:: The Bitch Girls ::

:: Friday, January 17, 2003 ::

Exactly

The largest crowds are expected in the nation's capital, where President Bush and many in Congress are united on the move toward war and protest leaders hope they can draw tens of thousands, at least, to march in dissent.
White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said Bush will be at his Camp David presidential retreat over the weekend, but has no problem with the protests.
"The president welcomes the fact that we are a democracy and that people in the United States, unlike Iraq, are free" to protest, he said.

My focus in my major used to be social movements. It still is somewhat, but now I've moved to the mass media studies a little more. I always approach readings and papers with the role that mass media has in the development of social movements. In fact, my favorite parts of the articles on protests are the quotes from the protesters. Unfortunately, very few realize the freedom they have to do something like this is not common in the world. I think, based on the few books I've read that talk to real people involved in marches and movements, that people, especially ones my age, take these rights for granted. Maybe it's because we've grown up in a time when these kinds of events could be brought into every home through television. It doesn't seem that strange anymore. I definitely have respect for many leaders of movements in the `60's, even if I don't agree with them. It was groundbreaking because for the first time in history, protesters were not only standing up to those they were there to protest, but to the world. It takes guts take a stand where everyone can see you. Now we have so many images that the coverage of these protesters doesn't mean as much. They aren't lasting impressions anymore. Of course, I would argue that this is why they feel they are being silenced. It's not that they are, it's that they don't have anything to new to say or show the world.

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