Word: dissenters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...hear this from AM radio, which is packed with angry men with chain-saw voices chewing into liberals 24/7, or from Ann Coulter, who is selling the old Stalinist line that dissent equals disloyalty. Or from the aging adolescents at Fox News, who enjoy peeing in the political swimming pool. But when you get among the real people who are actually engaged in public life, they tend to be well-mannered and respectful of the process and the humanity of those who take part. That's the difference between entertainment and politics. Of course, the Terminator could choose...
...Royston Tan respectfully disagrees, and he has the footage to support his dissent. The 26-year-old director's new film, 15, explores the dark side of the Singapore story. Shot with a cast of actual public-housing kids rather than actors, 15 mixes graphic realism with quick-cutting, music video-style camerawork to reveal what it's like to be young, alone and angry in a city that refuses to acknowledge your existence. The movie sold out its initial run at this year's Singapore Film Festival, took home many of the major awards and was recently selected...
...evidence on weapons of mass destruction. Those same critics, however, still refuse to challenge the invasion on its merits, as they refused when given the opportunity last October. Of the top democratic hopefuls, only Howard Dean has consistently defied Bush’s unofficial gag order on dissent...
...clear...that the court has taken sides in the culture war," Justice Antonin Scalia wrote last week in his abrasive dissent from the Supreme Court's decision to decriminalize homosexuality. Excuse me, but what culture war? Yes, yes, I know that the extremists of the left and right have been bleating about the moral depredations of their opponents for decades (and raising lots of money off those differences). And, yes, I would guess that 72.3% of all yelling that takes place on political talk shows is focused upon "cultural" issues like homosexuality, affirmative action and abortion. But that is show...
...simple transistor radio and a phone. A new generation of outspoken radio-show hosts are not only airing their own contrarian views but are allowing we, the people, to speak out. Asia's talk-radio programs are giving societies reared on authoritarian regimes and schooled more in discipline than dissent a chance to participate in political and social dialogue with newfound confidence. After all, most of Asia's traditional media continue to focus on the ruling ?lite's message, excluding controversial or minority voices. But talk radio is a microphone through which even the smallest voice can be magnified...