I sort of thought if an awards show needed an emcee (once it was explained) then the back stage directors weren't doing their jobs right.
Ah, I see. I think the difference is, I would just have accepted it at face value, that if someone said there was a guy inbetween acts, then that's what there was: I hadn't thought enough about any sort of show to have any idea what would be normal or necessary :)
every compromise brings the overall situation more negative.
And I still agree it's an awful problem, but still am uncomfortable deliberately exaggerating what I think if it goes so far I don't agree with it, even if it's politically expedient. Of course come to think of it, in most situations, there is a more extreme position I actually WOULD be mostly happy with, and think having it aired does have some useful benefits. (Eg. I'm very uncomfortable having PETA running around doing atrocious things I can't countenance, but I admit having someone yelling "animals have rights" at least gets people to NOTICE the viewpoint.)
Of course, in contemporary American politics, you don't need to be very "left" at all to be seen as a "left" extremist. Views I've seen denounced as "left extremist" would include such things that -- to me -- are utterly fundamental, like "we should enforce the first amendment" and "people should not be trapped in exploitative jobs due to lack of healthcare" and "preventative medicine costs less" and "unregulated markets are no more free than government-controlled ones"...
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Date: 2011-01-10 02:27 pm (UTC)Ah, I see. I think the difference is, I would just have accepted it at face value, that if someone said there was a guy inbetween acts, then that's what there was: I hadn't thought enough about any sort of show to have any idea what would be normal or necessary :)
every compromise brings the overall situation more negative.
And I still agree it's an awful problem, but still am uncomfortable deliberately exaggerating what I think if it goes so far I don't agree with it, even if it's politically expedient. Of course come to think of it, in most situations, there is a more extreme position I actually WOULD be mostly happy with, and think having it aired does have some useful benefits. (Eg. I'm very uncomfortable having PETA running around doing atrocious things I can't countenance, but I admit having someone yelling "animals have rights" at least gets people to NOTICE the viewpoint.)
Of course, in contemporary American politics, you don't need to be very "left" at all to be seen as a "left" extremist. Views I've seen denounced as "left extremist" would include such things that -- to me -- are utterly fundamental, like "we should enforce the first amendment" and "people should not be trapped in exploitative jobs due to lack of healthcare" and "preventative medicine costs less" and "unregulated markets are no more free than government-controlled ones"...