Back in August the media serving
as promoter made sure all wolf tickets were sold for the “Thrill in
Charlottesville.” They made sure this
event would be standing room only...making it must see TV.
Why would the media
do this? Hummmm. They did it because race sells. And quasi-news organizations like FOX,
MSNBC, and CNN are slaves to ratings and advertisers. Is 300 powerless people
meeting in a land of 300 million news...especially when 538 powerful people
meet regularly and CSPAN's ratings stay in the toilet?
The media announced the
fight, sold all the tickets, and then for weeks hyped it. Don King couldn't
have done it any better.
Let's strip away all the
hyperbole to examine what was really at play here. Charlottesville was doing
the right thing by removing a public statue of Robert E. Lee the general of a
treasonous group of confederates that fought in opposition to America for the
sole purpose of extending the rule of slavery. 300 people disagreed with the
statues removal and legally obtained a permit to protest. The 300 people just
so happen to think that white people are the "superior race" and are being treated
unfairly in 2017 America.
How is this a big deal? How
does this rise to national news relevance? What if the 300 people were vegans
(because many vegans think they are better than us carnivores), and treated
unfairly because they have to live in a declining world where the food industry
is putting our climate in peril. If the protesting group were vegan is this a
blip on the news radar, and more importantly do hundreds of people show up to
protest the protesters?
Think about it. When has
protesting the protesters ever worked? In America we have the right to protest
and assemble peacefully? The people showing up to protest the protest are the
bully. I know you don't want to hear it but it's true. When you work to
suppress freedom of expression, and freedom of speech you chip away at the
constitution.
Think about it. In the 60's
when blacks were peacefully protesting and angry whites showed up to suppress
freedom of expression and freedom of speech. Who was the bully?
The constitution has to work
for everyone or it works for no one.
Freedom unfortunately means
that some will choose to be idiots because they have a right to do so. Those
that find it distasteful have the right to ignore them. Protesting the protester only muddies the
water. When you seek to suppress their
freedom you give them what they want.
Imagine a world where 300
stupid, ignorant, worthless people meet, and no cameras show up, and no one shows
up in opposition, and no one dies a senseless death...A world where people go
about their business on a lazy Saturday, and do things constructive and
meaningful. A world where the media doesn't show pictures of people we don't
care about... A world where we refuse to be puppets... A world where we ignore
ignorance...A world where we concentrate on us instead of what we think others
feel about us. A world where all the time protested could be used to teach,
build, and mentor. OH WHAT A WORLD THIS COULD BE!!!
