[Imc-dc-editorial] ahh...the never ending editorial debate...

[Zoe Mitchell]

...unintentionally elucidated by someone outside of the editorial working group. 

>From this:  http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=57940&group=webcast
Please address your criticism to the ideas, not the people. Back it up with facts, citations. Even
mainstream history books note the trend that popular protest of this sort comes after other
avenues have been exhausted and marginalized, and that overhwhelmingly, from a historical
perspective, the protests that reach this scale (and usually continue to grow over time-periods of
months and years) end up having actually been representative of working class, poor, and a good
portion of middle class opinion - the overwhelming majority of the American population.

What's left are the priviledged - largely middle class and upper class who are passionate enough
to voice themselves or even participate in so much as a poll or an election. And they're the ones
divided 50/50... half of them with the rest of the working class, the other half producing the
memes and myths or believing in them - supporting the status quo.

The demonstrators I've seen this past weekend have been about half youth and half older folks.
I've talked to sanitation workers, cab drivers, pizza makers, social workers, vets - both in the
capacity of their jobs this weekend or out in the streets with the protestors. The vast majority
support these demonstrations, even if they can't participate. There are a lot people who don't
have the privilege to participate.

Name-calling and cheap shots (on both sides) really isn't worth it. Really stupid stuff. It
doesn't help me reconsider or form my positions any differently and it is totally
counter-productive. I would consider it, with some argument, a violation of the editorial policy
published on this site. 
 
 






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Zoe Mitchell
Media Consultant, Mintwood Media Collective [http://mintwood.com]
The Nominally/Arbitrary Project [http://zoe_mitchell.pitas.com]
202-253-2990 [cell] or 202-986-6186 [work]

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