Comments on: Perspective http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/06/perspective-4/ Buffalo and Western New York's online news resource Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:11:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adam K. http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/06/perspective-4/comment-page-1/#comment-40004 Adam K. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:48:48 +0000 http://buffalopundit.wnymedia.net/blogs/?p=9298#comment-40004 What about typing in green? What about typing in green?

]]> By: Christopher Smith http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/06/perspective-4/comment-page-1/#comment-40002 Christopher Smith Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:19:14 +0000 http://buffalopundit.wnymedia.net/blogs/?p=9298#comment-40002 @4, I think you need to re-read that article again. It has nothing to do with the original post. Nice try, though. @4, I think you need to re-read that article again. It has nothing to do with the original post. Nice try, though.

]]> By: Ben McD http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/06/perspective-4/comment-page-1/#comment-40003 Ben McD Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:41:51 +0000 http://buffalopundit.wnymedia.net/blogs/?p=9298#comment-40003 Evidently some people disagree with the OP. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_wl396 Evidently some people disagree with the OP.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_wl396

]]> By: Mike Walsh http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/06/perspective-4/comment-page-1/#comment-40000 Mike Walsh Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:27:09 +0000 http://buffalopundit.wnymedia.net/blogs/?p=9298#comment-40000 Ron Jeremy could slip right in there unnoticed. Ron Jeremy could slip right in there unnoticed.

]]> By: Brian http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/06/perspective-4/comment-page-1/#comment-39999 Brian Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:11:59 +0000 http://buffalopundit.wnymedia.net/blogs/?p=9298#comment-39999 Wanna push the Iranian citizenry over the edge? Wanna guarantee that the governemnt will completely lose control and the Iranian people's quest for freedom will prevail? I am dead serious in suggesting that the BEST way to accomplish this, is by sending them porn. Lots of porn. Nothing too crazy at first. Just basic stuff. After the government shows signs of being undermined, we can kick in with the foot fetish and S&M stuff. GAME OVER. Wanna push the Iranian citizenry over the edge? Wanna guarantee that the governemnt will completely lose control and the Iranian people’s quest for freedom will prevail?

I am dead serious in suggesting that the BEST way to accomplish this, is by sending them porn. Lots of porn. Nothing too crazy at first. Just basic stuff. After the government shows signs of being undermined, we can kick in with the foot fetish and S&M stuff.

GAME OVER.

]]> By: Chris Smith http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/06/perspective-4/comment-page-1/#comment-40001 Chris Smith Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:33:22 +0000 http://buffalopundit.wnymedia.net/blogs/?p=9298#comment-40001 In the several weeks leading up to the election, so many of these newly minted, self-appointed foot soldiers in the Iranian Revolution had nary a word to say about the upcoming election in Iran. Especially from that guy, whose twitter stream is filled with ill-informed inside baseball, echo chamber baloney. New media can indeed be a powerful tool and we are seeing that as the real people on the ground use it as an organizing tool for protest and dissent. New media can also be pointless drivel from people who ought just stick to things they know and understand. Repeating dumb statements and poisoning legitimate discussion with talking points gleaned from the fringes of logic is not what new media should be about. However, the right wing has made twitter a tool for just such an end. Primarily because 140 characters allows them to focus on glib, nasty soundbites and not policy or reasoned thought/debate. When I consider that guys like Ali Akbar and Matt Margolis are some of the leading lights of the "new" conservative movement in America, I sleep better at night. These kids are so poisonous and willfully stupid that people wouldn't follow them out of a burning building, much less take them serious politically. They are successful only in messaging to those who already agree with them, they have no idea how to reach out to people who don't already share their ideas. So, tweet away boys. In the several weeks leading up to the election, so many of these newly minted, self-appointed foot soldiers in the Iranian Revolution had nary a word to say about the upcoming election in Iran. Especially from that guy, whose twitter stream is filled with ill-informed inside baseball, echo chamber baloney.

New media can indeed be a powerful tool and we are seeing that as the real people on the ground use it as an organizing tool for protest and dissent.

New media can also be pointless drivel from people who ought just stick to things they know and understand. Repeating dumb statements and poisoning legitimate discussion with talking points gleaned from the fringes of logic is not what new media should be about.

However, the right wing has made twitter a tool for just such an end. Primarily because 140 characters allows them to focus on glib, nasty soundbites and not policy or reasoned thought/debate. When I consider that guys like Ali Akbar and Matt Margolis are some of the leading lights of the “new” conservative movement in America, I sleep better at night. These kids are so poisonous and willfully stupid that people wouldn’t follow them out of a burning building, much less take them serious politically. They are successful only in messaging to those who already agree with them, they have no idea how to reach out to people who don’t already share their ideas.

So, tweet away boys.

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