IS THAT LIKE A RED-HEADED STEP CHILD?
An interesting description of a homeschooler protesting Roe v. Wade:
Those gathered Saturday said a red-headed homeschool student from Bethel, attending his first-ever anti-abortion rally, also has his heart in the right place. Though just 17, Travis Tyson had spent considerable time searching his soul over the controversial subject.
Why mention the color of his hair? Bizarre.
5 Responses to “IS THAT LIKE A RED-HEADED STEP CHILD?”
 Comment by Andrea January 24th, 2005 at 10:19 am |
Some people think redheads are aliens. Really. I’m a redhead and people really do use it to define you. |
 Comment by Jason January 24th, 2005 at 10:49 am |
I never took a journalism class, but the use of a detail like that is commonplace in all kinds of writing, both fiction and non-fiction. Details like that make the story more vivid and memorable to the reader, or so they say. |
 Comment by Rikki January 24th, 2005 at 10:50 am |
Bwahahaha, how funny! I think weird little deviances in writing like that just prove that quite a few journalism students need to take more classes. 😉 |
 Comment by Tad January 24th, 2005 at 11:22 am |
Or perhaps they’ve taken too many? |
 Comment by ContraryGoddess January 24th, 2005 at 11:36 am |
And why never mention the homeschoolers who are pro-choice? Never? |