tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post5162596282068047936..comments2024-03-19T15:24:48.864-07:00Comments on Green Eagle: The Right Wing Rebellion Rises to New Heights!Green Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-40483364306672870292016-04-27T19:19:44.819-07:002016-04-27T19:19:44.819-07:00I just want to add one thing to this historical re...I just want to add one thing to this historical record. When you look at pictures of the march, like the two I included here, it is somewhat hard to distinguish the right wingers from other people who were against the march, or who just showed up at this popular Atlanta recreation spot the day of the march. I counted all of the people in the photos and included them in my estimate of attendance; I have since read further accounts suggesting that as few as thirty actual participants showed up. So, let's be fair and say that under a hundred people came to this jackass event, after weeks of national publicity. Not much of a revolution.Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-76254739944981648892016-04-24T10:48:57.753-07:002016-04-24T10:48:57.753-07:00If I could wax historical for a moment here, the f...If I could wax historical for a moment here, the first time I really started obsessing about this phenomenon was with the Terry Schiavo case. The protests surrounding Terry Schiavo received nearly daily coverage for months, and continued to be regularly reported on for years, presented by the press as a major phenomenon representing the opinions of a large part of the American people. Curious, I started looking at all of the photos of those protests I could find. In fairly short order, I had looked at well over two hundred, and there was not a single one I could find with more than a few dozen protesters- a number that could easily have been bused in by the Catholic Church or any other well-financed right wing religious group. Yet the press constantly misrepresented them as huge hordes, while ignoring any protest, no matter how massive, from the left.<br /><br />I've never trusted mainstream portrayals of these largely synthetic right wing activities (the tea parties, of which I attended a number being the greatest example) since then, and my mistrust has proven perfectly justified, as these events turn out over and over again to be synthetic, astroturf Kabuke theater, which represent no one but their rich financiers. Green Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-35937421125413897642016-04-24T04:51:58.830-07:002016-04-24T04:51:58.830-07:00Spot on as usual GE. Left-wing protests are dismis...Spot on as usual GE. Left-wing protests are dismissed or actively suppressed while right-wing protests mo matter how small, ridiculous, or violent are supported by the corporate media.Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.com