[Peace-discuss] Re: [Peace] Ron Paul & GroundHog Day

[Stuart Levy]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 07:47:51PM -0800, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:
> So... they'll be carrying their Ron Paul signs and marching w/ AWARE members,
> and AWARE will be appear to be supporting Ron Paul?? I'm NOT in favor of that
> at all!!  Somebody needs to set some ground rules on this.
>  --Jenifer

Yes, I too will be uneasy about it if there turn out to be many people
sporting Ron Paul signs.  I'm happy to demonstrate alongside Ron Paul supporters --
and I don't feel any need to agree with all the signs that we collectively
carry -- but carrying signs for a particular candidate whom many of us
couldn't support does seem to cross a line.  It feels like we're being
co-opted, in a way that co-protesting with AAEI didn't.

At the same time, as member of an anarchic group, I'm also uneasy about
trying to set "ground rules".   Still it's worth discussing.

> Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com> wrote: > The Main Event will be held this Saturday February 2 from 2-4 in 
> > Downtown Champaign at the corner of Main and Neil.  The following 
> > message is from our friends and recent AWARE meeting attendees for Ron 
> > Paul.  They plan to join the anti-war protest this Saturday and wanted 
> > to let others know the information below!
> 
> > Subject: GroundHog Day
> >
> > Durl (and Jan)
> >
> > Thank you for the pleasant phone conversation this morning.
> >
> > Our Ron Paul meetup group will join AWARE for the Anti-War rally at 
> > 2-4 pm Saturday.
> >
> > MerryAnn's Diner and the RonPaul meetup group will provide free hot 
> > coffee and hot chocolate.
> >
> > Would you please let the AWARE group know that we will be joining you.
> >
> > Wayne Johnson
> 
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