Excellence (and Hypocrisy) in Broadcasting

[vovat]

I must be a glutton for punishment, because I actually listened to a little bit of Rush Limbaugh yesterday on my way to work. In addition to something about how chocolate doughnuts help him regain his voice when he has a cold, and how the NAACP is giving out crack for votes, Rush replied to some caller asking about how the country could become more unified. Rush's answer was that the country didn't need to be unified, and how it was "the Left" that kept talking about unity. Who is it who's constantly saying that nobody should criticize the President, though? I don't have any hard numbers on the matter, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it isn't the Democrats. And wasn't it this same President who was applauded for saying he was "a uniter, not a divider" (in stark contrast to his supposed hero, if we're to believe Matthew 10:34-36), and was applauded for it by his supporters? I don't know for sure that Rush ever conveyed those opinions, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that he did. But I shouldn't be surprised. This is coming from the type of people who accuse "the Left" of supporting panaceas (in a Xerox shop or otherwise), when Bush is proposing community college and tort reform as magical cures. Then we have Bush saying that Kerry is using "scare tactics," when he and Cheney are going around telling people that electing Kerry will make a terrorist attack on the United States more likely. And do you ever get the impression that the homophobes who are always yakking about the "gay agenda" are the ones who ACTUALLY have the agenda? Now, I don't want to stereotype all conservatives, or imply that people like Dubya and Rush speak for all of them (although it might not be entirely unfair to stereotype Limbaugh's fans, since calling yourself a "dittohead" suggests that you don't WANT to be seen as an individual), but certain parts of "the Right" seem to have more than their fair share of pots who call kettles black. I also don't know that ALL Democrats and Leftists are all that liberal, but I do get the general impression that "the Left" is more willing to tolerate dissent and recognize that there aren't always easy answers than "the Right," where the prevailing opinion at least appears to be that they're right, and everyone who doesn't agree with them is wrong.

I also got a Gmail account yesterday. I've heard about the security concerns with Gmail, but just having the account can't hurt anything, can it? I might end up using it as a backup e-mail system, at least for messages that aren't of a particularly private nature.

Comments

[3x1minus1.livejournal.com]

the country didn't need to be unified, and how it was "the Left" that kept talking about unity.

jesus. "those dirty liberals! wanting peace and harmony and equal rights and all that evil garbage!" ...ugggggggghh

[vovat.livejournal.com]

If we just went back to not letting non-whites vote, we wouldn't have to waste our precious time disenfranchising them!

Except Rush doesn't think there WAS any disenfranchisement in the 2000 election. (Well, that's what he SAYS, anyway.)

I think hardcore right-wingers want to present all liberals as smelly hippies who think they're going to change the world by singing folk songs.