People are pissed. At Obama. For many, many reasons. Some valid. Most stupid. But I wonder, do they really know (or care) why they are pissed? And would people really be pissed if they weren't told to be pissed?
Case in point: Obama and the Boy Scouts.
So Obama didn't go to the Boy Scout Jamboree. Big freaking whoop. But a lot of people thought that this was some capitol offense (see what I did there, linguists?). Why would anyone get worked up over something this inconsequential?
Fox News took the following line of attack:
Obama is the first sitting president since George Bush, Sr. to miss the Boy Scout Jamboree, and he went on The View instead.
Someone I know soon said:
Obama is the first sitting president since George Bush, Sr. to miss the Boy Scout Jamboree, and he went on The View instead.
Like a freaking Forget Me Not. We could talk about the absurdity of making an argument that three presidents comprise some sort of long-standing American tradition, but that's not my point. The point is that most "independent thinking" Republicans are really just squawking parrots getting outraged at whatever minor incident their overlords at Fox tell them to get outraged about. It happens on TV all the time. I'm used to that. But seeing people I know and respect do the same thing is really kind of scary.
imagine how i feel. here in tennessee, everyone over 35 and a lot of younger people, think fox news is gospel truth. "you should watch FOX news, they are the highest in ratings." aaauuurgh! they kill me with that shit. so what! that just means most americans are really fucking stupid. in the break rooms at work, they all have fox news on them. it is laughable how they try to tell every american how they should feel about every issue. the news should report news and let the people decide. i guess most people need to be told what to think by someone else.
ReplyDeleteI feel for you man, but you're not alone. The Central Valley of California is exactly like that. East San Diego County is exactly like that. Outside of SF/NorCal and LA, California is not as liberal as the mythology suggests.
ReplyDeletepeople like to repeat all of the Grover Norquist talking points even though they don't even know who he is... people are stupid! I have to listen to rich white old people all day complain about Obama... this is why I'm drunk, reading your blog, & listening to a horrible Beowulf album.... OK, it's not horrible it's just not Dillinger Four good!
ReplyDeleteNot many things are as good as D4.
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