Today should be ‘Hug Your Local Anarchist‘ day (or other labor activists of numerous political persuasions). If you appreciate the fact that employers cannot work 11-year-olds to death, are legally required to provide breaks, and must exercise at least some limitations on taking advantage of people in desperate need of work, then find that sweet little gutter-punk with a ‘circled A’ tattooed on his or her face and kiss it.
Unless, of course, they have said tattoo because they shop at Hot Topic–in which case, nonviolently thump them in their thyroid cartilage.
How long do you think they would have lasted at Haymarket Square?
[PS: Yes, this is a re-posting from last year (“But I just love Hot Topic so much”). Wow, it’s been a year already? What have you accomplished? Exactly. Get to it. Oh, and I added this link for those who ‘caught’ the title. Enjoy.]
About the Author
Tripp York
Tripp York teaches religious studies at Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk, Virginia. He is the author of more than half a dozen books including, Third Way Allegiance, The Purple Crown, and Living on Hope While Living in Babylon. He is the co-editor of the forthcoming three-volume collection called the Peaceable Kingdom Series. An actor and a lighting designer, Tripp also surfs and spends his weekends shoveling elephant and giraffe poop.