July 16, 2008
DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT HAT YOU'RE WEARING...:
Cracking Code Pink: Why does the peace movement have to dress and act like an irritating children's birthday party? (Cintra Wilson, 7/16/08, Salon)
Code Pink welcomes anybody "willing to be outrageous for peace." But despite its emphasis on "joy and humor," its ruckus-raising techniques often cause me and my liberal community, who tend to agree with its politics, to regard them with distaste and embarrassment. Why did these shrieking middle-aged women in pink novelty hats believe this manner of protest was going to be effective in Congress, let alone in an almost completely co-opted media climate that seems hellbent on ignoring them?
...while you're an ineffective leftwing nutjob? Ms Wilson and friends have had just as little effect. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 16, 2008 8:09 PM
I call it "Hippie Whimsy." It's cute and quaint and silly! It's bringing us back to the purity of childhood when all things were perfect and wonderful! It's the zombified corpse of Rousseau feasting on the brains of society! Huzzah!
Posted by: Bryan at July 17, 2008 8:05 AMDress like a child, act like a child, and get treated like a child.
Posted by: Mikey at July 17, 2008 8:42 PM
No lipstick on that pig. Code pink is an unadulterated expression of what the boomers are really about - un unwillingness to suck it up and be a grownup.
Posted by: Jorge Curioso at July 16, 2008 8:56 PM