What the $^@# is Wrong?

It looks like Jonathon Seidl, who write’s for Glenn Beck’s site The Blaze, decided to take a bold step and wrote an opinion piece on Reddit.com. (Article)

If you are unfamiliar with Reddit, it’s a social news site similar to Digg.com, but without the crap.  I personally switched over to Reddit from Digg after the Digg v4 fiasco and I’ve never looked back.  With Reddit, you can personalize your front page by “subscribing” (+frontpage) to categories which are called subreddits.  You can find a subreddit for almost anything, because subreddits are user owned, operated, managed, and content driven.  That is what gives Reddit such a dynamic feel, and you can make it give you the exact content that you want to see. What amazed me the most about Reddit, is that one person was running the whole operation, and just recently, he hired a second person.

That being said, Mr. Seidl’s article focuses on how you can find adult material through subreddits and how there is offensive language on certain subreddits. What a revelation… there is porn on the internet /s.   This is nothing new. It’s not on anyone’s front page by default, and you would have to actively go and look for it to find it.  Just like anything else on the internet, if someone wants to find it, they will find it. Mr. Seidl, have you used Google lately? Rumor has it you can find bad things on there too.

With all subreddits, there is a subscriber count so people can keep track of a subreddit’s popularity.

(numbers are as of publishing this article)

/r/jailbait has 14,739 readers

/r/porn has 1889 readers

/r/ni**ers has 175 readers

Compare these to the subreddits I subscribe to

/r/funny/ has 584,007 readers

/r/WTF/ has 521,997 readers

/r/science/ has 517,763 readers

/r/politics/ has 484,832 readers

/r/IAmA/ has 199,633 readers

/r/todayilearned/ has 183,355 readers

/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/ has 121,620 readers

Are these numbers that anyone needs to be concerned with in the grand scheme of things?  I don’t think so.

Here are some of the “best” comments from Glenn Beck’s site.  It still suprises me how painfully ignorant these people are.

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And here is what I would imagine Reddit’s response to be

Wisconsin is now Little Egypt, and it’s Dictator is Scott “Mubarak” Walker.

Scott Walker has taken it upon himself to introduce a budget reform to double the health care costs of his state workers (except for firemen and police officers) and also mute the voice of their unions so they have no negotiating powers (except for firemen and police officers).

This has sparked a protest at the state capital of Madison where teachers, iron workers, students, state workers, and others are gathering to show their support and to try and stop the attack on state worker’s families.

Yes, we all agree that the budget needs to be fixed.  But tas a part of trying to reform the budget and grow the economy, you cannot strip the rights of your own workers.  Everyone deserves a voice, and Scott Walker…. cannot mute the masses.

There has been an event that caught my eye on facebook – Ignore Sarah Palin Week.

From leftaction.org

We’ve tried debating her, arguing with her, boycotting her, voting against her, and yet… she keeps coming back. Much like a vampire or a nasty fungus.

So for just one week, we’re going to try something new: Ignoring her.
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That’s right — February 28-March 4 is officially, “Ignore Sarah Palin Week.” For just one week, signers of this petition pledge to do the following:

–> Change the channel if she comes on TV
–> Surf to another page if she pops up on the web
–> Turn to another article if she appears in a newspaper, magazine, comic book, etc.

Will you join us? Will you take the pledge? If so, sign the pledge in the right-hand column, add your thoughts if you want, and help spread the word. Can we ignore her for a week? Can we get our friends, neighbors and co-workers to do the same? You betcha!

Now, we understand that it might be tough to go cold turkey, and completely stop paying attention to Palin. Thus, we offer these helpful tip:

–> If a friend mentions “Sarah Palin,” reply as if he or she said, “Para Sailing.” And keep doing it. Para sailing is way cooler.
–> For your dose of gossip, consider switching to someone far less annoying. Like Snooki.
–> Visit “Telling Sarah Palin She’s Full of Crap” on Facebook, and join 100,000 other people who will be talking about everything else BUT Palin.
–> Refer to her as “she who shall remain nameless” for the duration of the week
–> Have other conversation topics ready to go

It’s that simple. We really can ignore her for a week. We really can help pop any trial balloons being floated for 2012.

We really can enjoy a glorious week, free of Sarah! You betcha!

Why keep it to only one week? *clicked I’m Attending*

Today is Martin Luther King’s birthday.

Take some time and watch the historic speech in it’s entirety.

Everyone in America has a dream. Take some time… reflect upon Dr. King’s words, and think of ways you can make this great country of ours a better place to live, how can your dream come true, can you help others achieve their dream?

Help put a end to Hate

Help put an end to Bigotry

Help put an end to Racism

Help put an end to Violence.

I’ve seen this go around people’s status on Facebook lately:

I am an UN-APOLOGETIC AMERICAN!! I pledge allegiance to the flag of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one nation under GOD, indivisible, with LIBERTY and JUSTICE for all!! I grew up reciting this every morning in school. We no longer do that for fear of OFFENDING SOMEONE !! Let’s see how many AMERICANS will re-post this & not care about offending someone! GOD BLESS AMERICA!

While there is some debate about the term “under God” should be used in the pledge, it was not originally written with the term “under God” in it.  In fact, the pledge lasted 62 years without it.  It was in 1954 when President Eisenhower made it official to have the term “under God” inserted into the pledge.

One person on Reddit.com decided to play a subtle trick on his Facebook friend by asking them if they supported the original version.  You can see the conversation here.

One thing that will definitely tick off a lot of today’s conservatives is that the Pledge of Allegiance was originally written by a Socialist by the name of Francis Bellamy and it was written for a children’s magazine with the intention of indoctrinating then notion of nationalism in the children.  *ahem*

Here’s the original form of the Pledge of Allegiance.

I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.