Word: sloganeers
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...protesters, drowned out on one occasion by the Harvard University Band, were a walking, yelling self-parody of righteous indignation. When it comes to Harvard, the Coalition's slogan is "It's our party, and we'll cry if we want to." And cry they do, year after year, even when they have no reason to be upset, and many reasons to be pleased...
...even this presumptuous slogan is not as inappropriate as the "Peculiar Institution" campaign. Last year, the Coalition leaders demonstrated both their insolence and their stupidity when they compared the "plight" of minority students at Harvard to the unspeakable horrors of slavery. To even mention the two in the same breath is to trivialize the experiences of the African-Americans who suffered and died under slavery...
...Never Again: Make Harvard Mean It This Time" slogan rings a bit hollow, as the drive does nothing to stop or even slow the conflict in Bosnia, which is why these poor people aren't getting anything to eat but still receive 100 times the U.S. RDA for lead...
...AALARM posters that appeared during BGLAD (Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Awareness Days) and National Holocaust Remembrance Day last April were pretty "lame." One poster featured the blue square and the slogan, "DON'T BGLAD, BE AALARMED!" (almost as witty as "Old MacDonald has AFARM"!) Another had unattributed statistics about the acceptance of homosexuality, and the slogan "DON'T ENCOURAGE OR RECRUIT HOMOSEXUALS!" If I thought recruitment would increase my chance of getting a date, I'd be on the street corner right now passing out flyers...
...reality, though, Sharpton has built his reputation by fanning the flames of racial tension and anger, not by improving the situation of Blacks. Instead of confronting racists and bigots with "brotherly love," as King did, Sharpton and his followers rally behind the slogan of "No justice, no peace"--the threat of violence always lurking in the shadows...