Stewart/Colbert Rally

[Ksandra]

Going with my girlfriend, roommate and will probably get a few others lol

you know you're required to go in a t-shirt with your sig in it right?

[Pirian]

you know you're required to go in a t-shirt with your sig in it right?

Ahhhh fuck! God damnit I do, don't I?

[Kazen]

I live 1hr away from DC, maybe I'll go with my BG hat on to see if I run into anyone.

[Eaglestrike]

Going with my girlfriend, roommate and will probably get a few others lol


Oh and we live in Charlotte, so this'll be a good 7-8 hour drive, lol

I went to college at Winthrop, just south of you and I'm an hour north of DC, should be closer to 6-7 if you can magically avoid traffic. I'd guess mapquest showing you 77 to 81 to 66 right into DC. God fuck 81, so damn long.

[Eliseos]

I never quite understood why people feel the need to have marches/rallies in DC anyway. I mean if you want to find some activist pussy to pound that's one thing, but people are seriously deluding themselves if they think they can somehow make a difference. I mean shit, Obama can't even make a difference and that dude is president.

This idea is kind of fatally flawed, but I think it's intentionally designed that way. Many of the people who Jon Stewart's message appeals to will be too reasonable to drive 5 hours and attend a rally, so he'll be drawing only from the immediate area, probably Philly and Baltimore. No one legitimately believes in Colbert's message, but he is certain to be funny. People will probably drive from further away to see a free comedy show with Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart than they would for either of the "messages."

So, I predict this rally will be much less about political moderation and and much more about getting a free comedy show.

Also, people have things in Washington DC because:
A) There are a lot of other cities within a day's drive.
B) It's the capitol. If you want to say something political doing it in our political center makes sense.

I'm pretty sure they're just doing it to mock Glen Beck.

[Zeb]

I like both Stewart and Colbert, though I think Colbert is more consistently funny. Having said that, I think they are both utterly wrong in this case and doing far more harm than good.

What are they mocking? A group of people who showed up to celebrate the things that bind us together, kindness, and bringing faith back into the public sphere in hopes of a better more understanding future. Why on earth would you want to mock that message unless your own beliefs are that of intolerance, hatred and divisiveness. Anyone supporting this "rally" has just become that which they claim to hate and be against.

Whats almost worse is the supposed "glee" with which many take up the cause to mock others. Yea, I want to live in the world *you* are making, douchebags.

[Indalecia]

you know you're required to go in a t-shirt with your sig in it right?

STOP STEALING MY IDEAS!!

Everyone knows I patent'd that back at fan fest >.>

[Kazen]

Yes, they're mocking a group of uneducated people who repeat everything that they hear with no ability to think for themselves because they feel they need to "take America back" from something when it has never gone anywhere to begin with. As to the "Yea, I want to live in the world *you* are making, douchebags"; I'd rather not live in your world either, a world blinded by misguided people who are unable to think for themselves and can only spew what they hear from whatever media outlet they get their news from. As for myself, I plan to go for the free comedy show because that's really what this is.

[zoobernut]

I like both Stewart and Colbert, though I think Colbert is more consistently funny. Having said that, I think they are both utterly wrong in this case and doing far more harm than good.

What are they mocking? A group of people who showed up to celebrate the things that bind us together, kindness, and bringing faith back into the public sphere in hopes of a better more understanding future. Why on earth would you want to mock that message unless your own beliefs are that of intolerance, hatred and divisiveness. Anyone supporting this "rally" has just become that which they claim to hate and be against.

Whats almost worse is the supposed "glee" with which many take up the cause to mock others. Yea, I want to live in the world *you* are making, douchebags.

Show me the rally they are mocking where this was the message of the group of people and I would agree with you fortunately this isn't the case so I can just call you a douchebag.

[Pirian]

I went to college at Winthrop, just south of you and I'm an hour north of DC, should be closer to 6-7 if you can magically avoid traffic. I'd guess mapquest showing you 77 to 81 to 66 right into DC. God fuck 81, so damn long.

I was just estimating. As a kid we use to drive up to DC all the time and it took 4-5 hours depending on traffic, and I now live about 2-3 hours south of there.

[Ksandra]

What are they mocking? A group of people who showed up to celebrate the things that bind us together, kindness, and bringing faith back into the public sphere in hopes of a better more understanding future.

LOL

[Akucaen]

What are they mocking? A group of people who showed up to celebrate the things that bind them such as intolerance, racism, and bringing totalitarianism back into the public sphere in hopes of a better future for their right-wing, bible-thumping kind where they can never be made fun of.

FTFY. Although your original statement was very lulz worthy.

[Shuvo]

I've have flown over from Sydney to participate, but I have a hard deadline in early November to finish my project at work :/

[Silenka]

I would love to go to this, unfortunately I probably won't be able to.

As for the 'message' Stewart and Colbert are trying to send... it might be partly to mock Glenn Beck, yes. But I think the overarching message they are trying to relay is very simple and was already pretty much stated by Stewart himself: this political shit has gotten way the fuck out of hand lately, and those 20% of left or right wing nutjobs need to "take it down a notch" and stop being batshit insane, for the good of America. Even if gathering a bunch of people who support this view from that estimated 'other 80%' doesn't really accomplish anything major, at the very least it will make some people stop and think about it for a minute. It will put a more lighthearted spin on the country's political view for at least a day or two, and that will be a real breath of fresh air contrary to the shit that has been spewed from all sides recently.

[Souj]

except that all other news network shows wont even mention it, so none of the "extremist" people will even know anything took place.
so basically, as said before, Free comedy show.

[Yabby]

I'll be there sporting my new shirt

http://tshirthell.vo.llnwd.net/e1/sh...8/a1378_bm.gif

[Souj]

Pretty sure Native American isn't a language.
especially considering many tribes each had their own language.

[Headspace]

I think they prefer Indian

[Woozie]

I'll be there sporting my new shirt

http://tshirthell.vo.llnwd.net/e1/sh...8/a1378_bm.gif

Awesome. I want one.

[Ksandra]

Think my uncle is going to go to this. He doesn't like stewart/colbert too much, but then he doesn't like anybody (he's the "they're all crooks!" type of guy). He loves going to protests though so this might just get added to his list anyways.