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Some people on the left are using Cindy Sheehan just as bad as Terri
Schiavo was used by some on the right. Maybe worse.

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Framing Cindy Sheehan - we are making errors
by dataguy
Sat Aug 13th, 2005 at 06:56:05 PDT

We are making errors with references to Cindy Sheehan.

What are we trying to accomplish with promoting her?

1. Emphasizing her sacrifice.

2. Emphasizing her stating truth to power.

3. Emphasizing her plain speaking, clear statements.

4. Relate her vigil over her dead son to universal archtypes of all
vigils over dead children killed by dictatorial rulers throughout all
history.

My suggestions below:

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1. We should call her "Mother Sheehan". We should never call her
Cindy; I don't know her. "Mother Sheehan" is her title, and expresses
her ceremonial status as a bereaved mother, calling forth over the dead
body of her son. She is not a person now, she is a mother, which is
not an expression of her individuality, but rather the expression of
her eternal character: the mother, the bringer of life who has been
wronged by state power.

2. We should use the word "sacrifice". She has sacrificed the most
precious thing a mother has, the life and promise of her child.

3. We should use the word "useless" frequently. The death of her
son is a useless sacrifise, done for the vanity of the ruler.

4. We should not use the name of her son. Her son is a symbol of
all sons who have been sacrificed for this useless and criminal war.

5. The term "vigil" should be used to describe the persons and their
patient petition to the dictatorial ruler. It is a vigil over the body
of the dead son, killed by the ruler for his own purposes.

6. The right will try to INDIVIDUALIZE and SPECIALIZE her complaint.
We must try to make her cry the UNIVERSAL and ETERNAL cry of all
mothers whose children have died at the whim of the tyrannical and
dictatorial ruler, who has made the decision to push children to the
front of the army for his own, useless purposes. We must seek to make
this like funeral vigils over all time. This is not Mother Sheehan's
vigil, this is a vigil over the dead son, killed by the ruler for his
own selfish reasons.

7. If there are any persons who are theatre professionals at the
Sheenan vigil, they should arrange things much more theatrically.

8. If I was there, I would not let Mother Sheehan talk to the press,
but I would have her talk only through a spokesperson. In particular, I
would not allow her to argue with critics, and would allow no critics
to approach her. Her dignity must be preserved. If lesser emissaries
from the ruler arrive (C Rice, etc), these should not be allowed to
speak to Mother Sheehan.

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