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The dumbest rally/protest ever
The "support the troops" rally held
in front of Central Hall yesterday evening, as well as the "bring
'em home" counter-rally held fifty yards away in front
of Moss Hall, were the most pathetic displays of political activism
we have ever seen.
The scene was comic: About 50 people stood
around holding mini American flags and chatting-not chanting-while
a few aged security guards strolled about the perimeter of the
campus, presumably to protect Rep. Mike Rogers, who never showed
up. Even better was the counter-rally: five or six scruffy-looking
students standing around despondently in front of Moss Hall
smoking cigarettes, complaining, making fun of conservatives
and staring at their hand-made protest signs.
If yesterday's "rally" accomplished
nothing else, it proved that this sort of thing should never
be attempted at Hillsdale again, unless the two sides square
off and try to shout each other down or throw stones or something.
We'd be up for watching that. At least it would be entertaining,
and not so dorky.
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