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Thats Time for you. They also chose Hitler as man of the year in 1938 and Stalin as man of the year in 1939.
...Person of the Year!
I agree with Ed Morrissey on this one.
In 2009, Time had the same opportunity to pick “the protester” when the protests were the Tea Party and Iran’s Green Revolution, which followed from Ukraine’s Orange Revolution, and so on. Who did they pick? Ben Bernanke. When the Tea Party movement actually delivered results at the ballot box in 2010 in a historic midterm drubbing of Barack Obama’s Democrats — they lost 68 seats, the worst outing since 1938 — they could have hailed The Protester then, too. Who did they pick? Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
So they’re a little late to “the protester” story in terms of real impact. And what impact has “the protester” actually had in 2011? Has the Occupy Movement, such as it is, had any kind of ground-breaking impact on politics in the way the Tea Party did in 2010 and still does in this cycle? Not even close...
Thats Time for you. They also chose Hitler as man of the year in 1938 and Stalin as man of the year in 1939.
No one said he had to be a good man.
Clearly
He explained the reasoning why on Morning Joe. So stop protesting.
So?
What was your choice instead of Hitler that year?
Find someone else to argue with. go kick the dog or something.
I have no intention of debating the 1938 man of the year with you.
Oh, I get it...
It is not a popularity contest either.
You shouldn't have ed about the choice of man of the year in 1938 then.
I used it as an example of other whacked times choices.
Why was it "whacked"?
Again, that implies you have a better choice.
I don't expect you to actually have one.
Sure Chump...invading Austria, declaring that Jews must register with the state, starting the first concentration camp, and passing laws to confiscate art and personal property certainly earned Adolph Hitler the indisputable right to be times "Man of the Year". you win.
Exactly!
Not my problem you don't understand the concept.
So you agree that protesters=Hitler?
Inasmuch as Person of the Year consideration goes.So you agree that protesters=Hitler?
LOL, yeah I wasn't the OP and I've never lost any sleep over Times selection of POTY...
I think you don't understand the point of Time's "Man of the Year". It's the person who had the most influence, affected the most change, etc etc, for better or worse.
So, tell me...what influence did this man exert?
I understand it. Again, I wasn't the OP. I just happened to already know that Hitler and Stalin had previously been MOTY selections and threw it out there for discussion. As far as ed up occurrences maybe Arab Spring and OWS qualify for POTY even if by definition it's not a P.
Enough to get a picture spread throughout the internet...So, tell me...what influence did this man exert?
Seriously though, I think it's a rather weak choice myself. But I'm not sure who would be a stronger pick. Obama is rather obvious, and won't generate sales. A celebrity feels somewhat weak.
If I had to pick a Man of the Year, I would've gone with Steve Jobs.
Yeah, I think putting "Protestor" is a copout. They should have at least humanized it by putting the Egyptian protestors front and center.I understand it. Again, I wasn't the OP. I just happened to already know that Hitler and Stalin had previously been MOTY selections and threw it out there for discussion. As far as ed up occurrences maybe Arab Spring and OWS qualify for POTY even if by definition it's not a P.
Actually not a bad choice to be honest...not OWS which are a bunch of ing clowns, but basically nameless protestors DID overthrow Egypt, Libya, and it looks like Syria is about to domino..
Yes, all protestors are public defecators. Yonivore continuing to be a good little tool.
If Apple really does have TV "figured out" like Jobs said then I would agree with you on that one...that is going to be a whole new tipping point in technology...Enough to get a picture spread throughout the internet...
Seriously though, I think it's a rather weak choice myself. But I'm not sure who would be a stronger pick. Obama is rather obvious, and won't generate sales. A celebrity feels somewhat weak.
If I had to pick a Man of the Year, I would've gone with Steve Jobs.
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