Time Mag Names “The Protester” As Person Of The Year
Dec 14, 2011 10 Comments ›› Angelia
This comes after Time ignored the Tea Party Protesters for 2 years.
Time magazine has named “The Protester” as its Person of the Year for 2011, citing a worldwide outburst of people-power from Tunisia to Moscow to Wall Street.
“A year after a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself ablaze, dissent has spread across the Middle East, to Europe and the U.S., reshaping global politics and redefining people power,” the magazine says.
An excerpt:
It’s remarkable how much the protest vanguards share. Everywhere they are disproportionately young, middle class and educated. Almost all the protests this year began as independent affairs, without much encouragement from or endorsement by existing political parties or opposition bigwigs. All over the world, the protesters of 2011 share a belief that their countries’ political systems and economies have grown dysfunctional and corrupt — sham democracies rigged to favor the rich and powerful and prevent significant change.
Runner-ups: Adm. William McRaven, head of the Joint Special Operations Command; Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei; Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.; and Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William.
Time’s “Person of the Year” is the person or thing that the magazine feels has most influenced the culture and the news during the past year, for good or for ill. Last year the magazine picked Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
