Rally to Restore Sanity

also to be fair, how popular movements are really has nothing to do with the point of the movement.

edit: are you really surprised that it takes leaders to bring people together to do things?

  On 10/31/2010 at 10:24 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 10/31/2010 at 10:10 PM, karmakramer said:

  On 10/31/2010 at 10:02 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 10/31/2010 at 9:04 PM, spratters said:

So to someone who has never heard of this before. Could somebody loosly explain the point of this?

 

if i was to pull one major point from this event, s is that it means a person who is a celebrity (whether it be Glenn Beck or Jon Stewart) is able to motivate more people more so than any other activist mobilizing effort (antiwar, etc) in the united states since perhaps the civil rights era.

 

To be fair, Stewart and Colbert didn't get to where they are now if it wasn't for their comedic activism against the mainstream news and corruption in washington.

 

i'm not criticizing them, or what they've accomplished. It was more of a blanket criticism of america in general, that this (a famous person telling them to go somewhere) is what it takes to get people off their asses to a rally.

I think it has more to do with little leadership... and the media. How exactly would some no-name leader get attention these days with the amount of news/information that is being updated and filtered by what 5 major corporations?

  On 10/31/2010 at 10:24 PM, 24ourange said:

edit: are you really surprised that it takes leaders to bring people together to do things?

no

  On 10/31/2010 at 10:24 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 10/31/2010 at 10:10 PM, karmakramer said:

  On 10/31/2010 at 10:02 PM, Awepittance said:

  On 10/31/2010 at 9:04 PM, spratters said:

So to someone who has never heard of this before. Could somebody loosly explain the point of this?

 

if i was to pull one major point from this event, s is that it means a person who is a celebrity (whether it be Glenn Beck or Jon Stewart) is able to motivate more people more so than any other activist mobilizing effort (antiwar, etc) in the united states since perhaps the civil rights era.

 

To be fair, Stewart and Colbert didn't get to where they are now if it wasn't for their comedic activism against the mainstream news and corruption in washington.

 

i'm not criticizing them, or what they've accomplished. It was more of a blanket criticism of america in general, that this (a famous person telling them to go somewhere) is what it takes to get people off their asses to a rally.

it's not just their celebrity, it's the fact that they are all (colbert, stewart, and beck) in positions designed specifically for public expression of their political opinions and they all have the support of nationwide/worldwide media conglomerates and legions of rabidly dedicated followers. they are not so much leaders as they are members of the mere handful of individuals with truly effective outlets to voice their opinions.

in this age of freedom of speech and global communication technology it is often surprising how incredibly difficult it is to actually make oneself heard (short of shooting a youtube video in a chicken suit to the tune of a Queen song or something)

i literally tuned in to the words "ladies and gentlemen.. kid rock!" and tuned back out again

Ok cool, I think I get it.

  On 11/1/2010 at 12:54 AM, Funktion said:

i literally tuned in to the words "ladies and gentlemen.. kid rock!" and tuned back out again

that's exactly what i would have done if confronted by such a dilemma.