Protest Warriors worth watching
Aaron Sakulich
Issue date: 4/16/04 Section: Entertainment
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Once in a great while there comes a Web site which has bluntness I admire. Web sites nowadays seem to spend more time on fancy graphics and pretty intros than content, and that's why it is so refreshing to find a site that both amuses and educates in a blunt and straightforward manner.
Protestwarrior.com is not a Web site that you have to agree with to find entertaining. It is the site of a band of people whose catch phrase is "Fight the left, and do it right." This means crashing rallies and protests, which has hilarious results. One can find videos they made at various anti-war rallies where they asked protestors relatively simple questions that see-sawed dangerously between slapstick comedy and bleak, despair-inducing horror. If you agree with their message, you'll find the posts about the hypocrisy of their enemies alternatively sickening and amusing, and if you're against them, you'll find their presumption entertaining, and possibly infuriating.
In a world where the highest-grossing movies revolve around strippers and high school dropouts, it's more important than ever to stay up on politics. The majority of your friends think Saved By The Bell is funny; don't you think you owe it to them to examine every side of political problems, to ensure that the Big Brother they're too incompetent to protect themselves from is kept at bay? ProtestWarrior puts their arguments, as one-sided as they may be, in an easy to read, often highly-entertaining format. Taking a look at views you will never, ever hear on broadcast news has never been so much fun. If you find yourself with some free time on your hands, they even list protests, rallies, meetings, and so forth they plan to crash, with detailed directions and even information on where to park and which subway lines to take once you get in town. If you can't find something interesting to do on this Web site, write "return to sender" on your forehead and toss yourself in a mailbox, because you're obviously defective. There are even message boards, and if you're the kind of person who would visit this site frequently, you're sure to get lost for hours in the enriching give-and-take of discussing politics on the Internet.
In the same manner that Homestar Runner would be nothing without links to Strongbad, ProtestWarrior is also a springboard to dozens of other Web sites. Some, such as Packing.org, a concealed firearm law information page, are informative, and some, such as LifeLibertyEtc.com, are entertaining. All of them are worth going to, although some are so far right-wing that even I, who has been named the "Republican Poster Child" by MyMarijuana.com for an article I wrote in The Triangle, am mildly offended.
At the very least, ProtestWarrior.com will provide you with hours of entertainment as you browse through the extensive archives and related Web sites. Even if you're too lazy to soil your eyes by reading, you can view many excellent videos. At the very best, it could change your life. There is no reason for you not to visit this Web site.
Protestwarrior.com is not a Web site that you have to agree with to find entertaining. It is the site of a band of people whose catch phrase is "Fight the left, and do it right." This means crashing rallies and protests, which has hilarious results. One can find videos they made at various anti-war rallies where they asked protestors relatively simple questions that see-sawed dangerously between slapstick comedy and bleak, despair-inducing horror. If you agree with their message, you'll find the posts about the hypocrisy of their enemies alternatively sickening and amusing, and if you're against them, you'll find their presumption entertaining, and possibly infuriating.
In a world where the highest-grossing movies revolve around strippers and high school dropouts, it's more important than ever to stay up on politics. The majority of your friends think Saved By The Bell is funny; don't you think you owe it to them to examine every side of political problems, to ensure that the Big Brother they're too incompetent to protect themselves from is kept at bay? ProtestWarrior puts their arguments, as one-sided as they may be, in an easy to read, often highly-entertaining format. Taking a look at views you will never, ever hear on broadcast news has never been so much fun. If you find yourself with some free time on your hands, they even list protests, rallies, meetings, and so forth they plan to crash, with detailed directions and even information on where to park and which subway lines to take once you get in town. If you can't find something interesting to do on this Web site, write "return to sender" on your forehead and toss yourself in a mailbox, because you're obviously defective. There are even message boards, and if you're the kind of person who would visit this site frequently, you're sure to get lost for hours in the enriching give-and-take of discussing politics on the Internet.
In the same manner that Homestar Runner would be nothing without links to Strongbad, ProtestWarrior is also a springboard to dozens of other Web sites. Some, such as Packing.org, a concealed firearm law information page, are informative, and some, such as LifeLibertyEtc.com, are entertaining. All of them are worth going to, although some are so far right-wing that even I, who has been named the "Republican Poster Child" by MyMarijuana.com for an article I wrote in The Triangle, am mildly offended.
At the very least, ProtestWarrior.com will provide you with hours of entertainment as you browse through the extensive archives and related Web sites. Even if you're too lazy to soil your eyes by reading, you can view many excellent videos. At the very best, it could change your life. There is no reason for you not to visit this Web site.
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