Concerning Rallies

I have stated in the past that I would never go to a rally, because I've got better things to do with my time (see: Jerk Off, page 28) and they're totally lame. Why would I want to go to a rally where my beliefs are affirmed by people who hold the same beliefs as me? Well, if women were out burning bras and taking LSD, maybe I'd go to that rally (provided that these women habitually shower). But I could really just go to Bonnaroo music festival (or any music festival) if I wanted to see that. I guess they're a good place to meet like-minded people, who, if attractive, you can try to sleep with? I don't know, but I personally wouldn't go to a rally to cheerlead for a political party, especially an incumbent one. But maybe I'm wrong, maybe rallies are cool.

Legendary proto-punk band The Velvet Underground's drummer Maureen Tucker was at a tea party rally? From Reason:

Prefix magazine calls this "depressing" news that will "bring you down" before the weekend, because it's incumbent upon all musicians—especially those in seminal proto-punk bands like VU—to have roughly the same, boring lefty politics.

Yeah, I find that I have to ignore politics in order to enjoy most of my favorite music and movies, because if I couldn't separate the art from the artist, I'd have nothing to enjoy. Sometimes, they make it so hard for me though (Sean Penn, I'm talking about your douche-baggery).

The left had to have an answer to Glenn Beck's rally, so the unions and all the other special interests that make up the Democratic party decided to throw one in DC this weekend. Take it with a large grain of salt, but despite having far less people in attendance, apparently they were a lot filthier than Beck's crowd. Like I said, take it with a grain of salt, because it's according to one clean-up member's testimonial. But I do remember at the time of Beck's rally reports that it was left pretty clean afterwards.

Prof. Jacobson wants to see signs of extremism from the Democrats' rally from this weekend. Those are easy to find, as many communist and socialist groups were in attendance. He doesn't want you to send him those, however. He wants to see signs of extremism in the mainstream media, like he saw the few extreme signs at the tea party rallies used to smear the entire movement.

Not just any photos.

Photos of communist and socialist participants.

But not just any photos of communists and socialist participants, because that would be too easy.

No, the photos I want are of communists and socialist participants which appear in the mainstream media.

I want examples of the mainstream media treating this union and Democratic Party-backed rally the way it treats Tea Party rallies, picking out signs as being representative of the views of tens of millions of Tea Party movement supporters.

Because if isolated signs at Tea Party rallies warrant gross generalizations about the movement, surely more pervasive signs at the rally today warrant such attention.

Links please.

I wouldn't hold my breath, Professor.

Protein Wisdom also has some good videos and commentary. Check it out if you want to learn more or see for yourself the pleasant nature of a left-wing protest.

Jon Stewart and Steven Colberts rallies should be a lot better, because they're not an arm of the Democratic Party (although they do go up to bat for the Democrats more often than not). Their rally is "non-partisan" and urges civil discourse, which I think is a good thing. On the flip side, I wonder at the timing of it all, considering they kept their mouths shut when the anti-war crazies were flipping out during Dubyas rule. I hope their rally turns out best of all nonetheless.

Comments

[HP]

"Yeah, I find that I have to ignore politics in order to enjoy most of my favorite music and movies..."

Dunno if you like metal, but having recently listened to their latest album, you might enjoy Disturbed. Take a look into it...

[The Viking]

Metal is probably the genre I listen to the least to be honest. I mean, I like the old standards that have made their way into "classic rock" like some songs by Black Sabbath or Metallica, but when it gets to screamy it's not for me. I like lots of hard rock, which some say is a precursor to heavy metal. I'll check it out though and get back to you. Any song recommendations?