Aaron Schock’s is the Illinios Representative
and on Tuesday, March 17 he announced his resignation, effective March 31,
right after the Politico raised questions about tens of thousands of
dollars in mileage reimbursements he received for his personal vehicle. Schock adopted an expensive lifestyle which consists of staying
in luxury hotels, dining at pricey restaurants, flying on private jets.
Mounting questions about how he paid for it eventually caught up with him. His vehicle records has been put together and the government
and public has been paying for everything. If anything goes on in the House of
Representatives then everyone will know about it on social media. The only
reason Aaron Schock resigned from office is because he got caught. The only
thing Schock’s cares about is his image and the appearance and reputation
social media gives him.
The cultural perspective in this situation would be the way people view
Aaron Schock’s now. The way Schock’s put his image on social media and faked
his way through the house of rep. Since Aaron has been using the public’s money
for all his spending, the social media definitely has a say about this.
What made him entertaining
and a big hit on social media, of course, was his insistence in thrusting his
face, his gym routine, his provocatively clad (or scantily clad) body, and his
b-list celebrity selfies into social media, particularly his notorious
Instagram feed. He exposed his abs on the cover of Men’s Health and did a Richard Simmons–esque
fitness demonstration on Morning Joe. Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post has called Schock “a new kind of showhorse” for Washington — a legislator with no
interest in legislation, policy, or even politics “but rather someone who views
the office as a platform to gain wider celebrity in the popular culture.”
In the culture situation, Dr. Schock’s, Aaron’s father, told the
press and the public “So yeah, he broke the law.” Acting like it was nothing that
he used the media to gain a reputation and used the public’s money to have the
time of his life. Apparently, no matter what, their family and their reputation
means everything to them. They will stick together no matter how big the
situation is and how bad their consequences should be. His father and Aaron
will say anything on the media to their keep reputation.
Culturally, everyone is different in the situation Schock is in.
For example, In the article, The lef-destructive mania of Rep. Aaron Schock in The Washinton Post, the comments below
were all controversy.
Example 1:
“Maybe there are other issues but this
article doesn't make him out to be bad (though it seems to be the intent) but
very ambitious and maybe making some judgments that weren't great but
considering Congress' standards not a reason to resign. Did he crush others
along the way with his ambition? If not his drive to succeed is impressive.”
Example 2:
Really? claiming 170,000 miles on his only car, whose
odometer showed 80,000? That's inflation of over 100%. Even in Congress, that
is excessive. I suspect it's also a felony.
Example 3:
Representative Schock resigns over a funds issues?
If only every politician in Washington felt the same way.
If only every politician in Washington felt the same way.
Everyone is different and it all depends on their culture and
how the social media portrays Schock’s situation. Social media can make him
look like a crook and others can make him look like he’s being picked on and
did nothing wrong.
The way social media and citizens has been involved is when he was using
tax payers money to go on vacation, stay in luxury hotels, and eat at pricey
restaurants. By doing so, he got the media in on this controversal situation. When
articles and videos were released of his doings, the public became involved and
were basically journalists. So how did the citizens become journalist? Well, they
spoke out in their opinion. Citizens can be reporters, people on the streets,
and Schock’s family and friends. People are posting their opinion about Schock’s
on their social media and that’s how more and more people find out what Schock
has done.
The veracity of social media is questionable because everything on the
internet is not true, but everything I found out about Schock was creditable.
Every article, video, blog, etc., was saying the exact same thing. All sources
were article and creditable newspapers that either personally interviewed
Schock or was there at his announcement of his resignation. But the source of
Schock being gay or the rumor is questionable because the public and other social
media says he is but he denies it every time.
Social media can be a real hassle and get people in trouble. So things
put on the media could be true or not true about Schock’s, but what we do know
is his image and appearance is very important to him and he took tens and thousands
of dollars from the public to receive reimbursement on his personal vehicle.
Aaron Schock is the definition of a narcissist.
I’m not saying he’s the only one in the world or in the house of rep. but he’s
just one of many of the government official that has done this and got caught
in the process. The question is.. I wonder how many other government officials
have lied about where their money is coming from and how much they have spent?
Maybe they should do more investigations about other government officials
because Schock is probably not the only one. He could have been a great official
in the house of rep., but he cared too much about his image and the reputation
social media portrayed about him.
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