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Completely Meaningless
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Joke:
What did the phalanx of approaching anarchists say to the riot control barricade?
Punchline:
I really don’t know much about the issues that have these people marching down the street or why the authorities felt they needed to suppress them.
What interested me the most about this situation is how many cameras are on the scene. There’s about as many people in cameras as there are protesters. Nothing destroys the revolutionary moment for me more than a heard of photographers creeping around fluttering their shutters. It’s like protesting has become a sporting event.
And what ever moral high ground those anarchists thought they had is officially in that dumpster rolling down to the police.
Whatever bloc that was – - you just had a COMMUNICATION FAIL.
Media Tips for the anarchists:
- Drop the black. It’s scary.
- Don’t look like bandits.
- Get a logo that doesn’t remind one of the Soviet Union
- Handouts!
- Hand out candies for the kids with little coloring books attached that outline your views.
- Hand out magazines to the college kids, something they can carry above their books to coffee shops.
- To the Soccer Moms: Tricky…I’m thinking flowers tied to pamphlets that frame your ideology around the family… throw in some scrapbook stickers. Get creative.
- Speak clearly and concise. Be the opposite of this.
- Don’t travel in a pack, canvas. That way you can avoid a mob mentality, disassociate from any of the crazy members, AND you might actually get an idea across. Learn from Greenpeace.
- Make a handbook. Get organized.
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