02-07-2013, 04:31 PM
On the "Ron Rosenbaum fires the first salvo" thread
https://deeppoliticsforum.com/forums/sho...#post71669
Nathaniel Heidenheimer responded to Jim DiEugenio's assurance that, " ... believe me, it will be a war" for Dealey Plaza during the 50th anniversary festivities, with this keen and chilling observation:
I hope so, but I am increasingly skeptical.
How can there be a war if only one army takes the field?
All this focus on petitioning pols is not working. They are long past caring UNLESS there is a political cost for them to do so. There is no cost if there is no BROAD-REACHING POSTING going on, reaching a more general audience.
The preparations of the 50th, IMO have completely failed to take into account our new media environment, in which THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN THE MSM OTHER THAN CORPORATE DISMISSAL, so its either us posting wider into non-JFK related sites [i.e. more general readers to show them WHY it matters] or a war with only one army taking the field.
..taking the field....taking the field...taking the field.... It's simply not happening.
My comment there, slightly amended here:
Nor is it likely to happen.
It should have been a war 50 years ago.
But that's another story.
I couldn't agree with you more, Nathaniel. The paper tigers will be prowling Dealey Plaza. You can "hear" their growls already.
Signing petitions. Extending three fingers into the air. "Negotiating" with accessories to regicide.
A better metaphor: I can see the self-described Bravehearts now ... playing war, running through Dealey Plaza wearing too-small plastic helmets, their self-anointed leaders screaming "CHARGE!" in the ear-splitting tones of castrati.
As I noted more than 15 years ago:
We are at war with the murderers of John F. Kennedy[.]
And I am sickened by the mercy we extend to a merciless enemy each time we treat with collegiality their disgraced surrogates.
But before we can know our enemy, we must know ourselves. Define ourselves. Be at peace with and possess the courage of our convictions. Unite in a common crusade, the substance of which renders our superficial stylistic differences meaningless.
Who must we become?
The Lakota of AIM. The Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. The Viet Cong of Tet. .
At lease some of us are.
For others, it's all about book sales and bios.
Here's what all of us have in common:
We are the Palestinians of Sabra and Shatila.
https://deeppoliticsforum.com/forums/sho...#post71669
Nathaniel Heidenheimer responded to Jim DiEugenio's assurance that, " ... believe me, it will be a war" for Dealey Plaza during the 50th anniversary festivities, with this keen and chilling observation:
I hope so, but I am increasingly skeptical.
How can there be a war if only one army takes the field?
All this focus on petitioning pols is not working. They are long past caring UNLESS there is a political cost for them to do so. There is no cost if there is no BROAD-REACHING POSTING going on, reaching a more general audience.
The preparations of the 50th, IMO have completely failed to take into account our new media environment, in which THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN THE MSM OTHER THAN CORPORATE DISMISSAL, so its either us posting wider into non-JFK related sites [i.e. more general readers to show them WHY it matters] or a war with only one army taking the field.
..taking the field....taking the field...taking the field.... It's simply not happening.
My comment there, slightly amended here:
Nor is it likely to happen.
It should have been a war 50 years ago.
But that's another story.
I couldn't agree with you more, Nathaniel. The paper tigers will be prowling Dealey Plaza. You can "hear" their growls already.
Signing petitions. Extending three fingers into the air. "Negotiating" with accessories to regicide.
A better metaphor: I can see the self-described Bravehearts now ... playing war, running through Dealey Plaza wearing too-small plastic helmets, their self-anointed leaders screaming "CHARGE!" in the ear-splitting tones of castrati.
As I noted more than 15 years ago:
We are at war with the murderers of John F. Kennedy[.]
And I am sickened by the mercy we extend to a merciless enemy each time we treat with collegiality their disgraced surrogates.
But before we can know our enemy, we must know ourselves. Define ourselves. Be at peace with and possess the courage of our convictions. Unite in a common crusade, the substance of which renders our superficial stylistic differences meaningless.
Who must we become?
The Lakota of AIM. The Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. The Viet Cong of Tet. .
At lease some of us are.
For others, it's all about book sales and bios.
Here's what all of us have in common:
We are the Palestinians of Sabra and Shatila.