Privilege Meets Its Reckoning in ‘Aftermath’
By ELYSA GARDNER
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OUT OF TOUCH After the Americans for Tax Reform gala, we put in a brief appearance at a nearby barroom gathering of Young Republicans. Outside were four protesters. Try to comprehend just how pathetic these people are: They think that other people meeting for drinks at a bar is an occasion for protest. And they don’t seem to realize that they’re only helping President Bush’s re-election effort. We don’t mean just in the obvious way, either. Consider this: If these people would stop protesting and spend the next two months looking for work instead, the unemployment rate would rise. As we walked toward the bar, we passed one of the protesters and we thought we’d say something provocative to see her reaction. We tapped her on the shoulder and said, “You know, assent is more patriotic than dissent.” We were surprised at what she said: “Don’t touch me. You don’t know me. That’s very rude.” Mind you, we tapped her on the shoulder; it’s not as if we gave her the Bill Clinton treatment. But there’s no way of knowing if it was the tactile contact or the challenge to her political prejudices that made her feel so threatened. Meanwhile, some of her fellow protesters have been doing more than just touching. “Police are bracing for more confrontations with protesters after a violent march to Madison Square Garden in which a plainclothes detective was pushed from his scooter and pummeled by a protester,” the Associated Press reports:
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|OUT OF TOUCH After the Americans for Tax Reform gala, we put in a brief appearance at a nearby barroom gathering of Young Republicans. Outside were four protesters. Try to comprehend just how pathetic these people are: They think that other people meeting for drinks at a bar is an occasion for protest. And they don’t seem to realize that they’re only helping President Bush’s re-election effort. We don’t mean just in the obvious way, either. Consider this: If these people would stop protesting and spend the next two months looking for work instead, the unemployment rate would rise. As we walked toward the bar, we passed one of the protesters and we thought we’d say something provocative to see her reaction. We tapped her on the shoulder and said, “You know, assent is more patriotic than dissent.” We were surprised at what she said: “Don’t touch me. You don’t know me. That’s very rude.” Mind you, we tapped her on the shoulder; it’s not as if we gave her the Bill Clinton treatment. But there’s no way of knowing if it was the tactile contact or the challenge to her political prejudices that made her feel so threatened. Meanwhile, some of her fellow protesters have been doing more than just touching. “Police are bracing for more confrontations with protesters after a violent march to Madison Square Garden in which a plainclothes detective was pushed from his scooter and pummeled by a protester,” the Associated Press reports:
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