If anything is puerile about this whole thing, its the fact that she was arrested SIMPLY FOR WEARING A T-SHIRT. The T-shirt apparently had the number of US troops killed in Iraq and a question: “How Many More?”
She had a ticket given to her by a member of Congress and was not disrupting any proceedings. If anything, it demonstrates the vacuity of Bush’s consistent rhetorical invocations of “freedom” while basic civil liberties are threatened by his big-government policies and proclivities.
Comment by Joe mCCarthy — Wednesday, February 1, 2024 @ 10:10 am
well, she did get people talking. not a bad thing from a protester’s point of view.
Comment by eric — Wednesday, February 1, 2024 @ 10:57 am
Joe,
On the one hand, I take the point. On the other, there are rules of decorum at these events and she knew she was violating the rules by having the shirt covered.
Eric,
My point is that she could have gotten quite a few more people talking had she stayed in the chamber.
Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Wednesday, February 1, 2024 @ 11:16 am
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If anything is puerile about this whole thing, its the fact that she was arrested SIMPLY FOR WEARING A T-SHIRT. The T-shirt apparently had the number of US troops killed in Iraq and a question: “How Many More?”
She had a ticket given to her by a member of Congress and was not disrupting any proceedings. If anything, it demonstrates the vacuity of Bush’s consistent rhetorical invocations of “freedom” while basic civil liberties are threatened by his big-government policies and proclivities.
Comment by Joe mCCarthy — Wednesday, February 1, 2024 @ 10:10 am
well, she did get people talking. not a bad thing from a protester’s point of view.
Comment by eric — Wednesday, February 1, 2024 @ 10:57 am
Joe,
On the one hand, I take the point. On the other, there are rules of decorum at these events and she knew she was violating the rules by having the shirt covered.
Eric,
My point is that she could have gotten quite a few more people talking had she stayed in the chamber.
Comment by Dr. Steven Taylor — Wednesday, February 1, 2024 @ 11:16 am
[...] tunity Anti-Slogan Policy
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