christastrophe (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} christastrophe) wrote,@ 2008-08-27 13:31:00 |
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These people will complain about anything
Barack Obama, the first Black Presidential nominee in the history of the United States of America, will accept the nomination on August 28th, the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. In tribute, the stage where he will deliver his address has been made to look like the front of the Lincoln Memorial, where the famous speech was delivered.
I realized this when I first looked at it, because I have half a brain.
The entire Right Wing blogosphere is trying to give me an aneurysm, however, because they are having a field day with Obama's "Greek temple" that he has built for himself.
The funny thing is that this seems to be mostly based on a Reuters article where the dim-witted reporter referred to the stage as a "Greek temple" ("similar to structures used for rock concerts"). The writer, apparently assuming that pretty much every single monument and building in Washington DC is a Greek temple, went with the terminology and it has stuck.
It's dumbness beyond what I can fathom. I am done with the world. Like, if they attacked him for the chutzpah of comparing himself to Martin Luther King, that would at least be a valid point that would involve some level of knowledge of very very very basic history/architecture. But here everybody is basically sticking their fingers in their nose, inspecting their fingers, tasting their fingers, and then saying, "Dur whooo that shore looks fuhnneee!"
Barack Obama, the first Black Presidential nominee in the history of the United States of America, will accept the nomination on August 28th, the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. In tribute, the stage where he will deliver his address has been made to look like the front of the Lincoln Memorial, where the famous speech was delivered.
I realized this when I first looked at it, because I have half a brain.
The entire Right Wing blogosphere is trying to give me an aneurysm, however, because they are having a field day with Obama's "Greek temple" that he has built for himself.
The funny thing is that this seems to be mostly based on a Reuters article where the dim-witted reporter referred to the stage as a "Greek temple" ("similar to structures used for rock concerts"). The writer, apparently assuming that pretty much every single monument and building in Washington DC is a Greek temple, went with the terminology and it has stuck.
It's dumbness beyond what I can fathom. I am done with the world. Like, if they attacked him for the chutzpah of comparing himself to Martin Luther King, that would at least be a valid point that would involve some level of knowledge of very very very basic history/architecture. But here everybody is basically sticking their fingers in their nose, inspecting their fingers, tasting their fingers, and then saying, "Dur whooo that shore looks fuhnneee!"
