The rise of conservatism has hurt the America I love in so many ways. The Bush administration and it's follies are certainly the most direct part. But the other nastiness is the rise of angry self-centered ignorant white men as pundits. Take as an example Glenn Beck:
Shown here being a complete pussy about his recent surgery and the conditions in the hospital.
Glenn, I've seen people running triathlons with no legs. Your brain still works, or at least your neurons still fire. You appear to be conscious, lucid and mobile. How bad can it be? Man up.
What I love about this clip is that it shows clearly that Glenn cannot empathize with anyone who has had troubles with our medical system unless he's had those exact troubles himself. That self-centered nature is so core to conservatism. "Why should we have affirmative action, I don't need it." "It's fine if the government taps all our phones, they won't tap my phone because I'm a loyal American." "Why should we all get universal health care, I'm not sick." "We don't need welfare because I've never been on it."
What a self-centered prick this guy is. Makes me sick. Why should I care about you Glenn? Or any of your angry white buddies like Tucker, O'Reilly, Limbaugh or Hannity. What makes you guys special? That you are close-minded racist fools who could care less about anyone other than yourselves? That's not so special.
Thirty years ago we had one Archie Bunker and we used to laugh at him. Now we have a swarm of Archie Bunkers who all spout jibberish and half the country agrees with them. People, seriously, Archie Bunker was a fool, not a role model.
Posted by jherr at January 4, 2008 11:39 AMHey Now The New Road,
I like this post.
Thx,
catto
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