http://coloradoindependent.disqus.com/enMon, 16 Jul 2007 10:07:08 -0000http://www.coloradoindependent.com/2325/photo-essay-ice-protest/#comment-1674785<p><strong>Act of Oppression</strong> If it were safe for people to come and protest, they would. Every raid creates both fear and anger in the community. I know business leaders who are afraid to speak out against the raids because they feel they would be raided next. I know American citizens who are afraid to protest because, in the first Greeley raid, ICE deported a citizen, who didn't have his birth certificate on him. They are still trying to find out what happened to him.  Several ICE vehicles rounded the block a couple of times before parking close to us at the protest. They have a right to be there, but they also served as a warning to anyone thinking of coming ot the protest. </p><p><br>To me, you are coming from a place of priviledge when you decide that 40 people is pathetic. You are ignoring the larger climate and the power differential. These two issues cannot be ignored. </p><p><br>I also find it interesting that your points are in regards to the success and turnout of the protest and not the actual raids themselves. Whether or not a human rights activist acts alone or with thousands of people does not change the oppression of the act, in this case the raids.</p>seanMon, 16 Jul 2007 10:07:08 -0000http://www.coloradoindependent.com/2325/photo-essay-ice-protest/#comment-1674784<p><strong>"pretty decent?"</strong> If this were really such a burning issue, in a few weeks, several thousand would be "pretty decent."  40 is weak, at best.</p>BDFri, 13 Jul 2007 07:46:06 -0000http://www.coloradoindependent.com/2325/photo-essay-ice-protest/#comment-1674783<p><strong>On a Thursday afternoon...</strong> planned in only a <a href="http://coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2353" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://coloradoconfidential.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2353">few weeks</a>. Sounds pretty decent to me.</p>Erin RosaThu, 12 Jul 2007 15:39:58 -0000http://www.coloradoindependent.com/2325/photo-essay-ice-protest/#comment-1674782<p><strong>40</strong> Forty was all they could muster?</p><p><br>Gawd, that's pathetic.</p>BDThu, 12 Jul 2007 15:25:00 -0000