Moving Closer
Camp Casey is the benefactor of a sympathizing rancher, and has moved on to donated property closer to the Bush abode.
Cindy Sheehan and her protest camp out have become a de facto cause celebre, whether we politically wish it to be or not. The fact is, she resonates, and resonates strongly. Her sympathy lies in her determination and her loss- but her message is one of political will. She wants the war to end. That's the truth of it. So she has inspired individuals and groups to move to Crawford and occupy a strip of the prairie to remind the President that there are causes and effects of global politics, and that he can't simply walk away from that.
Why do you protest the President? Well, who else will you protest? What answers will he give you? None. Will anything he say heal her wounds or tend to her desires? No.
Is she aware of that? I'd say absolutely. She's not in this game for emotional closure.
As for using Casey Sheehan's death for that: I've come to feel that this is her choice. The difference is that it's not Michelle Malkin's choice, it's not my choice, it's not her husband's choice. And guess what? She knows that. She hasn't shilled his death off on anybody; she hasn't burdoned any other souls with some responsiblity toward feeling politically motivated by his death. She, herself, is using it as a motivator, because his death is what motivated her.
In many ways, it's an interesting story; a challenge, even. At what point do we become motivated? At what point to we engage in a meaningful active protest, or even a meaningful active concession, toward what we really believe in? If my friends and family get sent to an elective invasion, will I speak out at that point in time? Or will I attempt to stem my moral perception? How will I react?
And what will it take for me to feel motivated, justified, to really open up and fight against that? Where are my boundaries?
For Cindy Sheehan, it was the death of her son.
For me... is it enough to let that which motivates me to action simply be a mother whose son has perished?
Or will I have to witness it [again] among my own family and friends...?
Where do we stop complaining about it, and start yelling about it? At what point will those who have endured this war, supported the war, and found it not to be the deal they believed it was? How long until the country awakens? This war has gone on for 3 years, we've all protested it. We feel compelled to continue.
So what good with Sheehan's camp do? I can't say I have any idea. But I doubt that the re-inspiration of activism is a bad thing; and I believe that she brings the attention and sympathy of a great amount of people who, until recently, bought the official line in the war on Terror. For whatever reason, she has almost been able to break through.
Cindy Sheehan and her protest camp out have become a de facto cause celebre, whether we politically wish it to be or not. The fact is, she resonates, and resonates strongly. Her sympathy lies in her determination and her loss- but her message is one of political will. She wants the war to end. That's the truth of it. So she has inspired individuals and groups to move to Crawford and occupy a strip of the prairie to remind the President that there are causes and effects of global politics, and that he can't simply walk away from that.
Why do you protest the President? Well, who else will you protest? What answers will he give you? None. Will anything he say heal her wounds or tend to her desires? No.
Is she aware of that? I'd say absolutely. She's not in this game for emotional closure.
As for using Casey Sheehan's death for that: I've come to feel that this is her choice. The difference is that it's not Michelle Malkin's choice, it's not my choice, it's not her husband's choice. And guess what? She knows that. She hasn't shilled his death off on anybody; she hasn't burdoned any other souls with some responsiblity toward feeling politically motivated by his death. She, herself, is using it as a motivator, because his death is what motivated her.
In many ways, it's an interesting story; a challenge, even. At what point do we become motivated? At what point to we engage in a meaningful active protest, or even a meaningful active concession, toward what we really believe in? If my friends and family get sent to an elective invasion, will I speak out at that point in time? Or will I attempt to stem my moral perception? How will I react?
And what will it take for me to feel motivated, justified, to really open up and fight against that? Where are my boundaries?
For Cindy Sheehan, it was the death of her son.
For me... is it enough to let that which motivates me to action simply be a mother whose son has perished?
Or will I have to witness it [again] among my own family and friends...?
Where do we stop complaining about it, and start yelling about it? At what point will those who have endured this war, supported the war, and found it not to be the deal they believed it was? How long until the country awakens? This war has gone on for 3 years, we've all protested it. We feel compelled to continue.
So what good with Sheehan's camp do? I can't say I have any idea. But I doubt that the re-inspiration of activism is a bad thing; and I believe that she brings the attention and sympathy of a great amount of people who, until recently, bought the official line in the war on Terror. For whatever reason, she has almost been able to break through.
posted by General Stan at 11:14 AM
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