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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:01 PM
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You know the Protest wasn't just about the Iraq Invasion/Occupation.
Edited on Tue Sep-27-05 07:17 PM by JanMichael
It WAS a big march. It was about getting the war OVER. But it was about much more, many of which are tightly interrelated with the Invasion and its root causes...

It was also:

Anti-Bush (100%)

Pro-People Who Fight him (Not pleased with those who appease)

Anti-NeoCON (100%)

Pro-Progressive and the People that Fight Neo-CONs (A good number)

Anti-Conservatives (Maybe not all)

Pro-Liberals (Maybe not all)

Anti-Conservative Economic Policies (Close to 100%)

Pro-People-Egalitarian Economic Policies (Maybe half or so)

Anti-Right (100%)

Pro-Left (Who knows, depends which "Left" I guess)

Anti-Racist (I hope 100%)

Pro-Pluralism and People of Color (I hope 100%)

Anti-Religious Fundamentalist (Ok, maybe not some of the Islamic types..)

Pro-Women (90%??)

Anti-Oppression (?)

Pro-Oppressed Peoples (I imagine a lot)

Anti-Poverty (Most I would guess)

Pro-Policies that eliminate that weight (I hope all)

Anti-Over Consumption (In theory at least)

Pro-Earth (A good number)

Anti-Fascist (90%???)

Pro-Power to People (???)

Anti-What's Happened to the Poor in the Gulf Coast; The way they've been treated is shameful (100%)

Pro-Supporting their recovery (100%)

EDit: Maybe I'm just a multi-tasker but I didn't imagine that there were so many one trick ponies here at DU....



Anything else?

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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:04 PM
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1. Katrina victims
and the way they were treated.
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ret5hd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:11 PM
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2. i think there are some who...
must close their eyes to chew lest they get confused and bite their tongue or forget to swallow.
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marbuc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:15 PM
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3. Free Mumia
:sarcasm:
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newswolf56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:16 PM
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4. Some categories you listed are mutually exclusive:
You describe the march as:

Anti-Religious Fundamentalist (Ok, maybe not some of the Islamic types..)

Then, having noted the march (or at least its sponsors) included Islamic Fundamentalists, you go on to say the march was:

Pro-Women (100%)

Anti-Oppression (?)

Anti-Fascist (100%)


Nothing that includes Islamic Fundamentalism -- bound with Christian and Jewish Fundamentalism as the most savagely misogynistic force on earth -- can be described as "pro-women 100 percent," much less "anti-fascist 100 percent." Indeed, by many definitions, religious fundamentalism IS fascism -- which makes the "anti-oppression" statement untrue too.
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-27-05 07:18 PM
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5. Good points.
Edited on Tue Sep-27-05 07:18 PM by JanMichael
They're changed.

Also there is absolutely zero science in my numbers!

EDIT: Except where I put a simple (?). That means no telling.
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