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November 05, 2004

left behind

Anarchist group Black Bloq was out in force at the San Francisco rally, and were at the center of the fizzled riot.

My brother sent me an email with a link to zombietime.com's coverage of the Nov. 3rd anti-Bush rally-and-would-be-riot in San Francisco. It looks like the fringe is headed underground again, and will find themselves increasingly in the company of anarchist groups who've been underground all along.

This is a familiar trend: the dawning of the Reagan era and accompanying rise of Conservatism was also the dawning of the punk era. The Bush era got off to a slow start because of a close election in 2000. The new punk era got off to a slow start because of a widespread patriotic response to 9/11. But the punks are all here now. Look for bleached blonde hair, combat boots and spiked leather accessories.

And on the East coast, New York libs are manifestly losing their grip. They're howling, weeping, or whining as their temperaments dictate. Britain, Australia and New Zealand report record numbers of Americans submitting applications for residency. That's just one more bonus. This country keeps getting more and more conservative.

We may be seeing various leftist groups and parties flying their own colors now instead of attempting to appear as homogeneous with the Democratic Party.

Another observation: it would seem, from these photos of the San Fran demonstration march riot/dispersion that the various kook left-nut groups are now being more forthright about their specific affiliations. You're seeing these posters for various Socialist groups and parties (and also the anarchists) whereas before, they tended to sport signs that were almost always issue-centric. I'd guess their calculus before the election is that they wanted to appear contiguous with the Democratic party in support of the Johns. Now that the election is over, they're flying their respective colors, in hopes of drawing on the available pool of unaffiliated disgruntled youth protesters.

In the wake of a clean election which provided Bush a clear popular-vote-backed mandate, Leftists are expressing a sense of alienation from "Middle America."

All of this could spell good news for the Democratic party if it means they will shuck their fringe leftist elements and shift back to the right as a party. This theory seems to jive with what we've been seeing on the MSM on television. The anchors and hosts of the various shows are admitting a mandate, and largely bringing on guests who back up that idea. It may be wishful thinking on my part, but I do hope the Democratic Party really is having a long overdue gut check. Maybe they're ready to dump some of the extreme left-wing baggage that has been hindering their appeal to "Middle America."

Zombietime.com was present at the rally, and has a lot more photos of the action here. It's worth a look.

Posted by joel at November 5, 2004 01:42 PM

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