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Abbie Hoffman — Part 27
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Ain't got nuttin’ to say, dumb freak. Like me. Not even ”
any jocks, somethin‘ to say.
Johnny Cash. I dig ‘im. Jocks. Dig the Right
Wing. Yeah, Goldwater. They got a lota balls. Gotta have
balls ta go in Tennessee an' tell ‘em TVA ain't no good, ya
know. Go’ to Olds Age Convention and tell ‘em Social
Security ain't good. Ha. Ha. ‘at's good. (Question
asked from audience) Why did we go? Well, I think
there are two reasons. One was to prosent the reality to
Americans we saw it our daily lives. See, so the whole
world could see. [I mean, like three months before that
see, we had a party similar to that in Grand Central Station.
Birth of spring. Yip-in. And, uh, 8,000 people came at
midnight. Celebrate the birth of spring... To experience
community. Sorta holy. Like goin’ to church. Touch each
other. Smile an' throw ballcons in de air and get stoned.
Sing. An‘ some kids climbed up on a telephone booth, uh,
not a telephone booth there, where they tel] ya where all
the teatnea avan'!+ wiunnint that littla hooth with - got
wast wa 1 Lske Sea wes td ee ee , wel & or
a clock on it. <An' he pulled hands off the clock, see, 200
police came charging in with clubs big, they call the flyin’
wedge, Swoosh. Uh, Knute Rockney taught ‘em the trick,
They come flyin' in - SMASH! (illigible) sprained ankle, uh,
knocked unconscious. Yeah. Friend of mine, RON SHAY, came
over to help. They threw him through a glass window, Broke
both his hands. One he can't use, see. 100 arrested. Couple
hundred sent to the hospital. When I tell the story people
always say, "Why did those kids take the hands off the clock?”
Somethin' wrong there, ya know? I mean whyn't those cops take
_their hand off RON SHAY? Property values versus human values.
.Ok. - We'll bring that message to Chicago. Let the whole world
“see ‘it. We want to stay in the park. Sorry you guys, can't
“stay in the park. Law against it. We want to show the
reality of living in a police state. Secondly we wanta show
the beauty of strugglin' for what youtelieve in. Guess that's
whe fF wont Went to talk ta kids. Kids went clean for Gene.
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That was a very tricky campaign, ya know, If ya had long
hair they shoved ya in the cellar lick stamps. Wouldn' t let
. ya go out campaigning. Go clean for Gene. Now we're goin’
dirty for yippie. Can't change it out ‘der. Reform, re-
structure, all those words. Bullshit! Need a whole new pie
not just another slice. S‘that answer it?
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(Question: You say you're gonna match insanity of
the system with your own insanity. What's the difference?)
Ha Ha, You think I'll let that hang? I have my own insanity.
I like it. Boots fit. So I keep doin' it. I don't like
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