The Liberal Wing Of March 14 Is Not Happy With Some Pro-Hariri Protestors

Dana Moukhallati, head of the English news desk in NowLebanon on her experience yesterday in Martyr square:

what I saw and heard during yesterday’s March 14 rally was not what I stood for, and it was sure as hell not what I marched for in 2005. Apparently some people did not get the memo that only Lebanese flags should be waving in the air, and it seems many did not even understand why they were there.

Some were shouting slogans full of obscenities, cursing the newly appointed Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. NO, NO, NO!! Was Tuesday not enough of an embarrassment? Was it not enough that some Saad Hariri-supporting people took to the streets, burned tires and blocked roads? Saad’s father — former PM Rafik Hariri — would be turning over in his grave.

Mr. Hariri should be very careful about controlling his die-hard supporters. I’m talking about the kind that is in it for Sunni domination and whose idea of protest is to curse the vaginas of the sisters and mothers of opposing politicians.

Although they provide feet on the ground, they are a threat to the March 14 brand and they risk alienating people like Dana who will probably stay home during the next demonstration.