rise over shadowed mountains blazing with powwa ([info]dantecubit) wrote,

i ignore my own advice for a minute here

Baby boomers need to stop talking about Vietnam.

'We cast one young woman, Sarah Rolan, into a role where she would dance while listening to her iPod, to the sound of various 60's protest songs. We would mix this dancing with modern protest footage, which includes footage from Kent, Ohio on May 4, 2003 when the police brutalized and arrested numerous people during a peaceful protest.'

Worse than an uninspired cliche. The Boomer quest to convince us that what they did in the 60's was really important and meaningful is another reason I'm always caught between embarassment for the human race and bloody sick rage. Not that Kent State didn't really really suck (duh) but I think these kinds of attempts to get post-hippies back in the protest game are pathetic, doomed to failure. Hello, in case you haven't been paying attention, all baby boomers have ever been interested in is themselves and their security blankets. Most of them are not going to get up and fight against the war, because now America's got a specialized warrior caste to do the killing and dying for them. Fuck them.

In my chest beats a fiery <3!!!, and I'll fight any fucker who says different.

Also, happy post-birthday to me.

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[info]evilneps

August 24 2005, 02:09:28 UTC 6 years ago

Actually I hear the Kent State people who got shot sort of had it coming. TOO BAD. :(

[info]dantecubit

August 24 2005, 06:35:26 UTC 6 years ago

Just like the little Eichmans? :(

[info]evilneps

August 24 2005, 10:24:40 UTC 6 years ago

Yes. :(

[info]coldcup

August 26 2005, 05:38:30 UTC 6 years ago

Corollary. In my head.

I hear anyone standing in front of a gun barrel sort of had it coming.

[info]oh_the_ironing

August 24 2005, 02:25:41 UTC 6 years ago

Happy whatever it is.

[info]dantecubit

August 24 2005, 06:38:00 UTC 6 years ago

26th

[info]coldcup

August 26 2005, 05:37:37 UTC 6 years ago

No shit.

Not to be a pedant, but happy 26th.
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