# activism

Hashtag activism actually does focus attention on issues, in its way, directing attention for real actors to take real action in the real world beyond vapid hashtag messages on social message boards, but hashtags after the attention is already focused is mere pointless narcissistic selfie. Especially when you are closest to the the one person invested with sufficient power to direct action. None of this is so interesting as the guy who flat freaks out about sensing Michelle Obama being accused of cheap activism. Lemon, I believe, is not having it. Lemon first assumes the guest is talking about Michelle Obama, and he is referring to Michelle O. although he does not mention her specifically, it still upsets Lemon terribly and Lemon cannot let it go.

Why are we even subjected? Nobody voted for Michelle O. When you hire elect a Democrat president you get a twofer, a Democrat operative wife, When you hire elect a Republican president you get a demure woman behind the man, a gracious hostess to international guests, a woman with a pet social cause. That is my observation of these two fundamentally vile parties. I frankly cannot care about Monica Lewinsky I cannot possibly care about Michelle Obama, I don't care what they are talking about. I'm posting this because I find Lemon's reaction astounding. Astoundingly inappropriately defensive.

What do I expect the first lady to do? She is an unelected person. Not an official. I expect her to pick out White House china and allow elected officials to run the country as they're hired to do, and unelected non-officials remain irrelevant. Whoa, whoa, hang on. Who are you targeting? So who are you targeting? Who. Are. You. Targeting? I'm asking you, who are you targeting?  Who. Are. You. Targeting?

Six times the same question where one time will do and that why I don't bother. 

[Incidentally, "press pound sign" does not make sense to British because they are  thinking, "£".]

Still, after all that, they are not so bad as Jordanian journalists. They are arguing about the Syrian war and apparently feel much more strongly than protecting the honor or intelligence or vanity of one's favorite first lady.