by frog
In response to the Restoring Honor rally, Jon Stewart held his Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear this weekend, attended by ~215,000 people.
Here’s his speech at the rally. He’s absolutely on fire
Here’s some media coverage for more reading
- Rally to Restore Sanity: ‘If we amplify everything, we hear nothing’ – Washington Post
- At Washington Rally by Two Satirists, Thousands — Billions? — Respond – NY Times
- 5 Funniest Moments of the Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear
- Stewart and Colbert rally thousands to ‘restore sanity’
- Kid Rock, Ozzy Osbourne ‘Rally for Sanity’ in D.C.
Published in Justice & Democracy | Society & Culture by frog on Sun, October 31st, 2010
Tags: jon stewart, rally, sanity
on the trolls and those who are unable to keep on topic
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I’m pretty sure Western civilisation would have collapsed by now if not for Jon and Steven.
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So it has been extremely difficult for me to see them fall to the insanity and fear that has gripped conservative America.
The above speech brought a tear to my eye, I hope there were some Christians there to hear it.
I don’t think Obama is a very good president, but when I hear Christian leaders I used to respect saying stupid stuff like “I am persuaded he is 45% Muslim” I have to shake my head in disbelief.
It is bloody hard to see people you see as mentors fall to such fear and delusion, they are not even being consistent with their own teachings.
It’s not that they are bad people, just that fear seems to be contagious.
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Shunda, I’m quite sure the majority of the people there were christians. Not all religious people have fallen for the extremism of the right.
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It is such a strange country, so much to love and so much to loath. I met some fantastic people when I was there, and some that just made me want to cry.
The most tragic was a 14 year old boy who was fascinated by the fact I was from another country, we talked for quite a while. I was so sad at his outlook on life. He was set to join the military when he was old enough and when I asked him why he just said because his father and his grandfather did and it was just the way it was.
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this is like a big bucket of belly-laughs…
it is the best 100 signs from the rally..
seriously..!..if you click on nothing else today etc etc..
http://whoar.co.nz/2010/the-100-best-signs-at-the-rally-to-restore-sanity-andor-fear-pics-videos-links-news/
phil(whoar.co.nz)
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