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Though we loathe Stuff White People Like to its core, this kind of protest might be found there. You've seen it before: sour-looking, self-righteous puss with tape over the mouth to signify censorship. Or being silenced. Or needing attention. Or some other nonsense.
Typically, this kind of ineffective protest can be found on your average college campus, but this festive gathering, which happened in San Francisco, is just downright confusing. Even SFCitizen hasn't a clue as to what these people are allegedly upset about. Do you?
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It makes total sense that you would poo poo this kind of protest, Brock Keeling!
Angry, angry they are about red duct tape. FURIOUS.
To the 2 guys on the right:
UR DOING IT WRONG
oh...you haven't heard yet..that's the new dating/singles bar for the new economy
It might help if we knew where they were. And why the two guys on the right are doing a limp-wristed, terrorist fist-jab.
maybe the point is to make fun of said protests by doing one without actually telling anyone WHAT it's all about. Sort of a post modern hippie college project to blow people's minds with.
Ghandi would not approve.
i thought that guy was kidding when he told me sf state offered classes in basic protesting.
Clearly they are protesting people who don't place their hands firmly in their pockets.
is red the new black?
Maybe the tape on the guy's chest is a clue. (High res on SFCitizen.)
All I can make out is: "POYESPERO" the P could also be a B. Might be an N after the O? __po yes perso___
The second guy from the right screwed up and put the tape on his chest instead of his mouth. (Maybe he has a cold?) It clearly reads "SPOYLESPERSOT", so that settles it for me.
They're on O'farrell and Divisadero, in front of a Walgreens. Kaiser is behind them.
do you loathe SWPL because it's true? sfers in pea coats lol.
Maybe it's a poor attempt at an Improv Everywhere-style protest?
Well they're certainly not protesting Zac Posen's Spring collection.
Why do you hate SWPL? It's like a personal blog that someone else writes for me.
Peacoat in the closet. Check.
Jazz collection. Check.
Unused book of Spanish verbs. Check.
Aren't all protests (say the last 25 years) generally more self-referential than effective anyway?
A protest in San Francisco that has absolutely no impact on anyone outside of its own participants? I never thought I'd live to see the day.
At first glance I thought they were wearing those big red wax candy lips.
Its probably someones MA performance project. It's a requirement that the SF State communication department requires you to do. A live performance piece that is designed to cause a public disturbance and in affect allow you to observe the observes reaction to the piece.
Based on the perspective of the pic, they're facing the Walgreens entrance. So they're probably complaining about something Walgreens does or did. I saw a thing about Walgreens suing to retain the right to sell tobacco in SF. Maybe this is something about that.
periqueblend posted:
Aren't all protests (say the last 25 years) generally more self-referential than effective anyway?
good point
DJBurrito, Unfortunately they've chosen a silent protest in front of one of the smaller locations of a well known business, on an obscure side street; the very definition of low-impact.
I'm thinking someone won't be getting a passing grade this semester.
They are protesting their poor fashion choices.
SWPL sucks because it's 1) inaccurately titled (it ought to be "stuff yuppies like", really) and 2) it seems to say that in order to avoid mockery, you should not do things like, you know, recycle, because that's for white people. Why should being a decent human being be grounds for mockery?
They are protesting the use of the term "Nopa" for the Western Addition.
I'm bored just looking at this.
SWPL entry #XXX -- Being overly serious and sanctimonious on message boards
I see non-white people in the line-up. Hopefully there will be a potluck after the protest. Hummus, anyone?
the fact that sfist commentors don't like SWPL is almost as funny as the red pants two of the kids in this photo are wearing.
Right, because non-white people never get serious and sanctimonious. What?
My favorite's the girl dejectedly leaning against the meter -- she really radiates passion for/against whatever cause it is they're protesting.
White people lashing out against SWPL, I love it!
Based on the perspective of the pic, they're facing the Walgreens entrance. So they're probably complaining about something Walgreens does or did.
But alas, the issue at hand is more complicated and nuanced! Are they protesting Walgreens as their proximity and orientation suggests to you, or are they in fact protesting Kaiser by also turning their backs on them? That would be a double-burn that Walgreens Corporate could only dream of.
A commenter on SF Citizen said that they are in front of an abortion clinic (there is a small unmarked door right next to the Walgreen's entrance). I too live just a block from there and have always wondered what that door led to.
http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/12/05/silent-protest-confuses-passersby-in-san-francisco/
@SFX What's wrong with red pants? Should they have just worn jeans like everyone else? Not saying they are pulling it off, but I'm tired the same old same old. This thread is boring.
EmilyB21? Isn't there a parking lot next to the Walgreen's entrance or do you mean on the second floor of Walgreens? Thanks
You're right EmilyB21, I did a google search. I hope they are still there after work so I can scare them off the sidewalk with my scooter.
Red pants are now the same old same old.
This is clearly a protest of protesting--a post-modern critique on the protest itself. By generating this thread/conversation, it has apparently worked.
Might I add, red is definitely a hot color for tape over the mouth. It evokes feelings of passion and anger!
@gf, aren't most/all "yuppies" white?
@travin
Agreed....
@hollyMmm
I'm a yupexican.
clinton and stacy would never accept red pants, unless worn with red duct tape over the mouth.
me = not perplexed.
care = not.
next!
@withak So what's the now now then‽
Is something going on with red here tho. A pair of shoes, the tape and the pants...or just a coincidence?
Agree, fashion police lineup.
How often you think the one guy wears those red jeans? Is he living the cause? What about the like two gals in a sea of men? Whaddya think those meetings are like? "So..um..I saw a hardware store down on Geneva that had red tape for like, three for two dollars, and, y'know...I could pick some OR WE COULD GO TOGETHER I mean...gosh, sorry about that. Anyway, yeah...I like those glasses. Where'd you get'em?"
I prefer to silently protest at the arcade, maybe play a little "Dance Dance Immolation"...