On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hank Williams jnr, who lately performs that "All my rowdy friends" > tune customized for each week's contest, puzzlingly compared the > President to Hitler during a Fox and Friends appearance... his status > is week-to-week... > > http://goo.gl/124nB > I am a huge Obama fan, dislike Hitler, and have seen almost every Monday Night Football game ever broadcast. Hank Williams Jr has never been a particularly important part of my MNF experience, and it is hardly surprising that he is an incoherent Tea Partier. But I think there is a bit of an over-reaction to these Hitler comparisons. Goodwin's Law and Jon Stewart have effectively deflated any pretension to credibility anyone invoking Hitler in media conversations might have, and I think that is pretty much penalty enough. Nobody cares what Hank Williams Jr says on F&F anyway, and nobody really thinks that President Obama is just as bad as Hitler (or, conversely, that Hitler was only just as bad as conservative Republicans think Obama is). Given that Hitler analogies can safely be ignored, the comparison that might be more offensive (I guess this would be for Boehner) is to Netanyahu. Let Junior play his little song and otherwise just ignore him (I honestly did not realize that man had any existence outside of the 30 seconds preceding football games on Monday Night). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
