Reply #98: that stereotype is well off the reality [View All]

[jsmacdonald]

I have worn suits to my anti-war activist meetings, and no one has thought the worse of me. There were suits at an anti-war activist party Friday night, and on one thought the worse of them.

There were all types of dress at yesterday's demonstration, and no one was excluded or thought less of because of it.

Those who were dressed more outrageously got our pictures taken by other demonstrators a few more times, sure enough. There are issues involved with that that I write about in my own narrative (which is anything but frivolous for those of you who have read it). However, every type of person was at our event. And, as much as I have worried about the question of the conformity of the left, discussions like this have reminded me that we are far from being this caricature. This in fact makes me want to temper some of the points I made in my narrative, which begins with a scenario suggested by just this kind of post.

Jim