"On the road to political extremism"
"Very interesting commentary about Jon Stewart's/Colbert's political rally "to restore sanity," written by an Australian business prof who is a visiting prof at Harvard University. He described the rally as a caricature of political rallies, which is not surprising.
I really like his statement:
"It is the rule that disproves the exception. For while reasonableness brought in the crowd, extremism - even overtly false extremism - kept their attention for three hours. While other news organisations in the US would not be as overt, they are playing on the same things to drive demand. In fact, reasonableness only has a chance of being entertainment in an environment where extremists are taken seriously."
Did any of you watch/attend this rally? What was your impression?
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