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Old 10-11-2011, 07:26 AM   #8
Daradon
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Originally Posted by Cowperson View Post
The Milquetoast Radicals . . . Occupy Thyself . . . . . a prescient column by David Brooks today in the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/op...s.html?_r=1&hp

Cowperson
Hmmm, a baby boomer arguing against new protests saying they are cliche... Saying they are nothing like past protests. Saying they are ill founded and don't mean much.

How unexpected.

'Don’t be fooled by the clichés of protest movements past. The most radical people today are the ones that look the most boring. It’s not about declaring war on some nefarious elite. It’s about changing behavior from top to bottom. Let’s occupy ourselves.'

I wonder what writers in the 60's said about Vietnam protesters. I wonder how important the old white people set in their ways thought about the civil rights movements for African Americans and women.

It's a good article Cow, but how do YOU feel about it?
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