SapereAude Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Really wasn't interested one way or another until people I am normally friendly with started frothing at the mouth and calling me a racist uneducated homophobe online while participating in these events. http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-11-01/jon-stewart-rally-shows-how-the-left-blew-it/ So, I watched bits of it. Read some pieces of it. This piece seemed to sum up what I came away with pretty well. So... today's progressive movement looks to two comedians, Sheryl Crow, Ozzy Osborne and Cat "kill Salmon Rushdie" Stevens for answers while denouncing the likes of Rand, Sowell, Hayek and Peikoff. No thanks. That said, scanning the crowd I am struck by for all the attacks on the Tea Party as racist the Rally For Sanity seems much more ethnically homogenized than any Tea Party footage I've watched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitalistSwine Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 This has been floating around... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan1985 Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 (edited) This has been floating around... Brilliant! Edited November 4, 2010 by Ryan1985 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 I'd say the video summed it up pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussK Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Wow. That video is great; I think I'll share it on FB. I'm a little sympathetic toward the idea behind the Rally for Sanity. There are too many people, taking a ride on the populist train, just speaking partisan drivel. When people are angry, and don't know in a principled fashion why they are angry, then a call for 'sanity' is warranted and needed. However, as the video comically points out, some participants in the Rally are just as guilty of the same behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 (edited) I liked this analysis of the rally and its roots. This guy is a fan of Rand, but not an Objectivist: Edited November 5, 2010 by brian0918 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrolicsomeQuipster Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 How about a rally to restore reason anyone? LoganCale 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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