I’m going to list three unrelated quotes from recent news stories in order to make a broader point.
Michelle Malkin: Nickelodeon is at it again
This story is one of several Linda Ellerbee uses Sunday night in a “Nick News” special to illuminate a troubling consequence of our ongoing response to the complex issue of immigration.
Ellerbee starts the show by stressing that she’s not taking sides in the larger immigration debate, just reminding us of its impact on children.
Obama Attempts Damage Control, Fallout Over Pastor’s Sermons Unclear
In an interview Friday with FOX News, Obama said he personally never had heard the pastor’s controversial comments, though he joined his Trinity United Church of Christ nearly 20 years ago. He said the sermons now sparking controversy didn’t resemble the ones he remembers from Wright, which, Obama said, stuck to messages of faith, values and helping people in the community.
Via Michelle Malkin, TCU Divinity School Plans To Honor Obama Pastor
“Contrary to media claims that Wright preaches racial hatred, church leaders who have observed his ministry describe him as a faithful preacher of the gospel who has ministered in a context radically different from that of many middle class Americans,” the statement reads.
If you need a constant reminder of just what media, political, and social elites think of you, just print out those quotes and put them on your wall. What possible explanation could there be for intelligent people making those kinds of statements in an age when their every word and action is preserved for posterity?
Linda Ellerbee, Barack Obama, and the person who wrote the statement for TCU’s divinity school are publicly attempting to put forward explanations that any semi-intelligent person with basic reading comprehension skills or a two second Google search could tear apart. The simple explanation is that they assume that the general public will swallow their explanation whole and go on about their day. In short, they think you’re an idiot. These aren’t morons, all of them have college degrees and Obama went to an Ivy League school. They just assume that you and I are too stupid or too lazy to give their statements even a moment’s thought.
They are aided in their effort by media drones who dutifully write out whatever bullshit explanations our betters deign to give us. Of course, that only holds true if the elite in question is expressing proper political or social views. If President Bush tried to get away with something like this, they’d pick him apart like vultures on a carcass.
If you want to earn my unabashed hatred as a public figure, just try even once to throw this kind of crap at me with an honest expectation that I’ll swallow it. The good news is that in an age where millions of ordinary people have an outlet through the web to call these assholes to the carpet, they won’t be able to get away with it… as much.
Comment (1)
You’re right they won’t be able to get away with it “as much.” The problem is that too many people care more about what Britney Spears and Paris Hilton are doing than the fact that they are being lied to on a daily basis. Granted people who really care about Spears and Hilton probably do not care about important issues, but many are of voting age and just vote for whoever is popular, like the little drones they are.
P.S. Been reading your blog via Rachel Lucas and it has been very enjoyable.