The Broadway Gang

The Broadway Gang by Jon Raymond is about Portland's attempt at an "occupy movement". He is very cynical, mocking Portlanders for their occupy movement attempt. He begins his clear mockery when he is deciding when to visit the occupy movement. He is amazed by the fact that people got together to protest. He very openly hates all the protestors and openly criticizes their choices, their attempt seemed weak. His entire paper is about how lame their protest was and how it was basically just a joke. He compares past protests and their effectiveness, their strength and basically says that this protest is just a group of lazy, dirty drunkards on a sidewalk. They were completely unorganized. Their attempt to make a statement was dwarfed by their lack of ability to host a protest. When midnight finally came, Jon was right. Nothing happened and the entire charade was a waste of time. The first person who acted was given up to be arrested. Jon was objective in his description but he also added his opinion very heavily which helped the description honestly. I feel like even though I wasn't present, I could imagine how the protest was without pictures. It was very effective.