Reply #31: Where were the poor white folks? [View All]

[DivinBreuvage]

Where where the vigil organizers coming into black neighborhoods and poor white neighborhoods to promote this stuff? Who was trucking poor folks without transportation to the vigils? Who was talking to the bosses of folks with irregular working hours to convince them to let their employees off to attend the vigils?

Vigils and protests are for people who have the leisure time to indulge in that kind of activity. Working class people, especially those with kids, have other stuff going on; and if they don't, they generally prefer to do something else with their few minutes of spare time than go to a vigil that isn't going to bring any meaningful benefit into their lives anyway.

And if they ever do turn out, a lot of the folks who lament about their "uninvolvement" here won't be too happy about it. Poor old Phil Ochs isn't much in vogue these days, but his "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" would be a good lesson for some to reflect on.