Forum Post: A Barbaric Yawp
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 8, 2011, 11:10 a.m. EST by chdreid21
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“I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world”, Walt Whitman writes in Leaves of Grass. This elegant line occurred to me as I read about the Occupy protests. Uncle Walt’s yawp is more than just a shout; it is a desire to make his presence known throughout the world. It seems the protestors have something similar in mind: they are not yet interested in crafting a particular message; for now, they just want America to sit up and take notice of them. With a political system mired in money and corruption, this seems the only way to enact democratic social change in this country:
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