the other thing that keeps bothering me is the glorifying of Arab leaders. How could they accept, and in many cases demand, such unsubstantiated respect and admiration. In all democracies the world over leaders are often grilled over deteriorating economic and social conditions and are usually not reelected for subsequent terms if things don't improve. For Arab leaders this concept never seems to be an option. for ones that allow elections, the result seems to to always be in the %99-%99.9 range. for others, the throne is a god given right. and, in both cases, the amazing, make believe accomplishments are always paraded and celebrated in a very sad way!
twitter and democracy. things that bother me!
twitter has been adopted by many celebrities and other big shot names as a way to stay in touch with the masses. But, as they keep on racking up followers, they don't seem to be following as many. Come think of it, these big names appear to be following themselves. So, nothing really changed by adopting new social networking venues. These people keep on dispersing the same messages towards the public and receive the messages of the elite few. I really despise these arrogant personalities that take on twitter, for example, and become friends with the same few they would be associated with in the real world and still pepper the public with the same headlines, slogans, and stale quotes. examples: @queenrania, @HHShkMohd, & @SenJohnMcCain
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Some Hollywood celebrities have other accounts that they use to follow the non-celebrities but never to establish a conversation with them..
I very much agree, but every medium could be used in different ways. It depends on the people's thinking and stuff. It was used by political figures and corporations as a marketting plan because that's how they can use it and benefit from it, but revolutionary people could use it for revolutions. Did that make sense?
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Paying homage to people just because of their bloodline, or because of their wealth, always seems very strange to me.
I'm guessing that maybe if the so-called "popular" folks did make an effort of actually socializing with, let's say, only a portion of their followers, they would have to quit their day jobs.
it's the hypocrisy of democracy, where i allow u to know what i want and deny u to re-act, i really wonder, do they really believe that they are loved or that is forced also nowadays!
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