Civility
Jack Cluth of People’s Republic of Seabrook sent a mass e-mail out this morning crowing about his latest post, where he equates one of the ads in the MoveOn.org contest (out of 1,500 submitted), along with a couple Fark-esque Photoshop projects, to a campaign of liberal hate speech. He even titled his e-mail “A Plea for Civility.”
What a tool.
Why are liberals so willing to internalize the muck that gets slung at them from the right? Why should we listen to cries of “Civility!” from the right, while they go ahead and demonize us and our causes? We’ve got to stop that if we ever hope to come out from under the shadow of the right.
UPDATE: Check out the finalists in the “Bush in 30 Seconds” MoveOn.org ad contest. In my opinion, the two best, by far, are the first two, “Child’s Pay” and “In My Country.” I remain unconvinced that you can make an effective ad about the Iraq war.
I think the desktip one is the best. It’s snappy, happy, and drills home its point without the viewer feeling preached to.
Some of those ads are great. I like several of the Iraq ones, but I think the issue is just too divisive for a single ad to be effective. A lot of people still don’t want to believe that Bush willingly lied. “Child’s Pay” is great because I don’t think anyone of any political stripe would agree that it’s wise or fair to burden future generations with enormous debt. It seems like a message that the will resonate with the broadest number of people. Visually and musically, it’s very well done–simple and moving. Fantastic concept.