re: LSU Football new campaign - Be the change #GeauxVote

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Don’t disagree with that, they absolutely are likely to vote opposite of my political views but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be encourage to vote if they want “change”

I don’t see the issue

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Yea, I agree. However, let's not act like young people are going to be coming out in droves to vote for Creepy Joe or get involved in local politics.

This is an overused phrase but this is just virtue signalling. Young people are the these reliable base and comrade Bernie learned that lesson twice now.

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LSU football nor the AD as a while should not be getting involved in political speech as a government agency.

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Good thing this isn’t political speech. It’s not a good look to view encouraging increased voter turnout to be political speech.

Be the change you want. That’s all the message is. Want to overturn Roe v Wade? Be the change. Want to legalize marijuana? Be the change. Either way, you should vote.

Where did they post this

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Not following your logic. They clearly want change, the best way to do that is vote. Should LSU not support them “to be the change” , then go vote?

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I disagree with your logic. Be the change is a call to action, and it is bolstering their idea that change is necessary. But where? For who?

They are going to vote out Democrats in these cities and they'll vote in more Democrats. The cities that are having the most issues right now have been under Democrat rule for DECADES.

Here's the last time each of these cities had a Republican Mayor:
Minneapolis: 1973
Chicago: 1931
Baltimore: 1963
St. Louis: 1949
Detroit: 1962
New Orleans: 1872
Baton Rouge: had republican leadership from 1995-2005, but since RECONSTRUCTION and since 2005, full Democrat control.


So WHAT CHANGE will voting bring them? They're going to vote in more Democrats. And if we're to believe that Trump has caused all of this chaos and dysfunction in inner cities, then he's obviously not the idiot the left makes him out to be. (To be clear, no President and no Republican has had any effect on these cities in decades. They exist today as Democrats want them to be.)

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They may simply say that voting is how we make change, not for a specific one.

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Then how about:

“BE HEARD”
“SHARE YOUR VOICE”
“YOUR OPINION MATTERS”
“IT’S YOUR RIGHT”

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Not following your logic. They clearly want change, the best way to do that is vote. Should LSU not support them “to be the change” , then go vote?

Would you rather them supporting looting and riots? I’m confused

LSU isn’t encouraging them to change, just encouraging if you want “change “ the way to do that is vote

Agree LSU should not be supporting any “movement” or political issue. I don’t feel they are with this message but I guess you can spin it however you’d like

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The university is saying "be the change". It's not saying "if you think there needs to be a change, then go vote." That implies the university's position is that "change" is needed from a political standpoint (LSU doesn't need someone to register to vote to make internal changes. They can do that themselves)

The message here isn't geaux vote, it's geaux vote for who we want you to.

I really hope TAF sees a major backlash on this.

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All they are encouraging is to “be the change”, go vote. I see nothing wrong with that even though they are likely voting opposite my views. That used to be ok in this country, not anymore though. Each side is “us vs them” and it’s miserable

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I disagree. This campaign needs to be viewed in the broader context of what LSU has been promoting in the last 2 weeks.

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I disagree. This campaign needs to be viewed in the broader context of what LSU has been promoting in the last 2 weeks.

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That’s fair. I just disagree, but you may be right.

It certainly is not in LSUs best interest to promote any political views

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All they are encouraging is to “be the change”, go vote. I see nothing wrong with that even though they are likely voting opposite my views. That used to be ok in this country, not anymore though. Each side is “us vs them” and it’s miserable

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That's not what LSU is doing.

You don't light up your stadium to honor a multiple felon without taking an official political stance. You don't post "BLACK LIVES MATTER" with the tiger head logo without taking an official political stance. You don't then post "BE THE CHANGE" without taking an official political stance.

You may want to believe these things aren't indicative of a politically expedient and one-sided stance, and that's your right. If you do, contact me, I've got some beachfront property in Kansas to sell you.