-opt it — and they [...] [...] in nature and was to be as much a protest of the Republicans as it was of the Democrats,” writes Mark Thompson. “Movement conservatives saw an opportunity to co-opt it — and they [...]

]]> By: links for 2009-04-14 « The United States of Jamerica http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/the-futility-of-protesting/#comment-4781 links for 2009-04-14 « The United States of Jamerica Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:07:18 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2749#comment-4781 [...] The Futility of Protesting | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen [...] [...] The Futility of Protesting | The League of Ordinary Gentlemen [...]

]]> By: The Liberty Papers »Blog Archive » Funniest Tea Party poster I’ve seen so far… http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/2009/04/the-futility-of-protesting/#comment-4769 The Liberty Papers »Blog Archive » Funniest Tea Party poster I’ve seen so far… Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:22:42 +0000 http://www.ordinary-gentlemen.com/?p=2749#comment-4769 [...] is a long trail of pingbacks to credit on this one.  Starting with Mark Thompson, we move to Andrew Sullivan and then Wonkette to reach our final destination at Creative Loafing. [...] [...] is a long trail of pingbacks to credit on this one.  Starting with Mark Thompson, we move to Andrew Sullivan and then Wonkette to reach our final destination at Creative Loafing. [...]

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