I believe this guy, "Purple Hair," is the "Beer not bombs" guy who left a paranoid rambling on my "Later today...Ward Churchill at DePaul photoblogging..." post. The hair color didn't show up perfectly in this photo. Anyway, at the end of Ward Churchill's DePaul emission, "Purple Hair" gave the phony Indian an immediate standing ovation, according to a friend-of-the-blog who got inside DePaul's Ward-a-palooza.
UPDATE 12:35 AM October 21: Blog commentator Liberty or Death informs us that Purple Hair is DePaul student Matt Muchowski "aka scribbler. I'm surprised he didn't get arrested today, he usually does."
And why is he called "Scribbler?" His chalking an Chagall modern art sculpure with anti-war slogans in 2003 probably is the reason. This story, from Chicago Indymedia, is hilarious, although it's not meant to be.
From that article:
Police arrested DePaul student Matt Muchowski at around 11AM this morning at the Chagall statue on Washington west of Dearborn, allegedy for chalking anti-war slogans on the statue.
It goes on...
"He was writing anti-war slogans with chalk," said one activist. "If that's an arrestable offence, then the police have truly shut down legitimate dissent in this city."
People like "Purple Hair/Scribbler" can't be reasoned with in any fashion.
UPDATE 12:50PM Oct. 21. A second commenter on this blog has identified "Purple Hair" as Matt Muchowski.
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