Comedian tells fans rally was about to cooperate, not "ridiculous."
By Mawuse Ziegbe
Jon Stewart speaks at the "rally to restore sanity and/or Fear"
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Jon Stewart's "rally to restore sanity and/or Fear" was Saturday (30 October) a smorgasbord of satire and send-ups from experts, politicians and the public issuance Stewart's "The Daily Show" specializes in for years. However, at the end of the three-hour event on the National Mall in Washington DC, Stewart used that same sharp humor to drive home the point that the Americans are not as crazy as the media would have us believe, and that the daily triumphs that it doesn't make the news are truly representative of the American people.
Stewart kicked speech by tackling the question that probably many participants and viewers opinions was: what was exactly the point of the rally?Stewart ventured to answering the question, suggesting, "some of you may have seen today as a clarion call to action."He is also considered the possibility of quirky tourists get caught in fight, joking, "clearly some of you wanted to see the air and Space Museum and just got royally screwed."
Then broke Stewart in the intentions of the rally, which he claimed was not just about poking fun.
"This was not a rally ridicule of people of faith, or people of activism, look down our noses at the Heartland or passionate argument, or to suggest that the times are not difficult and that we have nothing to fear. they are and we do. But we are now living in difficult times, end times, "Stewart said, the roar of thousands of participants swarms of the site.
He went on to the role of the press in exacerbating conflicts between Americans to investigate.
"From the country 24 hours a day, political pundit, everlasting, panic conflict-inator did not cause problems.But its existence makes them far harder, "he said."If we all increases, we hear nothing. "
Stewart warned listeners about buying in propaganda that can obscure the real problems that citizens have to deal with.
"Unable to make the distinction between real racists and Tea Party-ers, or real bigots and Juan Williams or Rick Sanchez, is an insult, not only for those people, but to the racists themselves that the strenuous effort it takes to hate," said Stewart, to refer to the former CNN anchor Sanchez, who was booted from the network for his remarks about Stewart and other Jewish Americans."Just as the inability to distinguish terrorists of Muslims makes us less safe, no more."
Stewart maintained he feels "strange, quiet good" because he is not media images at face value.Still, he admitted that he understands how certain representations honest, straightforward dialogue about important issues.
"The image of the US is reflected in our political and media process is false. it is to us by a funhouse Mirror ... the kind where you have a giant forehead and a donkey in the form of a month-old pumpkin," he said. "Why should you reach across the aisle to a pumpkin-assed, forehead eyeball monster? "
Stewart said that he knows that most people reach across the aisle when it comes down to it, saying, "we work together to get things done every damn day! the only place where we are not here [points to Capitol Building] or on cable TV."
"Most Americans not their lives just as Democrats, Republicans, Liberals and conservatives. Americans live their lives more as people who are a bit late for something that they need to do Often do not want them.. But they do it. Impossible things [achieved] every day that are only made possible by the little reasonable compromises that we all make," he said.
Refers to a screen play images of cars slowly inching through traffic, Stewart used the image of the highway as a metaphor for how Americans make those compromises, ceding the road if necessary and realize that everyone is headed to a similar purpose. He also spoke about the diversity of drivers on the road, pointing out that the cars can be sent by someone from a mother with two children to a "Mormon Jay-Z fan."
While Stewart opened his speech where the messages that he wanted to pass through the rally, he by explaining what the event meant to him.
"Common sense has always been in the eye of the beholder," he said, "and to see you here today, and the kind of people who you are, restored mine."
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