Let us now praise famous mobs. There’s been an excessive amount of tut-tutting over the “unruly mob, using Occupy Wall Street tactics” (Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst) for “hijacking … the democratic process” (Gov.-for-Life Rick Perry) with “Obama-style mob tactics” (The Dew again). True, the gallery drowned out the last 13 minutes of the special session, but what the protestors’ critics conveniently ignore that the mob only became unruly when they witnessed Senate Republicans changing the rules in the middle of the game. 1: The Boston Tea Party was an unruly mob.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 02:48:51 +0000