[Peace-discuss] Ron Paul & GroundHog Day

[Jan & Durl Kruse]

With this (at least for now) still being a free country and the corner 
of Neil and Main being a public place I thought it was polite and 
really not needed for the Ron Paul folks to ask to join our group.  How 
do you say: "NO we don't allow others to join us in public?  We monitor 
signs and we only allow like-minded people to join us" ......This 
(opposition to the war) may be the only point we agree with the Ron 
Paul folks on, however when the news media (the Ron Paul folks have 
invited them) asks for a sound bit..........anyone can make a case for 
free speech....... and this moment where two groups from usually 
different perspectives have found a point on which they agree and can 
stand on the same street corner and say.... NO to the War in Iraq!
You can always hold a sign that says "I don't support Ron Paul or the 
Iraq War!"  and ...........Maybe it will look like Ron Paul support's 
AWARE.........
JAN K
On Jan 30, 2008, at 10:50 PM, Stuart Levy wrote:

> 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