Spreading the Word

Spreading the Word

9-22-11

For those of us who are fortunate enough to be working all the time and can’t get to the protests that are being held all around the country, we can play a part in supporting those who can make it out there. We live in the age of communications, where nearly all of us have a social media outlet feed of some sort (or more than one) with which we communicate with our friends and family. We can help support those that are protesting in person by spreading the word about the protests on those social media outlets.
It takes a small amount of time to share a link with your family and friends. There is no guarantee that they will read it, of course, but they might. Then, they may pass it on to share with people who they are friends with. The news will spread and more and more people will know about these protests.
Why?
The major media outlets (the ones on the television and even the ones that control the shows like the Daily Show and Colbert Report which is where I like to get some of my news from) are owned and controlled by the very corporations that are being protested against. They don’t like that very much and have essentially ordered that the protest be largely ignored. What you will see on the air about is is minimal and usually belittling.
Don’t let this media blackout win. Censorship is wrong and I refuse to let these media moguls tell me what I am allowed to know about.
A good way to get some up to date news is to look up the hashtags: #occupywallstreet #OWS #Takewallstreet
Spread the word. With your help, we can get the word out so that people can make up their own minds. With an informed public, we can come together and decide what exactly needs to be changed and how, instead of having it force fed to us by bought and paid for politicians.
The media wants us complacent with bread and circuses. I urge us all to wake up and think for ourselves. To do less is to do a disservice to ourselves and our country.