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Have You Ever Protested Yourself?

By Eugene Mirman, Thursday, Jun. 8 2006 @ 4:12PM
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A few weeks ago I held a protest of myself outside of the White House. It was very rainy, but some wonderful people came out to call me names and protest me. I found out that it's very easy to protest outside the White House. There were three nice policemen on bikes that asked me my name, the name of my group, and how long I plan to protest. Then they radio the information back to someone in a pod beneath the earth who begins to secretly monitor you. But then you can protest—apparently anything—from wars and policies—to yourself or ice cream (only an asshole would protest ice cream—I think you know who you are—Sebastian "Bach.") Another thing I learned is that you can't stand still on the sidewalk in front of the White House, you have to stand in the street. You can only be on the sidewalk in front of the White House if you remain in constant motion (meaning walking—not running in circles, as I postulated to the secret service officer who asked me to move. People think it is hard to make those British soldiers in front of Buckingham Palace smile—it can also be hard to amuse some of those charged with protecting the White House.)

Before you watch the video of the protest, I just want to apologize for earlier saying that Sebastian Bach was the kind of "asshole" who would protest ice cream. I'm wrong. He wouldn't. And good luck with the show Supergroup, Mr. Bach. I hope you win. Is it a contest? Well, whatever it is, good luck with it.

Here is the video.

And here are some of the signs I made.

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Chris M. says:

Excellent touch with the Phil Ochs.

Posted On: Thursday, Jun. 8 2006 @ 6:16PM
Sean says:

Absolutely spectacular yet again, Mr. Mirman!

Posted On: Thursday, Jun. 8 2006 @ 8:24PM
lollerskater says:

oooooh emmmmmmmm geeeeeeeee

Posted On: Friday, Jun. 9 2006 @ 1:06AM
derek branizor says:

he just earned fifteen thousand ironic hipster points, now you need said cop to spray you in the cornea with pepper spray so you're kneeling down next to a side walk in spitting, foaming agony for three hours; not unlike like those real protestors in places like south america. and by the way, if no one said this, your picture makes you look like a troglodyte with a really fat head; and it's taking away from your pussy artsy ishness.

Posted On: Friday, Jun. 9 2006 @ 4:16AM
Jen says:

Eugene, you've got balls! Not for protesting outside the White House, but for showing a video of an event where no one shows up. Those signs might as well say "Avoid Eugene!".

Posted On: Friday, Jun. 9 2006 @ 6:45AM
Mary says:

One of the cops wasn't impressed or tickled. "You can't come up with a better name than that?", please officer, refrain from mocking the protestors.

Posted On: Friday, Jun. 9 2006 @ 8:17AM
Mary says:

One of the cops wasn't impressed or tickled. "You can't come up with a better name than that?", please officer, refrain from mocking the protestors.

Posted On: Friday, Jun. 9 2006 @ 8:18AM
quixotic says:

It must be really humiliating for members of the Secret Service having to identify as such when somebody asks them who they are. They?re a living oxymoron. It reminds me of a demolition company [ http://www.controldemeter.com/esp/presentacion.htm ] here where I live, in Barcelona (Spain). Some brilliant manager decided to rename the object of their business: instead of tearing down buildings this company now deconstructs (sic) them.

Posted On: Monday, Jun. 12 2006 @ 12:28PM
Worker #3116 says:

I was going to suggest that you make a sign that says "Honk If You Hate Eugene," but there's a couple problems with this: 1. The protest is over anyway so waste of time. 2. I don't like these signs, I don't like honking or hearing honking, I would honk to show that I hated honking if it wasn't so paradoxical. But there is one time that I did see a bumper sticker that said "Honk If You Love Soccer" and I kept getting stuck behind this van with the sticker at every red light and I kept honking because I wanted to show them how I felt. You could have just one sign, maybe? that said "Honk If You Love Soccer" just to get people honking and thus draw attention so that everyone's like What is this shit and then they're like FUCK THAT GUY! if you ever do it again, which you won't, FLIP FLOPPER.

Posted On: Tuesday, Jun. 13 2006 @ 4:34PM
Digital Art Photography for Dummies says:

What a way to relieve self-loathing. I gotta try that and get someone to photograph me while I do...this will be a great set if it's done in black-and-white.

Posted On: Monday, Jul. 3 2006 @ 5:34PM

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