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"Is there anyone who?
Ever remembers changing their mind from
The paint on a sign?
Is there anyone who really recalls
Ever breaking rank at all
For something someone yelled real loud one time"
Mayer is discussing the idea of one's beliefs and how protest or propaganda can or cannot change them and he makes a great point. He believes that it is rare for protests or signs to actually change someone's beliefs. I would have to agree with him. Specifically, with the 2012 elections growing closer, I wonder what real impact political debates have on people. These are times for politicians to voice and support their opinions to the public against their competition but how often to these debates actually change the beliefs of viewers?
Even more, with the NATO summit in Chicago, protestors were all the news this weekend. But it seemed that more attention went to controlling the protesters and maintaining safety than to the topic of their protests. I find it difficult to believe many people's opinions were changed by the NATO protesters. In what ways can one's beliefs change? How much impact do protests or signs really have on one's beliefs?
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I think that the content of this blog is interesting and it's really a whole new angle to look at things. To be honest I don't think that ideas/beliefs really change all that much due to a protest. I think that a protest or public demonstration just puts pressure on and legitimizes the argument. I think that the connection between the John Mayer song and the NATO protests is really really good. But overall peoples ideas dont change through a protest, the ideas are just legitimized and the pressure for change is higher.
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