Hungry Like Kevin http://hungrylikekevin.posterous.com Most recent posts at Hungry Like Kevin posterous.com Tue, 17 May 2011 21:52:00 -0700 All That Glitters, or Something...Look, I Had to Work "Glitter" into the Title Somehow http://hungrylikekevin.posterous.com/all-that-glitters-or-somethinglook-i-had-to-w http://hungrylikekevin.posterous.com/all-that-glitters-or-somethinglook-i-had-to-w

On the one hand, I believe that the "glittering" of Newt Gingrich is fucking hilarious, because, you know, it's Newt Gingrich, and somebody dumped glitter on him. That's just funny.

On the other hand, I don't approve of these kinds of attacks, no matter how deserving the target or how silly the attack or how much I sympathize with the attacker. It's still a fucking attack, and you are not going to advance your agenda in any meaningful way by dumping glitter on Newt Gingrich.

If you want to affect real change, leave the grade-school art supplies at home and get involved in the process. The only thing lazier than complaining about shit on the Internet is making a tacky spectacle at a book signing, then pretending you accomplished something.

Anybody can throw glitter, or a pie, or a shoe. But can you write letters, organize people, and persuade? Maybe you should try that next time.

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