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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]

OP here. This is what was in the article I posted:

[i]Protest organizers said the attempt to enter the museum on the National Mall was part of the Occupy D.C. antiwar demonstrations that began on Thursday on the 10th anniversary of the start of the Afghanistan war.[/i]

The organizers planned to go inside the museum, which was stupid, IMO. The guards asked them to stop and most of them did stop. Some of them didn't and it ruined a museum day for a lot of people. I've been to quite a few anti-war and other demonstrations over the last 10 years. The museum folks are usually quite accommodating, as long as you leave the signs outside. It's not a new rule. Why didn't the organizers do a little bit of research before sending a couple hundred people down there? That was also stupid.

I don't take any issue with them marching to the museum and protesting outside, which is why I asked earlier why they couldn't just protest outside. [/quote]

It appears that the author of the article you quote paraphrased an email. But, not knowing the details of the protest in Washington, which is fairly unique, made a few errors. As I have been saying from the beginning, there are two separate, but overlapping demonstrations in Washington. Occupy DC is protesting for social justice. October 2011 is protesting against war. So, the phrase "Occupy D.C. antiwar demonstrations" is simply a misnomer. The correct expression is "October 2011 antiwar demonstrations".

Second, the vast majority of the demonstrators obeyed the authorities and did not try to enter the building. The right wing agitator himself said this: "As the white-uniformed security guards hurried to physically block the entrances, only a select few -- myself included -- kept charging forward." That makes it very clear. A "select few" kept going and the rest stopped to continue their protest outside. How "select" was that few? Well, no more than 10 people were pepper sprayed and that included some journalists and the rightwing agitator. So, your issue is with probably six or seven people.

Look at this picture and you will see that the rightwing agitator was literally at the front of the protest. His own words support what this picture shows (he is the guy in the tan shirt behind the guy in the black shirt):

[img]http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy178/cgrapski/Howley-possible.jpg[/img][/quote]

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