I must admit, I laughed when I saw this photo of the Iraq invasion anniversary anti-war march in London...

The right wingers over at
Little Green Footballs (and most of the
other US right wing blogs, when I had a trawl around) are having a field day with this and
other similary ill-thought out
slogans and
banners with some suggesting it's a subtle bit of counter-protest, trying to undermine the anti war movement by making it look 'stoopid'. Admittedly, some of the American protesters slogans are a bit moronic - but you find the same sort of
intelligence-deprived sloganeering going on in the
pro war crowd (yes, they do exist, and they even
get out and
protest). In the English case, it just makes me think some of this particular anti-war crowd have a sense of humour, which is more than what can be said for most of the right wing, pro-war mob. Mirthless bunch that they are...
|