A sensible Anarchist at the GOP Convention

[David Morris]

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/vermin-supreme-rnc-interview-12178506

TAMPA, Fla. — Somehow it makes perfect sense that the most reasonable,
sane, articulate politician I have spoken to at this Republican
convention is wearing a boot on his head. This is Vermin Supreme, the
perennial New Hampshire presidential candidate for the Absurd Party. I
ran into him as I was walking out of the seclusion zone of the
Republican convention, where VIPs ride around in golf carts while the
hoi polloi sweat their way down an apocalypse-empty sidewalk. He was
shouting at a group of black-clad Republicans through a bullhorn,
teasing them about harboring secret anarchist inclinations, but he
paused to let me conduct a quick interview.

ESQUIRE.COM: Mr. Supreme, as an anarchist, what do you think of this
security situation?

VERNIN SUPREME: This security is an extreme overreaction and extreme
overreach. It's an incredible waste of resources, it's part of the
continuing fear mongering. They're trying to normalize this type of
security apparatus, normalize getting people used to the police state
by bringing in every police agency conceivable. It's going
hand-in-hand with their demonization of anarchists, their attempt to
criminalize protest, to clamp down on free speech by putting extreme
limitations on the puppets I can carry.