I commented earlier about the phenomenon of the Tea Parties. A couple of things seemed amazing to me. 1) The tea parties were real protests with real grassroots people. No one belonged to some affiliation that brought then together. It was real and amateur. 2) The government and their press showed their shame by pretending to ignore the over 300 events that happened nation wide.
Only today did Barack Obama mention the Tea Party events. In a carefully crafted event, surrounded by “real people too” he criticized the protesters. Here it is.
I am not much of a Ghandi fan, but the man understood the mechanics and the process of peaceful protest. Regarding the process he said:
"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."
Does Obama understand he, his fans and his press represent the establishment that must make room for the new wave? They are the old school. Their ways are already tired, outmoded and headed for the trash heap. The process has started. Obama and the press ignored the Tea Parties. Now comes the ridicule. That will go on until they realize that with each attempt to ridicule them, the protests will grow. At that point the ridicule will turn to persecution. Gandhi knew that once they persecute you, unless you resort to violence yourself, you will win and they will lose.
2 comments:
Thanks for a bit of encouragement here Truth Seeker! Not looking forward to the first three steps, but I will hang on for the forth!
Another great post! Won't it be intersting if they are able to prove He is not a natural born citizen...a usurper to the presidency...then we'll see how they rid themselves of the constitution....as they are in the habit of doing now. Strider
ps...but God!
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