... for Kos's statement that protest marches are
"useless, obsolete artifacts of a bygone era" in view of the GOP leadership's abandonment of felony penalties for illegal immigrants, and, indeed, in view of the way in which the Latino immigrant marches of the last few weeks have completely redefined the immigration debate.
These marches have been a great source of personal inspiration for me, for reasons that go beyond the immigration debate--although goodness knows that issue is important enough on its own. It's just extremely stirring to see hundreds of thousands of people in the street, standing up for ideals that go beyond the Republican moral dead end of self-interest. These marches tell me that whatever is coming, decent people aren't going down without a fight.