I wish the drivel had been skipped and they just repeatedly replayed the Rodney King tape.
Gene Coyle On Jan 15, 2011, at 1:49 PM, Doug Henwood wrote: > http://lbo-news.com/2011/01/15/radio-commentary-january-15-2011/ > > Against civility > > The horrendous shootings in Tuscon have certainly inspired a lot of drivel > from the commentariat. They were heartbreaking, but please let’s not draw > stupid conclusions from them. > > Perhaps most annoying has been the call for a return to civility. Well, no, I > don’t feel like being civil. I like being rude. The problem with the rudeness > in American political discourse is that it’s often so stupid, not that it’s > so rude. The idea that politics can be civil is a fantasy for elite > technocrats and the well-heeled. I’m reminded of something that Adolph Reed > once said to me, characterizing a mutual acquaintance as the kind of person > who thinks that if you could just all the smart people together on Martha’s > Vineyard, they could solve all our social problems. Obviously they couldn’t. > > Margaret Atwood once wrote... > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
