Ideal-ogies

Friday, I got to the bar ealy, and had avoided a cover charge. While at the bar, I decided to read Metrotimes until either a)some people showed up or b)there was some good music. While reading Metrotimes, I ran across a piece of information of idea censorship, only this time its from the right.

Yes, ladies and germs, The Nation via Metrotimes reported that the College Republicans of Kalamazoo College combined with the evil Bush-Cheney campaign team to block entrance to a Bush rally. They prevented seven individuals, most of whom apparently are outspoken members of the Left, from entering Bush's campaign rally. They were apparently fingered by the group an barred entrance from the rally, though they were not armed with even the minorest of offenses, like signs or weapons.

At U of M, back in October, when I attended the Michael Moore book/political rally, something not-so-similar happened. People from the Student Republicans (or some other nasty right wing group) had come in with signs even. They made it all the way to their seats. Interetingly, Phil and I were in the same row in the balcony with them to witness this first hand. They, however, put the signs up over the edge of the balcony, in what I thought was pretty solid and secure state. Especially if they held them throughout the rally. But, it wasn't meant to be, as the lady had to tell them they couldn't have their signs up on the balcony, but they were allowed to stay.

On a more hilarious note (and also what reminded me of this), was I saw the video and images from Anti-com.com's answer to A.N.S.W.E.R.'s March 20th March for Peace. The humor in putting this in the same post as the one from Metrotimes is that the "unjust authority of _______'s censor" is not limited to the left. The right participates in censoring just as much as the left, and in the end, we are all just trying to infiltrate and corrupt somebody else. EXCEPT, the major difference (and the injustice) is that one group was barred completely from peacefully hearing the President speak, while the other was barred from voicing their own opinion contrary to the purpose of the intended rally.

As a personal aside, I'm against censorship of all sides, and I'm for the disruption of both sides. If the right ever rallied (which they tend not to do with their influence in high circles, and a general respect for people who don't want to hear it), I'd be all for infiltrating their rallies too.

Fucking bastards, the lot of them.