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03/22/2004 Archived Entry: "Lileks on antiwar protests"

Posted by steve @ 04:32 PM EST [Link]

AND THE FREEDOM TO WRECK IT: James Lileks has the post to beat all other posts when it comes to discussing the anti-war protests that occurred this past weekend.

The other day a variety of people gathered in various cities to say, in essence, put it back. The Movement to Reinstall Saddam commemorated the first anniversary of the Iraq campaign by expressing their outrage at the loss of an ally in the war against America. These people are the fringe of the left; yes. They are the Klan with out the sheets. Worse: they don’t have the inbred moonshine-addled mah-pappy-hated-nigras-an-I-hate-‘em-too dense-as-a-neutron-star stupidity of your average Kluxer. They didn’t come to this level of stupidity naturally. They had to work at it. I’m sure you’ll find in these pictures people who have cool jobs in San Francisco, people who get grants, write code, run the coffee-frother at a funky bookstore, and have no problem marching alongside someone who spells Israel with swastika instead of an S.

It's the best thing you'll read all day.

Read on.