The media barely covered the Iraq War protests? Where were you hiding out during that time period?
Edit: I attended three Iraq War protests in San Francisco. There were freak shows all around that place. You try and claim BAC is out of the mainstream because he is a socialist. The socialist groups had nothing on the Communist groups and literature that was distributed at these events.
That's not quite correct my friend.
The media ran from covering the protests of the Iraq War. Like everyone else, including the Democratic Party, they were afraid of the Bush Administration and the cabal of Cheney, Rove, and Rumfield .. and like evryone else, they were afraid of being called "unpatriotic."
The Fourth Estate virtually disappeared.
THUS, the rise of alternative media .. which is now becoming the real Fourth Estate.
I have no sympathy for print media which is now vanishing. They failed miserably in their duty and responsibility to the American people and this nation. They were cowards.
In regards to socialists .. I'll let you in on a secret .. only if you promise not to tell anyone. We don't talk about socialism much. Don't preach it to the masses. .. because we don't have to. Intelligent society comes to socialism on its own.
Perhaps SF has its own uniqueness where socialists there passed out a lot of literature .. but that's not the norm.
No one wants our endorsement, not even democrats, because they're afraid of us. Obama would have us shot if we stepped on the White House lawn. If you want to see a piece of legislation fail, attach "socialism" to it. Many of those who believe in the concept of democratic socialism would never call themselves a socialist .. afraid of the stigma.
We prefer to remain underground and let evolution take its course.
