US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, speaking to the SC Bar Association over the weekend, said the following, in regards to the massive amount of negative campaign ads that have resulted from the Citizen’s United decision:
“I don’t care who is doing the speech – the more the merrier… People are not stupid. If they don’t like it, they’ll shut it off.”
Got that? A SCOTUS Justice has just told you that if you don’t like the political process, you should ignore it.This is, of course, exactly the opposite of what you should do. Our system only functions when people participate in it. If you don’t like something that’s going on, do something about it. Tell people why you don’t like it. Annoy your facebook friends with it. Write a blog about it. Call your representatives. Call someone’s campaign headquarters. Basically do anything other than nothing.
And honestly, are campaign ads really more annoying than Dancing With the Stars?
520 Chestnut 
AMEN! People pick on me all the time, because I write letters and e-mails to congress MONTHLY, haha. I nag and nag, in a polite and well-informed way, of course. I know that SC is loaded with BS republicans, and that my requests result in nothing more than form letters sent to my house saying that they’ve been received. But hey, that means my rants and raves at least keep their SECRETARIES annoyed enough that they had better read them eventually! A major part of having a Master’s in Social Work is advocacy. It’s my right…and I will do it!
And its important to do! Take SOPA/PIPA for example. Congress completely flipped on that issue due to the massive public outcry
Scalia is a jerk, IMHO.
Completely agreed