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ajblaise

13 Oct 2007, 12:42 PM

Night

13 Oct 2007, 01:10 PM

Fans are angry after a congressman instructs aides to get inoculated before a trip to a NASCAR race.

Fox new's take: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301521,00.html

GOP Outraged: http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/10/11/NASCARIMMUNIZE_1011.html

I'll toss in the sports world's take: http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=jb-inoculation101207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

The Right-Wing PC Police at it again?

Taken on an immediate level, I would imagine the fans feel as if they've been unfairly categorized. I can't imagine I'd like to be associated with irresponsible hygiene or have my identity (probably for some) reduced to a cautionary medical alert.

That said, I think there is a fair amount of miscommunication between the two parties. While it seems fairly unlikely the political figures responsible for issuing the warning wanted to intentionally wound a specific demographic of people, I think it is valuable to analyze the evidence that led them to assemble such a conclusion. It's probable that at least some of their fears had legitimate medical swagger.

It looks like both sides are taking the perspectives of the other out of context.

ajblaise

13 Oct 2007, 01:18 PM

It looks like both sides are taking the perspectives of the other out of context.

On one side we have one Democrat who said something stupid, on the other side, we have an outburst over one stupid comment.

I, personally, think it's clear to see who took what out of context.

Night

13 Oct 2007, 01:28 PM

On one side we have one Democrat who said something stupid, on the other side, we have an outburst over one stupid comment.

I, personally, think it's clear to see who took what out of context.

I agree -- people love inflating ideas beyond their original worth.

booyalab

13 Oct 2007, 02:24 PM

The Right-Wing PC Police at it again?

Isn't that label a little extreme? They're not trying to ban people who have had their shots, they're simply getting offended that someone feels the need to get shots before attending a race. The reaction is understandable. Normally updating one's inoculation to that extent is reserved for a trip to third world countries.

Lateralus

13 Oct 2007, 02:25 PM

What offends me is that anyone calls NASCAR a sport.

C.J.Woolf

13 Oct 2007, 03:14 PM

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said his committee aides were visiting health care centers, detention facilities and other operations where they could be exposed to communicable diseases. He said the immunizations were routine for health care workers.
I'd say it was calculatedly blown out of proportion. This is manufactured outrage, pure and simple. The Republican noise machine is very good at it. It distracts Americans from genuine outrages.

cafe

13 Oct 2007, 03:43 PM

I'd say it was calculatedly blown out of proportion. This is manufactured outrage, pure and simple. The Republican noise machine is very good at it. It distracts Americans from genuine outrages.
If they let this distract them from the real issues they deserve that "slam" and worse.

ajblaise

13 Oct 2007, 04:14 PM

Isn't that label a little extreme? They're not trying to ban people who have had their shots, they're simply getting offended that someone feels the need to get shots before attending a race. The reaction is understandable. Normally updating one's inoculation to that extent is reserved for a trip to third world countries.

I didn't mean for the phrase "The Right-Wing PC Police" to be taken literally. It was suppose to be a take on how liberals, or the left-wing, get called "PC police" or "too politically correct" or in some cases "anti-free speech"..etc..by people on the Right. A little reference to hypocrisy.

I'd say it was calculatedly blown out of proportion. This is manufactured outrage, pure and simple. The Republican noise machine is very good at it. It distracts Americans from genuine outrages.

Agreed. And I'd expand "Republican noise machine" to a broader, "conservative noise machine", made up of many factions, all generally working loosely together. TV, radio, print...

C.J.Woolf

13 Oct 2007, 04:25 PM

Agreed. And I'd expand "Republican noise machine" to a broader, "conservative noise machine", made up of many factions, all generally working loosely together. TV, radio, print...
True. I actually stopped myself from writing "right-wing noise machine". My bad.

Ferrus

13 Oct 2007, 04:27 PM

'Democrats should know that there is no preventive measure yet designed to ward off the blue-collar values and patriotism that NASCAR fans represent'

I just have to highlight the hilarity of that statement from my perspective.