Activist Endurance: A look back at the 2004 RNC | Mickey Z.

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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust

“Fall down seven times, stand up eight.”

- Japanese proverb

In the words of Mike Tyson: "Everyone has a plan until they get hit."

And get hit everyone will…

Case in point: Many of those Anybody-But-Bush protesters who took to the streets of the Big Apple during the Republican National Convention (RNC) a decade ago, in summer 2004.

And when I say “hit,” I don't just mean the inevitable blows from the notorious Blue Bloc. I'm talking about suffering the slings and arrows of activism as a long-term life choice within a commodity culture of pervasive denial.

Two-Party Deception
Just before the 2004 RNC, I wrote an article that questioned the strategy of activists only protesting the Republicans. Among other questions, I asked: "Where was the planned-for-months-in-advance outrage at the DNC in Boston last month? The Hitler mustaches? The warnings about fascism? The cataloging of candidate crimes?"

I said then and I say now: The primary difference between Republicans and Democrats is that they tell different lies to get elected.

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