Monday, August 21, 2006
helter skelter
so, i really have GOT to stop watching nightline. In addition to the fact that it's on late, it keeps me up later cos i get so worked up over how stupid my fellow americans actually are. Last week, it was about people rebuilding on Dauphin Island. Yes, I already had an opinion on this before the piece. And this just re-affirmed my opinion on rebuilding as well as my belief that FEMA officials are, well, morons. But that's not the point of this post. The point of this post is that the white supremacist movement has their very own Mary Kate and Ashley. The skinhead twins. They write and sing folk song honoring the works of Hitler &prominent Nazis. They are endorsed &promoted by David Duke. And of course,they deny that the Holocaust was what we know it to have been. So, there's a feature tues. at 10 on abc. In the meantime, I'll be wondering why this keeps coming up. It's not like the supremacist agenda is really going anywhere. To paraphrase the Onion, they've postponed rising again for yet another year.
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This is one of my favorite songs! Thanks for getting it stuck in my head for the morning (seriously). Yeah, I know-even though these people exist, which they do, does our news really need to cover people groups who are ass holes but not really going to extend or receed their current outreach? I realize its horrible and hateful, but I'm pretty sure that those who they offend have learned that they can't make them go away and ignore them, and the rest of us knowing just adds fuel to their fire. How about we focus on a people group in this country who is actually doing some damage...there are plenty of them, and they are pretty accessible to the public.
ReplyDeleteOr we can focus on people doing good and worthy things! Nightline could devote more time to some positive news, and we could all go to sleep feeling at peace. I know it's necessary to hear and be aware of bad stuff, too, but a better balance would be fabulous.
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