Comments on: Public Protest and Public Screens http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/02/20/public-protest-and-public-screens/ Responses to Media and Culture Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 By: Lindsay H. Garrison http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/02/20/public-protest-and-public-screens/comment-page-1/#comment-71034 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:19:34 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=8477#comment-71034 Thanks Karma – great piece. I, too, am very proud of the passionate yet peaceful, polite protesting that’s been happening here in Madison. Katie mentioned it above, but I also love that the City of Madison issued a statement praising the 70,000 demonstrators on Saturday: “You conducted yourselves with great decorum and civility, and if the eyes of the nation were upon Wisconsin, then you have shown how democracy can flourish even amongst those who passionately disagree.” On Wisconsin, indeed.

p.s. here’s the link to the City’s entire news release: http://www.cityofmadison.com/news/view.cfm?news_id=2512

]]> By: Katie Ramos http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2011/02/20/public-protest-and-public-screens/comment-page-1/#comment-70804 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:06:56 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=8477#comment-70804 Something else I was thinking about in terms of the public screen was our alternatives to violent police encounters. Does police handing out brats and apples to the protesters create its own more positive image event as it deviates from the EXPECTATION that there will be confrontation between police and protesters? Same with their thank you letter to protesters. What impact does that have? Is that an image event? And the idea of firefighters and police officers breaking ranks with the governor they endorsed during the election. What impact does that have?

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