[extropy-chat] Exhibitionism (no, not THAT kind)

[Al Brooks]

The Cindy Sheehan Show outside of Crawford Texas displayed an exhibitionist streak in America, in this case Grieving Angry Mommy Sobbing On TV. It wasn't Cindy's deceased son Casey who starred in the show-- it was his very alive and kicking mother: "How could Bush do this to my son Casey?", not Casey Sheehan but rather "my SON Casey Sheehan". 
In Tom Wolfe's 'The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test' Ken Kesey leads a few of his friends to an antiwar protest preceding a march and then goes on a platform to the microphone in front of a large crowd: "You're playing their game by marching, people have been marching for thousands of years and still there is war", says kesey to audience, "And what are you saying when you yell out loud for peace? You are saying, Me! ME! look at ME!".
Cindy Sheehan fits this like a glove, she is saying 'look at me! I was just another grieving mother before, and now I'm a celebrity grieving mother! Look at me! ME! Look at ME!' 





		
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