The smart people who went to the streets already know. The demands are theirs, not FPM's. As for the rest like you, they don't have to know or think or do... we will do all the knowing, thinking and work for them. It wouldn't be the first time we did
Amirkani, after seeing that it took a 7th May to get results for the demonstrations, how assad's regime was easily brought down when the US decision came, how even russia was destabilized, ukraine taken from it, iran rushing into the arms of the west, and after the civil war experience, christians in lebanon simply do not believe anymore that they can change anything through their sacrifices, especially when they know no influential country is supporting them.
Better play it safe and when the decision will come from the US, left or right (the flourishing of the christians in lebanon or their exile), it will happen regardless. No need for pointless sacrifices.
This is the perception that aoun and FPM will have to change in order to get results on the ground, that is if it is a false perception to begin with...one I feel that aoun has even started to believe.
This is apart from the bad preparation and presentation of the cause of the demo:
- Making it look personal: it came after the army chief incident, looked upon as a gain for GMA he got pissed he didn't have. How would non hardcore fmpers be willing to risk going on the streets for that? The demos should have been called upon after the extension of the parliament if they were to be perceived genuinely for a greater cause.
- Aoun seeming too compromising: the week or 2 in between the two demos where aoun seemed to be negotiating a deal. When it failed sar lezim el ness tenzal? Who would want to be canon fodder for aoun to get a better deal?
- Too much cult of personality in the demos: aoun was referred to as almost a god in the speeches + nicolas's picture that got viral.
That being said, we always look at the activists as our last source of hope, hoping that something somehow might come out of their actions. All the best to them and hope this was a bit useful in shedding light on how a spectator citizen might be perceiving the events in order to get better results in future moves.
