Comments on: The Devil’s Advocate: Should activist groups rely on the use of graphic images to convey their message? http://www.dailytitan.com/2009/11/the-devils-advocate-should-activist-groups-rely-on-the-use-of-graphic-images-to-convey-their-message/ Beyond the Press Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:22:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.dailytitan.com/2009/11/the-devils-advocate-should-activist-groups-rely-on-the-use-of-graphic-images-to-convey-their-message/comment-page-1/#comment-3170 Anonymous Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:56:40 +0000 http://www.dailytitan.com/?p=13919#comment-3170 As both authors pointed out the shock factor is behind a lot of the images activist groups use. The outrageous images they use can often bring home distant or out-of-mind subjects. I think they should make use of such imagery because it draws in the uninformed to their cause. The part I have a problem with is after that-- when they bombard those that come to the for facts with misinformation, exaggerations, and down right lies.Take for example PETA, which stands for people for the ethical treatment of animals. And when you think about it, how many people aren't for the ethical treatment of animals? Their message and actions should be simple, but instead they put forward extremist values. Don't eat meat at all? Don't use animals for tests that will can benefit humanity? Don't eat fish because they're Sea Kittens...? Other groups like MADD aren't squeaky clean either. The over exaggerations and the crazed rhetorical language is driven by one thing-- money. Sensation and perceived need pull in big bucks for these organizations and their administrators. As both authors pointed out the shock factor is behind a lot of the images activist groups use. The outrageous images they use can often bring home distant or out-of-mind subjects. I think they should make use of such imagery because it draws in the uninformed to their cause. The part I have a problem with is after that– when they bombard those that come to the for facts with misinformation, exaggerations, and down right lies.

Take for example PETA, which stands for people for the ethical treatment of animals. And when you think about it, how many people aren’t for the ethical treatment of animals? Their message and actions should be simple, but instead they put forward extremist values. Don’t eat meat at all? Don’t use animals for tests that will can benefit humanity? Don’t eat fish because they’re Sea Kittens…? Other groups like MADD aren’t squeaky clean either. The over exaggerations and the crazed rhetorical language is driven by one thing– money. Sensation and perceived need pull in big bucks for these organizations and their administrators.

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