Stupid Hippies
August 22, 2007 · By Joel
* Faced with police resistance, the Council of Canadians and others pulled back from the front line about 300 metres, for fear of escalation. Most front-line protesters opted for an impromptu sit-in. Others began dousing their bandannas with vinegar in anticipation of tear gas attacks, forcefully pushing against the wall of police shields and yelling “Peaceful Protest” and other slogans.
Apparently a sense of irony is a bourgeois luxury.
And that sense of irony is one reason why us bourgeois types end up having all the money while more earnest types end up lying on the pavement with tear gas in their faces. Gotta say it works for me.