Does this means that shouting soundbites at a protest is not classy, or is that only for priests?
Speaking as someone who's done it even... at best, it doesn't really help anything except add to noise levels. Are marchers who shout any more passionate than others? And then you get into the actual content of some chants, which is the real determination of "eh, okay" or "utterly classless" which is a very IMO sort of situation.
Considering that most of the counterprotest chants at the march were either "WHORE! SLUT! WHORE!" or "Murderer, murderer, murderer," a dignified silence was far more... dignified. Certainly they were the only counterprotesters I ended the day with any respect for.
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Date: 2005-04-01 02:33 am (UTC)Does this means that shouting soundbites at a protest is not classy, or is that only for priests?
Speaking as someone who's done it even... at best, it doesn't really help anything except add to noise levels. Are marchers who shout any more passionate than others? And then you get into the actual content of some chants, which is the real determination of "eh, okay" or "utterly classless" which is a very IMO sort of situation.
Considering that most of the counterprotest chants at the march were either "WHORE! SLUT! WHORE!" or "Murderer, murderer, murderer," a dignified silence was far more... dignified. Certainly they were the only counterprotesters I ended the day with any respect for.