Swompdonkey

We're using democratic process here, I don't know if you guys understand that



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q6KAg6qEGY


Ain't the Internet great?

I mean, in the pre-WWW days, we would have read some sterile account of the last moments of the NYU Kimmel occupation, and never really grasped the full extent of the narcissism, self-delusion and sheer douchebaggery on display, but with a video like this being made public, the would-be campus radicals are exposed for what they are: a pathetic bunch of poseurs not fit to carry Abbie Hoffman's sweaty jockstrap! The reviews have not been kind.

I bet the camera dude thought he was pretty clever recording events for posterity. He told himself he was ensuring that any repressive tactics or "human rights violations" would be documented for future use.

Great.

Except the cameraman is hoist on his own grassroots vegan petard!
Campus authorities come across in the best possible light: Patient and eminently reasonable, particularly in the face of such irritating and contemptuous behaviour from the "activists". The vanguard of the proletariat, on the other hand...
I mean, it's all there on damning display in the footage folks:

The incredibly irritating use of jargon like "consensus" and "hierarchy" --particularly coming from a guy who seems like he could not reach consensus on a piss-up in a brewery... how long does it take to gather 10 people in a corner, you tool?

The inevitable multiple explanations of how they are going to "collectively decide" how to proceed... only they don't.... ever!

The patently untrue accusations of "brutality". Son, if you think this is brutality, you ain't ever seen brutality.

Nice random use of uncalled-for profanity and aggressive language from one of the other campus revolutionaries nearby: "Dirty scumbag fucks"? I mean really... If you keep this up, Dad will take away your Prius for two weeks, Justin!

The threats of litigation (Subtext: Do you know who my father is?)

Strange, mute peace-sign girl who seems to be in some kind of tofu-induced trance.

The odd inability to understand, even in the face of all evidence, that the jig is up, and that the radicals simply have nothing and no one to negotiate with.

Hilarious derisive reference to "corporate water" (as opposed to the non-corporate macbooks, ipods, and assorted other revolutionary items found in backpacks)

As a bonus, check out the comments section. Almost universal opprobrium! One particularly vicious one I like:

I love at the end when he's going through their back packs: Macbook, iPod, charger, bottled water, etc. Anything missing? Yeah - TEXTBOOKS.

I'd ask who teaches these kids this shit, but I think we already know the answer to that.


They really don't make dissidents like they used to:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAaWvVFERVA