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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Politics Worst Protest Ever.

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:43 PM

I arrived at the Historic Landmark's Commission Monday meeting about changing the "Made in Oregon" sign and squeezed into one of the few available chairs. On my seat was this yellow flier. "Oh! A helpful handout!" I thought naively. No! The flier turned out to be the most confusing and unnecessarily provocative protest flier ever photocopied, courtesy of PSU's Progressive Student Union. I took it back to the office and pinned it right next to the vanity photos of Matt Davis and Brent Barton.

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WTF PSU-PSU? Doesn't PSU, of all places, offer a liberal propaganda creative writing class? Anyway, look, Progressive Students, I want to like you. Really! I hate sweatshops, too. But not as much as I hate random capitalization of words like Boycott and hijacking other peoples' meetings for your poorly articulated cause. The Portland city Historic Landmarks Commission is many things to many people, but it is NOT THE PLACE to seek socialist solidarity. Thanks to whack campaigns like yours I can't talk in public about shit like sweatshops and terrorists without feeling like I'll be labeled a paranoid, ranting uber-lefty.

Sigh. I wish anti-establishment student activism could be as relevant and powerful and downright sexy these days as it was back when SNCC started up. Man, look at these kids. They were so cool. I would totally try to be friends with them.

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like i posted a few days ago, the "MADE IN OREGON" sign will soon be "CEASAR CHAVEZ"
Posted by miguelaron on March 11, 2009 at 3:56 PM · Report
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Sorry, Sarah. All the cool, attractive kids have moved on to anti-statism.
Posted by Kyle! on March 11, 2009 at 6:20 PM · Report
3
Boycott *stream of consciousness*!
Posted by A-minus on March 11, 2009 at 8:05 PM · Report
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The problem with the Vanport extension agency protesting the U of O sign, is the same problem that the recall Sam Adams protesters are having: When the guy from Lake No Negro shows up and complains about the fact that the mayor is gay, everyone remembers that, and it paints the entire recall effort in a bad light. (Okay, a worse light than Jason Wurster paints it by himself.) As such, if Vanport extension agency really wants the sign to not change, the most effective tactic would be to stay home. (But I don't see that happening.)
Posted by Matthew D on March 12, 2009 at 9:16 AM · Report
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Remind us Matty, which university in Oregon has a team playing in the NCAA tournament?
Posted by GLV on March 12, 2009 at 2:03 PM · Report
6
University of Portland?

Honestly, I don't have a clue. But this matters because?
Posted by Matthew D on March 13, 2009 at 12:39 AM · Report

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