rabble rouser of the month ~ january

beginning in 2012 comes a rabble rouser of the month award feature. for january there are two people i deemed worthy. so, i turn to you for help in voting for which one should take home the award.

choice a...
terra schaller (portland, oregon)
kid yoshida does not support abortion. kid yoshida would never advocate someone have an abortion. he does, however, suggest taking care of yourself, such as not sleeping around and getting an unwanted pregnancy. he also supports a wide variety of healthy options to be available for personal care when bad things happen. he supports abortion as a last resort only if numerous other alternatives are not possible. but he will not tell you how to live your life. when it comes to the 39th anniversary of rvw and that whole mess of a debate, kid yoshida is totally pro-choice. pro-choice debaters speak clearly and make sense. pro-life debaters speak in abstraction and symbolism regarding loving a child, even though pro-choice people have never shown a lack of love for anyone. often pro-lifers present with hysterical emotion, while never actually countering arguments made by the pro-choice side. and really, when the scene turns violent, which side do the perpetrators almost always stand on? kid yoshida supports safety, justice, freedom and thoughtfulness. and though terra schaller is not the first, and maybe not the face of a movement, she is sensible person that kid yoshida supports. good on ya!

choice b...
kid pan alley (washington, va.)
kids protest! apparently there was an uproar caused when kid pan alley taught some third graders to sing “part of the 99” because it uses “occupy speak”. on my last show, i played the woodbrook elementary kids in virginia singing that song and made the comment that if religion can not be taught in schools because christianity does not fairly represent all views, then marketing, business, government, history, etc shouldn’t be taught if they can’t represent all views. popular music, by its very nature, is protest oriented. for example, the first song i played on mlk weekend was a war protest song written by irving berlin in 1914. and children’s choirs have been used by johnny cash, pink floyd, james brown and many many more in politically charged output. so what’s so bad about third graders singing an occupy song? i think it’s a good opportunity to let them learn about something which is relevant in the modern world. certainly better than teaching them that columbus “discovered” america. kid yoshida supports kid pan alley.

who should be the rabble rouser of the month, or should it be a joint award???
or if there is another person that you feel earned the award this month please let me know who should get it...and why.