Our Class as Representation of the Public

I think that our classroom (students and professor) provided a decent representation of the public. There definitely seemed to be two obvious opposing sides when discussions were on the topics of Freedom for Firearms and Simon Mainwaring’s book. There were a few people who would be vocal about their opposition or their support of the arguments and they would often carry the discussion, although I’d say that the people who were not often vocal were the majority, as it seems to be the case with the general public. 

The most interesting discussions (as far as opinions being vocalized) were the ones about Simon Mainwaring’s We First concept. There were some who thought that his ideas were brilliant and worth exploring, and there were some who thought his ideas were unrealistic and focused on a utopia that could never come true. Regardless of where you stand on Mainwaring’s book, he did bring up engaging topics of conversation.

I thought it would be cool to bring to your attention that Simon Mainwaring has his own blog based on his We First theme. The blog provides an interesting read, and there is even an article he wrote which discusses the Abercrombie & Fitch “Fitch the Homeless” campaign (you may remember the video we watched about it in class) among other similar consumer campaigns.