Go home: A call for inaction

I want to start an activist campaign to abolish and outlaw all activist groups. I’m so sick of organizations grandstanding for their cause–no matter how ridiculous their demands may be. I’m tired of PETA feuding with KFC. I’m fed up with watching Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton protest the imprisonment of obviously guilty black men. I know I can be the only one. Enough is enough.

The latest is some autism group protesting “Big Brother.” I don’t watch the show so I can’t tellya what happened firsthand, but supposedly one contestant called someone else retarded. Immediately on the show he was lambasted for his insensitivity by other housemates and I would imagine the show didn’t paint him in a positive light.

Nevertheless, Autism United has decided to exploit this situation for its own benefit (and raise more money in the process). They’re demanding that CBS cancel the show immediately. Autism United is also encouraging advertisers to withdraw from sponsoring the show.

And to that, I say fat chance.

Like CBS is gonna cancel a highly-rated program at a time when few networks have original content. “Big Brother” has been on for eight years–and CBS is gonna pull it now because someone’s feelings were hurt (do retards even have feelings)?

Taco Bell isn’t going to pull their taco money; the Geico lizard is still gonna push his insurance. If Autism United really thinks CBS and its advertisers are going to abandon “Big Brother,” the group is as mentally challenged as the people they represent.

I’d like for someone to sit down with the president of Autism United and ask him if he really expected the corporations to bow to his grandstanding. Does he really think everyone is going to forsake a profitable product simply because of his strongly worded letter? I’d love to hear him admit this whole brouhaha is opportunistic showboating. These demands are ridiculous–and I’d love to hear him admit it.

The same goes true for PETA, NOW, the NAACP, NRA, and ACLU. I wish these people would just shut up and stay home. There are plenty of other pain in the asses in the world–the last thing I wanna see camera-hungry idiots causing trouble just so they can be on CNN. Leaving the lobbying for backdoor politics and stay off my TV.