TIME'S person of the year is the protestor

catefrances

http://www.cinemablend.com/pop/Time-Mag ... 37790.html


The last time Time magazine chose a Person of the Year who wasn't a specific individual but a general concept, the Internet at large basically revolted-- even though we were the ones they had chosen. Yes, the choice of "you" as Person of the Year in 2006 was justifiably mocked, especially with that shiny mirror cover, but Time's grab-bag choice this year is at least a little more relevant an important. This year's cover story promotes "The Protester" as Person of the Year. Check out the striking cover image below.

Though I fully expected Steve Jobs to get this honor somehow, the protester choice makes sense, and Time backs it up with a series of profiles of people who have protested all over the globe this year, from "Loukanikos the Protest Dog" of Athens to an Egyptian dentist who was blinded twice, once in each eye, by rubber bullet shot in Tahrir Square. Even the story of how the photographs were taken is fascinating-- Time's international picture editor traveled all over the world setting photo studios everywhere from New York City hotel rooms to a temple in rural India. While the refusal to pick a single person for the "Person of the Year" honor feels a little wishy-washy, the photos are a stark reminder that images of protest have dominated the media all year, and there really does seem to be a spirit of rebellion taking over worldwide, uniting American college kids and the Egyptian poor in a way unimaginable before.

But before I let you leave this article feeling noble and congratulating Time, keep in mind that among their runners-up is Kate Middleton. Sure, they also chose Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and SEAL team leader William McRaven, but you know, you have to have a little bit of lowbrow amidst all the nobility. The Person of the Year issue is on newsstands this week, and since it's generally the only issue of Time worth picking up in a given year, you might want to check it out.

BinauralJam

God Bless'em!

gimmesometruth27

what?? i'm person of the year??

sweet!!!

catefrances

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

what?? i'm person of the year??

sweet!!!

just as you were in 06.

Godfather.

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

what?? i'm person of the year??

sweet!!!

you got my vote !

Godfather.

Jason P

catefrances wrote:

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

what?? i'm person of the year??

sweet!!!

just as you were in 06.

You're tied with Joe Stallin, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Dick Nixon, Ronnie Reagan, Micky Gorbachev, and the one and only "Dubya"!

I'd give you one for the "Middle Class" in 1969, but most here claim it has vanished.

Newt needs a win next year to join the tie.

MayDay Malone

My vote would be for SEAL TEAM SIX.


But TIME likes the spoiled-rich-street-poopers.




I am Jack's plaining sense of indifference...

gimmesometruth27

my vote would be for jutin bieber. because, you know, he is awesome...

you know you are pretty important when you start getting "billie jean" style paternity accusations.

cincybearcat

Anyone else tired of Time not really picking a person of the year and passing off their inability to make a decision as a decision?


The protester is not a person.

I do think it's a valid choice in spirit, but they should have chosen 1 specific protester to represent the rest.

MayDay Malone

cincybearcat wrote:

Anyone else tired of Time not really picking a person of the year and passing off their inability to make a decision as a decision?


The protester is not a person.

I do think it's a valid choice in spirit, but they should have chosen 1 specific protester to represent the rest.

I nominate any one of the 1000 that crapped on the sidewalk.

Jeanwah

cincybearcat wrote:

Anyone else tired of Time not really picking a person of the year and passing off their inability to make a decision as a decision?


The protester is not a person.

I do think it's a valid choice in spirit, but they should have chosen 1 specific protester to represent the rest.

Yeah, WHO? There are no Abbie Hoffmans or John Lennons or MLK Jrs. of Today. It's impossible to pinpoint.

cincybearcat

Jeanwah wrote:

cincybearcat wrote:

Anyone else tired of Time not really picking a person of the year and passing off their inability to make a decision as a decision?


The protester is not a person.

I do think it's a valid choice in spirit, but they should have chosen 1 specific protester to represent the rest.

Yeah, WHO? There are no Abbie Hoffmans or John Lennons or MLK Jrs. of Today. It's impossible to pinpoint.

You pick one. Tell their story while telling the larger story. Picking "The Protester" as "person" of the year is just dumb. Just do away with the "Person of the year" and change it to Story of the year. Or Theme of the year. But quit picking stories and themes as people. Have the guts to make a pick.

JonnyPistachio

I've been protesting against the fast food chain, Checkers, for years...I'm glad I am included in Time's person of the Year! yay!

It is quite silly.

Jason P

JonnyPistachio wrote:

I've been protesting against the fast food chain, Checkers, for years...I'm glad I am included in Time's person of the Year! yay!

It is quite silly.

I've been protesting against Best Buy since 2004! And Blockbuster since 2003!

Look at those fuckers now. Dead or on life support. :twisted:

catefrances

cincybearcat wrote:

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The protester is not a person.

I do think it's a valid choice in spirit, but they should have chosen 1 specific protester to represent the rest.

and yet ALL protestors are people. you cant pick one to represent the ALL. they werent all protesting the same thing. if they were then i might agree. the choice of the protestor as ONE represents how very important standing up for your beliefs is whilst not belittling anyone for that by zoning in on just one. the arab spring was not, for instance, like the "occupy" movement... so how can just ONE person represent both?

puremagic

I think it was a bad choice because the Protesters effectuated no change in the so called Arab Spring. They were simply pawns of a bigger picture, had it not been for US airstrikes, these leaders would still be in power.

Egypt’s ousted President was elected by the people of Egypt. Even with new elections, the military of this country will always have power, because it is in a region were war is a constant and we have trained, supplied and armed Egypt’s military and they are not going to give up that power so easily. You could be looking at several civil vs military clashes before Egypt becomes stable.

Libya was nothing more than the US vs Gadhaffi. There were no protestors in Libya; they were nothing more than an unruly mob with media backing. Libya, will have elections, and on paper will be designated a democracy, in reality, Libya has become nothing more than another oil rich African nation ripe for the pickings.

Syria has a duly elected President by the people.

So why is it that the any other Western nation would have the right to use military force to put down civil rioters, hell bent on destroying property, killing civilians and soldiers and public elected officials and the attempted assassination of the country’s leader? Yet, here we are, intervening in these civil matters with military airstrikes, requesting the UN to issue sanctions and the ICC and Hague to investigate an elected President’s right to protect his country against civil insurrection and foreign intervention citing human rights violations. How many of the dead are the direct result of foreign airstrikes?

OWS protestors, what changes have they made? None. My recommendation, if you got that much time on your hands, hit books, see how we can overturn the Citizen’s United ruling. A business entity is not a person – use their own tactics – God didn’t create Wall Street, Bank of America or Goldman Sachs or business entities to rule mankind. Until they learn how to play the game, they go from Protestors to civil problem. When a group becomes a problem, they pass laws and so we now have the DoD authorized to act just like the Egyptian army, just like the Syrian army, whenever there is a civil threat, yet somehow it’s OK.

Time got it wrong.

MookiesLaw

MayDay Malone wrote:

My vote would be for SEAL TEAM SIX.


But TIME likes the spoiled-rich-street-poopers.




I am Jack's plaining sense of indifference...

Killing Bin Laden did exactly what to change the world as opposed to hundreds of protests in most major cities?

Put the flag down, we're not at a Tea Party rally.

7RayZ

You wanna know why #OWS made Time's Person of the Year. We all got together and fuckin' voted for ourselves thats the power of movements and people getting together.

MookiesLaw

cincybearcat wrote:

Anyone else tired of Time not really picking a person of the year and passing off their inability to make a decision as a decision?


The protester is not a person.

I do think it's a valid choice in spirit, but they should have chosen 1 specific protester to represent the rest.

My choice would be Mohamed Bouazizi.

catefrances

7RayZ wrote:

You wanna know why #OWS made Time's Person of the Year. We all got together and fuckin' voted for ourselves thats the power of movements and people getting together.

it wasnt just OWS.. it was ALL protestors.

7RayZ

catefrances wrote:

7RayZ wrote:

You wanna know why #OWS made Time's Person of the Year. We all got together and fuckin' voted for ourselves thats the power of movements and people getting together.

it wasnt just OWS.. it was ALL protestors.

I like to think #OWS and Anonymous brings together all of us. It was my experience and understanding talking to different groups and people in the first day gathered in Zucotti, then all over. People came together from many different groups.