Assignment 21: Ethan Petraitis

Right now, somewhere in the world there are people standing up for what they believe in, not just posting about it on Tumblr, but actually off-their-butt, speaking their mind, and trying to make a difference in whatever way possible. There are people who don’t just start an online petition with 2,000 backers but who go out, riot, fight, and speak for change. I am not one of those people. I am one of the the millions of others who accept that ‘liking’ a facebook post is sufficient support for a cause. If a riot broke out, sure I’d join in the chaos, but I’m not going out of my way to start a movement unless that movement is to the ‘share’ button’. Somewhere there are people starving themselves in protest, burning themselves to death all for change and all American culture cares about is signing petitions about “not having broccoli on the school menu because broccoli is gross”.