I listen to AM talk radio. It feeds the masochist in me. It is essentially unballanced drivel from the near to far right. One thing rings clear. FEAR! THE SKY IS FALLING. What else do these guys have? Fear the brown president, fear the immigrant, fear the queer, fear the ... well, you get it. How does anyone listen and believe this crap? I listen sort of like one would watch a video of a bad car crash, out of morbid curiousity. Here is what the creator of this interesting illustration said about it:
"The main [and most appalling] problem with O'Reilly, Hannity, Limbaugh et al and the sharper end of 'Foxilosophy' is that they, quite simply and wittingly, brook no argument. None.
These people are in possession of mouths [which are seldom silent], but seem devoid of ears. To these people and their ilk, to listen is quite simply seen as absurd. They are right. Only they know.
The handmaiden of this ludicrous notion that every viewpoint and argument but theirs remains erroneous is the appearence of that most prophetic of garments, the brown shirt.
They realise only too well [they are not wholly ignorant and obtuse] that the mere act of listening will lead to possible, if not probable, intellectual defeat.
Listening is thus to be avoided at all cost.
Dogma must, and should, devour reason whole.
The very last word one can use to describe these vapid, egotistical, and dangerous cretins is 'reasonable'."
I wanted to say something like that, but this guy is far more eloquent than I am.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
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