Monday, September 22, 2008

The obligatory election post

So at some point every blogger needs to put something up about the upcoming presidential election. I think it's in the fine print when you accept the terms and conditions of getting your blog.

I'm going to go in a different direction though. Because I teach media classes I often resort to using examples from commercials and such to illustrate points in class. Like the equal time rule that governs commercial rates and times and ensures fairness with regard to broadcasting. And I try relatively hard to be nonpartisan during such times. I try to qualify when one party does something particularly heinous that the other party isn't any better. All that sort of lip service.

Thing is I bet my students think I'm a Democrat and an Obama supporter. But they never actually ask.

Technically speaking I define myself as a Social Democrat. That's a socialist that wants to change the system through education rather than violence. I hold out hope that we can create a better society. Probably just deluding myself. But come on, Sweden and Norway can make it work.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

My dad, who has disowned me on a few occasions over my lack of religious belief had the wind knocked out of his sails yet again when I mentioned being a socialist or at least a social democrat. I hadn't avoided telling him or anything, just hadn't put it into those exact words I guess. Anyhow, not that I'm surprised but I'm glad to see we're on the same page in this respect.