WP Strikes Out Again: 5 Words on Why We Protest - David Lytel

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Source: http://redefeatbush.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=375

The Post Strikes Out Again: 5 Words on Why We Protest

The Post's coverage of the counterinaugural in today's paper uses only 5 of its 1822 words to describe why anyone might wish to protest the inauguration of George W. Bush -- "'Ohio' is a battle cry." The rest trivializes the motivation of the protestors. An intelligent reader who wishes to discern the answer cannot grasp why they are protesting. The only possibility the post offers is that they do so to be cool. We look forward with great anticipation to the Post's ridicule of the Bush inaugural itself, since surely the pomposity of that event will engender a similar level of jocularity and arrogance on its part.

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