Boortz protests - the protestors
Neal Boortz
The Inaugural Protestors
Boortz.com
January 21, 2005
“ Yesterday there were numerous groups of people protesting President Bush's inauguration to a second term. (By the way....if you want to see a leftist faint, remind them that Bush will be in office until January 20, 2009.) Anyway, back to the protesters. They were all either dressed up in some way or manner so as to mock the president, or they were carrying signs. Let's take a look at a few of the most common ones. ”
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Boortz tries to deconstruct the signs used by inaugural protestors in a humorous way. His humor relies on smarmy commentary and distorting statements. An article that might otherwise have been entertaining—there is usually something worth lampooning in any protest because it is so difficult to make an articulate, targeted statement—becomes laughable itself because of its outrageous claims and omissions.
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| "Remember Abu
Ghraib and Guantanamo/No Torture - How quaint. The only problem
with this sign is that so far, no real torture has come to light
in these two places. Mishandling of detainees? Sure. Those responsible
are being prosecuted. Torture? Nah. Try again." |
Like any word, torture is a malleable one. But the rules Bush is violating are clear in the statutes that apply here: the Geneva Conventions. Article 49, for one, explicitly prohibits moving prisoners into other countries, which this administration allows regularly (i.e., “those responsible” are NOT being prosecuted). Even this administration’s infamous memos required the prohibition of tactics causing severe physical or mental pain – a category that would include the type of psychological measures used against detainees. “Homosexual acts are against Islamic law and it is humiliating for men to be naked in front of other men, Bernard Haykel, a professor of Middle Eastern studies at New York University, explained. “Being put on top of each other and forced to masturbate, being naked in front of each other—it’s all a form of torture,” Haykel said.” |
| "Bush Lied/People Died. This one goes back a long way. The 'Bush Lied' line refers to no WMD being found in Iraq. Well, if Bush lied, then so did Kerry, because he voted for the war based on the same intelligence. Sorry, but the only way you can lie about something is if you know it to be false when you state it. In the WMD case, Bush did not lie. Sorry liberals...but it's a catchy phrase, but it's not true, not that you really care." | Bush lies, a lot. Take, for example, the administration’s repeated claim that there was a relationship between Saddam and Al Qaeda, particularly the 9/11 attack. They may not have known it was absolutely false, but they certainly exaggerated their certainty. The Bush administration has also repeatedly stretched the truth on the prospects for the U.S. economy and the validity of arguments against the existence of global warming, among many other things. |
Boortz tries to deconstruct the signs used by inaugural protestors in a humorous way. His humor relies on smarmy commentary and distorting statements. An article that might otherwise have been entertaining—there is usually something worth lampooning in any protest because it is so difficult to make an articulate, targeted statement—becomes laughable itself because of its outrageous claims and omissions.
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