"Unfortunately, there are some unscrupulous members of the media who will go out of their way to find the weirdest person they can. They will provoke you, they will try to get you to say or do something that they can film and show on their air and say, 'See? This is what all Values Voters are like.' So repeat it with me. Don't be the weird one. That's my job.":: facepalm ::
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
"Don't Be The Weird One"
Gil Mertz, the Family Research Council's regional director of development, served as master of ceremonies at the 2011 Values Voters Summit. At the beginning of the summit on Friday, October 7th, he urged attendees not to be "the weird one."
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I know! I saw that, grabbed my helmet, and curled up into an irony-induced fetal position.
ReplyDeleteNance -- You and me both!
ReplyDeleteRight, right, right. "If we're all weird together, we'll blend in! In our circle, weird is the new normal!"
ReplyDelete::snort!::
Cognitive Dissenter -- Couldn't have said it better myself.
ReplyDeleteWhereupon hilarity ensued. Remarkable!
ReplyDeleteBackwater -- Welcome! Good to see you here.
ReplyDeleteI hate to sound negative and all, but honestly, with that crowd that is kind of like someone falling into a briar patch and trying to point to the briar that didn't stick him. Don't be the weird one ... right!
ReplyDeleteDoug -- Too true.
ReplyDeleteAs if they can stop themselves.
ReplyDeleteNoodleepoodlee -- Yeah, it does seem to be a knee-jerk response for some of them.
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