More road tripping & one other point….
I did mention I was traveling to San Antonio for work, again? Schedule is here.
Lake Calaveras is known for its fresh water Red Fish, oddly enough. And now, too, the toilet trail.
Austin, the KKK, topical news item: Hate Texas?
It’s all about marketing, and how to spin the news, right? Use what you got?
This one sort of snuck up on me, and it’s an old joke, but it really applies, (warning tasteless, xenophobic humor coming up), “Yeah, I don’t see any reason why gays & lesbians shouldn’t be married, they can be as unhappy as the rest of us….” (I warned you.)
The statistic I saw, 14 members of the KKK showed up to protest, which, on many levels offended a great number of people, in fact 3,000 people showed up to protest the KKK.
My buddy at the cop shop said there were 50 extra officers put on. For 14 guys in sheets? That’s more than three-to-one.
And that was just in Austin. I wasn’t going to give this any exposure, but I have to admire the KKK marketing idea & ideals. Despite my southern heritage, I know very little about the KKK. White, pointy hats, sheets, and some joke about a burning a cross. It’s topic I’m woefully ignorant about, and it’s a topic that I intend to stay woefully ignorant about. I figure it’s another cult, that’s had a long, slow decline into oblivion. Except that marketing hype, and I have to admire that.
14 guys got 3,000 folks out to protest. Look at those numbers. I can’t even do a percentage on that on that, it’s past the second or third zero. 14 compared to over 3,000. It still boggles the mind.
This is in Austin, and the good lord knows we love our protests. The sad news is that the bill, amendment, or constitutional thing was passed by 3 out 4 voters. Which I found kind of weird, given that 3,000 people turned out to protest the 14 guys in sheets.
What I was mulling over, I’m far from a right wing nut job, was marketing. How the protest went, how the protest of the protest went, what the outcome was. And how those numbers turned out. Plus the reflection on the local population.
As I was walking Wednesday afternoon, I passed a dozen or more “Say ‘no’ to proposition 2!” signs, littering the highways and byways, stuck in front yards, along Riverside Drive, nailed to poles, just about everywhere.
The KKK – just 14 of them – had better marketing. Better strategy, too. The numbers don’t lie, and neither does the vote. I don’t admire hate and violence, loathe it myself, and I don’t like giving them any exposure, but I had to admit, they sure had themselves a good marketing plan. Seemed to work pretty well.
Just as a sidebar, I do understand the KKK’s position of hatred, and I don’t approve. On top of that, I think it’s too bad that the state voted against “gay marriage,” but from what I’ve seen of heartbreak and nasty divorces, this could well be a blessing in disguise.
