Im a 21 yo college student. Most people here are low and middle class like the rest of the country.
Thats my point - we have to get some celebrity or congressman or talkshow host or whowever to care about OUR suffering children and teenagers at least as much as those overseas. We have lil abu ghraibs and gitmos all over the USA for our own kids but all the attention is given to one place (respective to each hellhole...) housing FOREIGN ADULTS in Iraq and Cuba, respectively.
Now, I dont know about your opinion on those places, but personally I think that if its good enough for our kids those GROWN UPS should shut up and stop whining, but if its too horrible to do to an adult then why the HELL are we doing it to our own kids?
But, anyway, venting isn't getting anywhere. We're going to have to strategize and dramatify it and somehow give people a reason to care about it - apathy is the worst enemy of the USA right now and its terribly hard to defeat. Most people just dont give a damn, and while thats wrong, if you tell them how bad it is on philosophical, religious, rational, or humanist grounds, they're gonna repeat how much they dont care.
Now, clearly, you CAN make people care about damn near anything if you present it correctly - white trash and other religious numbskulls care more about gay people theyll never meet getting married more than all the REAL problems facing this nation, so I guess it comes down to a media campaign, or the right female celebrity crying about it, or the right crazy person yelling about it.
Well, whatever. The most I could hope to do is get on the daily show or colber report where people will listen and the host doesnt interrupt me (except in good humor...) unlike other cable news and hopefully leave a good impression on them.
But, well, thats not likely, theyve gained more credibility tham the "big three" and have the likes of Michael Brown swinging through... who'd have time for me? :rofl:
