07-13-2018, 12:29 PM
Why did they do that?
I was called a Nazi once.
Not to my face,mind you. It was on a note hanging from the door to our college radio station.
I was 21 years old and in my second year as president of our radio club, so this was late 1990, eary 1991.
At a meeting some of the underclassmen were having a fit because we didn't SOLELY play "college music" (new wave/alternative stuff). My stance (and that of the rest of the board) was that it was up to each student to decide the content of their show. We had those shows and we had classic rock and we had a lot of people trying to do comedy. As long as it met FCC decency guidelines and the monks (the school was attached to a monastery) didn't complain it was all good. Every student was treated equally. Everyone would find their audience.
About a week later I found the note.
I don't remember the exact wording of contents...just the part where it said *I* was a "nazi" because I didn't do things they wanted and ran things with a iron fist.
So I thought for a few minutes and then wrote my response (taped under their note).
I gave a very brief answer about how this had been discussed in public, during a meeting, and yet their response was anonymous and posted in a note on the third floor of a building that leads to a room that a handful of students even used.
Then I added some lyrics from Billy Joel's "Angry Young Man":
They were making a stance that, while they had every right to make it, was far less important that of the the true nazis.
Half a life later I fight more for what I think is "right" then I did back then. The causes might seem bigger but they are still for people to be treated equally...and fairly.
Everyone will find their audience.
I might still have it somewhere because I got such a kick out of it I saved it for a long time to remind me that for a lot of people "equal" means everyone has to be like them.
Anyway....that's storytime for today!
I was called a Nazi once.
Not to my face,mind you. It was on a note hanging from the door to our college radio station.
I was 21 years old and in my second year as president of our radio club, so this was late 1990, eary 1991.
At a meeting some of the underclassmen were having a fit because we didn't SOLELY play "college music" (new wave/alternative stuff). My stance (and that of the rest of the board) was that it was up to each student to decide the content of their show. We had those shows and we had classic rock and we had a lot of people trying to do comedy. As long as it met FCC decency guidelines and the monks (the school was attached to a monastery) didn't complain it was all good. Every student was treated equally. Everyone would find their audience.
About a week later I found the note.
I don't remember the exact wording of contents...just the part where it said *I* was a "nazi" because I didn't do things they wanted and ran things with a iron fist.
So I thought for a few minutes and then wrote my response (taped under their note).
I gave a very brief answer about how this had been discussed in public, during a meeting, and yet their response was anonymous and posted in a note on the third floor of a building that leads to a room that a handful of students even used.
Then I added some lyrics from Billy Joel's "Angry Young Man":
Quote:I believe I've passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage
I found that just surviving was a noble fight
I once believed in causes too
I had my pointless point of view
And life went on no matter who was wrong or right
And there's always a place for the angry young man...
They were making a stance that, while they had every right to make it, was far less important that of the the true nazis.
Half a life later I fight more for what I think is "right" then I did back then. The causes might seem bigger but they are still for people to be treated equally...and fairly.
Everyone will find their audience.
I might still have it somewhere because I got such a kick out of it I saved it for a long time to remind me that for a lot of people "equal" means everyone has to be like them.
Anyway....that's storytime for today!
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Your anger and ego will always reveal your true self.
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