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| 2004-09-03 | |
| It's a safe assumption that most protest groups would not kick off a rally by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Certainly that holds true for the hundreds of hard-Left groups convening in New York City this week, many of whom wield signs demanding, "USA out of New York" and recoil at the mere mention of patriotism. Protest Warrior, however, is not your typical protest group: for one thing, its members are conservatives. Founded in March 2003 by two thirty-year olds, Kfir Alfia and Alan Lipton, Protest Warrior is a national network of some 7,200 right-of-center activists. In truth, this is novel concept—even for some of the members. "Conservatives generally like to work within the system; we'll try to get policy introduced," says Tom Paladino, 27, who heads the New York chapter of Protest Warrior. "Liberals will just hand out money to whoever wants to print out 10,000 Bush-Lied! posters." Which brings up the reason why some 60 members of Protest Warrior have gathered in New York, a city that this week is a crucible of left-wing activism, contempt for the Bush administration, and a general loathing of all things American. Their mission, as the Protest Warriors see it, is twofold: First, they aim to expose the ulterior motives of those protestors who parade their radical agendas in the guise of "peace" activism. As Justin Flemming, head of Protest Warrior's Chicago chapter puts it, "I'd like Americans to see that the protestors in the street are not the 'liberals' they pretend to be." To this end, the Protest Warriors are toting video cameras. They hope to catch the demonstrators in their more extreme moments, and put the footage on their website, ProtestWarrior.com...
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| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #1 . . .they find the Left a stubbornly resistant -- and totalitarian -- counterpart. Saying this is like saying that one finds milk typical with raisin bran, but unfortunately it is not emphasized enough. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-03 11:20:59 AM |