Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Oct. 30th, 2010 08:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
salienneSANITY:
FEAR:
(I am the one on the left.)
Overall, I actually really enjoyed the Rally. It started off a bit slow with just a band playing, but whenever Stephen and Jon interacted, it was highly entertaining. I especially loved how they INTERRUPTED FAMOUS SINGERS and also sang their own song about who's more American.
Plus, R2D2. SERIOUSLY.
When Jon did his speech in the end, I admit, I had some issues. He was very much "balanced" and not particularly fair (e.g. the media montage... saying gay people are ruining America is FAR different than condemning racism in the Tea Party, and racism doesn't just come in the form of violence), and his and Stephen's privilege showed quite a few times.
That said, the message to calm down and stop listening to the media as they treat every problem as The End, to work together as we do on a daily basis, to recognize that we're all a community of Americans... was pretty damn good. You can tell Jon Stewart cares a lot about this country and believes in our ability to get it together, so I really have to give him an A for effort there.
FEAR:
(I am the one on the left.)
Overall, I actually really enjoyed the Rally. It started off a bit slow with just a band playing, but whenever Stephen and Jon interacted, it was highly entertaining. I especially loved how they INTERRUPTED FAMOUS SINGERS and also sang their own song about who's more American.
Plus, R2D2. SERIOUSLY.
When Jon did his speech in the end, I admit, I had some issues. He was very much "balanced" and not particularly fair (e.g. the media montage... saying gay people are ruining America is FAR different than condemning racism in the Tea Party, and racism doesn't just come in the form of violence), and his and Stephen's privilege showed quite a few times.
That said, the message to calm down and stop listening to the media as they treat every problem as The End, to work together as we do on a daily basis, to recognize that we're all a community of Americans... was pretty damn good. You can tell Jon Stewart cares a lot about this country and believes in our ability to get it together, so I really have to give him an A for effort there.
