I am assuming that most people in class saw this while coming into the Social Science building for our Mass Media in Politics Class.What I found most interesting, was not their hate-spewing message, or their overall nutty views, but rather seeing the extreme far-right in motion. As a whole, the right-wing evangelicals are a force to be reckoned with. Not only are they loud, obnoxious, and boisterous, but they vote.
The man holding the "Homo Sex is Sin" sign was patriotically dressed, with pictures of revolutionary war heroes, while others video-taped the entire spectacle.
What also came to mind, was the idea that in order to sell news, or to conjure up more viewers, there seems to be a need to be more sensationalist than the others. I do not feel like many of the students watching subscribed to their views, but they did create quite a scene. Much like the battle between William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer, which gave rise to yellow journalism, many news outlets feel the need to "one-up" each other. Much like these guys are hardly speaking the truth, nor are many of the media outlets.
While their views and ideas seem ridiculous to me and you, they are patriotic- they are exercising their right to Freedom of Speech- that's what make our country great!
ReplyDeleteWell hey, like I say, even an American jackass has a right to an opinion.
ReplyDeleteI just want to say that this a good example of how the "media" could have wrongly publicized this event. Like you said, I doubt the spectators watching this event share the views of this speech, but all the people that stands around to listen may make it seem that KSU students share these views or actually care. I think the same happens on the mass media. They too often misrepresent how much people really care about certain issue..i.e Lindsey Lohan going to jail. Sometimes we watch, read, or listen to things because its in our face; not because we value or respect it.
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