Is Code Pink Planning To Protest The Jon Stewart Rally?

[lame54]

It sure sounds like they are...

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/27-6

Published on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 by CommonDreams.org
Dear Jon, Sane People Protest Crazy Wars
by Medea Benjamin

...It was because of this insanity that we began to interrupt the war criminals during their public appearances, shouting -- yes, shouting -- for an end to the madness. It was because of this insanity that we put fake blood on our hands to represent the hundreds of thousands of innocents who died as result of their lies. In our post-9/11 24/7 news cycle, we learned that the more audacious and outrageous the action, the more likely we were to get our anti-war message into the national conversation.

For this the Daily Show calls us crazy!

Don't get me wrong. CODEPINK women love to laugh and we try not to take ourselves too seriously. But we do feel that it's the sane people who protest crazy wars, who cry out against the dangers of global warming, who rail against big money in politics, who implore our politicians to spend our resources rebuilding America, not bombing people overseas.

So let's celebrate the people who walk the talk. Slacktivism did not end slavery, activism did. Slacktivism did not get women our rights. Activism did. Slacktivism won't end war or global warming. But activism just might.

Jon Stewart says he wants to restore sanity to Washington; so do we. We'll see you out on the mall, Jon.

[Taverner]

1. And the circular firing squad has assembled

Folks, take your places...

[Kurovski]

2. No.

They are not planning any such thing.

[lame54]

3. so she spends a whole article ripping him...

and then plans on going for the good time?

[madmax]

4. Really, like what the hell?? nt

[Kurovski]

6. Yes.

They're all about the fun.

[petronius]

5. I read that to be a bit more metaphorical - I think she's sying that activists

like CP will continue to be in the public sphere including the Mall regardless of what slacktivists do, and she argues that her approach is more effective.

I take the last line to mean that CP will be on the Mall (used as a metaphor perhaps) because they already are there and have been for a while, not that they'll be aiming any particular protest at Stewart...

[FloriTexan]

7. Perhaps they should attend Colbert's rally n/t