Hearing there would be a sign of life in Fort Myers, I decided to take a gander. I arrived downtown at around 4:25 p.m. and saw a few sign holders making their way from Centennial Park. One young man separated from the main body and joined me on the other side of the street, where I was seeking to take a picture involving an aspect of a street sign, an experiment which I considered failed. The protestor was also desiring to take a photo. Seeing that he was having difficulties with his phone, I offered to text him one of mine, which I did. His name was Nathan Dimoff, 21, and he agreed to be interviewed. “Because I think that the government is trying to do another Iraq,” said Dimoff, “and waste all our money, kill innocents people, kids, dogs–there’s no point in this besides the Rothschilds trying to put another bank and ruin America, and ruin the world. They’re trying to take over the world.” “What’s the Rothschilds’ connection?” I asked. “The only two places in the whole world that do not have a Rothschilds’ bank is Iran and Syria,” he said. “And, once they do that, they can basically own the whole world. They can control the whole money system.” Dimoff said that about 3/4ths of those present would probably agree with his conjecture. I didn’t verify this. “I don’t label myself, “said Nathan. “I think that’s division from the government trying to divide us. I think we’re all one. We’re all many but we are one with the same idea: just trying to live peacefully and connectively.” I moved on to another protestor that I believed I remembered for Occupy Fort Myers days. Julie Sherman said she did not want to participate in the Syrian event and that’s why she was in this one. “I don’t think killing more people is going to help when people are already dying,” Sherman said. “And I want our country to take care of our country. And not get involved outside for a while. We’ve got enough problems here.” Would she support military intervention if Assad’s role were proven conclusively? “The only thing I’d support with Assad is that he be anonymously killed,” she said. “Really, OK,” I said. “What if Obama droned Assad personally? That would be OK with you?” “Anonymously is the key word there,” she said. “I just want to see him gone.” I joked that she sounds like she’s OK with government secrecy as long as it suits her ends. We chuckled. But she corrected me, saying she’s a simple person, a pacificist, and that if there’s someone out there who is crazy, we can whack them. “How do you feel about Obama? Do you think he’s crazy?” I asked in the same line. “I love Obama,” she said, drawing out the L word. I continued with the group up 1st Street. As we pass Dean St. they began chanting: ” Hey, hey, ho,ho, War in Syria has got to go.” Another protestor, Nicky King, 52, said she was here to ask for peace for our country and that she generally doesn’t support Obama’s policies. “Something needs to be done,” she said, referring to Assad. “What he did to his people is wrong.” She believed Assad was behind to chemical attack. She was especially concerned about unilateral action from the President, and didn’t think bombing was the solution. Robert J. Mack, 30, was eager to speak. “I do not support America going into Syria,” he said. “I do not support imperialistic, colonialistic causes for the U.S. to show its muscle where it’s not wanted. Not requested.” He thought action would be unconstitutional and that 91 % of the world was opposed to President Obama’s desire for a strike. He thought the rebels may have been behind the chemical attack themselves in order to prompt action against Assad. “This is why we have the United Nations,” he said. “The United Nations is to step in and yet America is always the one stepping in, bypassing the U.N. And who’s the one constantly putting men on the ground in wars? Who’s the one constantly dishing out billions and billions and billions of dollars for wars and everyone else is ‘Oh yeah, we’ll help out, we’re here, we’re gone’ and America’s there.” Another protestor, Mary Orthodox, felt that Obama was “pushing it down our throats.” “Show the facts,” she said, “let the truth be known. I still think it is the rebels. What better way for Obama to get the focus off of his schedules: let’s go to war.” The rally came to the Old Courthouse steps for a photo opportunity. I was forced to leave at this point, perhaps missing speeches. Overall, I was pleased with the levels of distrust I heard, even with someone who seemed quite taken with conspiracy theories, at least there was a strong revulsion with violence evident. Sometimes, I was disappointed because I could get some people to accept the idea of war with a few flimsy hypothetical arguments. I keep hearing that a “case” must be made for this war, that it needs to “justified.” Donald Rumsfeld said it hadn’t happened yet. Despite his questionable motives, we know that the justifications for the Iraq invasion, as presented by the corporate media, were flat out wrong. As far as I’m concerned, even if Saddam had weapon of mass destruction, that was his right. Why should we, the most violent nation on earth, have that right? And yet, we have the right to invade countries, kill thousands of civilians, torture them, and then leave their cultural identity shattered and open them to exploitation by capitalists. A short time later, this is all forgotten and we’re looking for the next massacre to initiate. How is it that our government is looking for bad guys? If our politicians want to take out the bad guys they may want to consider suicide. However, they may have to legalize it first. I say go for the most direct solution. Have Obama unilaterally legalize it. That is all.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 03:49:57 +0000
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