on the merits of sticking SOLIDARITY stickers all over my face

[futurebird.livejournal.com]

Will the protests further stoke the resentment many harbor for public worker's unions? Or will the backlash in reaction to Republican attempts to throttle organized labor be the bigger impact of these events? What about people like me, people who have criticisms of some aspects of public unions but generally support the idea that public workers should have decent wages and pensions? (Really all people should have the opportunity to work for those things.) Are these events making "nuanced" positions invisible?

I mean... I'm ticked off enough to start sticking SOLIDARITY stickers all over my face. (Will that help?) yet, I don't feel this accurately represents my views on the essential, yet easily corruptible role of unions in this country. *sigh*

Comments

[pastorlenny.livejournal.com]

Can we have a new rule here banning nuance? It's confusing and does not contribute much to lulz.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

We could, but the opposition would then repeal it.

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

You would have to leave the internets to avoid a vote on it.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

And then I'll take to the streets on a totally disorganized grass-roots rally.

[geezer-also.livejournal.com]

Not to mention, you would be the only one at the rally. Or is there another Bulgarian on T_P who is just too embarrassed to mention it?

Except for the sea coast and the great scenery, I get the idea it is a great place to be from....as far away from as possible, sort of like Northern California ;)

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

I don't know what has created that impression ;-)

[abomvubuso.livejournal.com]

There's something specific about the Balkan mentality that we westerners fail to understand. If you've watched a movie by Emir Kosturica or two, you'd get a touch of that. Its the "we suck, and that's so awesomely funny" charm in their mentality thats so unfamiliar to us. Those people know how to laugh at themselves. They also know how to enjoy life - the harder it is, the more they enjoy it. And thats their enormous charm.

It often confuses us, though, into concluding wrongly that "this place sucks and i should keep as far away as possible". And so we miss a wonderful opportunity to see into the life of REAL people.