Re: Late-Night TV Comedy, Let’s Give Americans What They Want
Bill Mahrer has a point here, but it needs to be kept in perspective.
Most of us Boomers can remember when late-night comedy shows rarely had any political content. Johnny Carson’s viewers had no interest in the subject, and even if they did, how much entertainment value could the escapades of Gerald Ford or Jimmy Carter possibly provide?
The circumstances are completely different today. It’s true that Trump and his support base believe that Trump is an honest and effective servant of our country and is doing his best to make America great again. As such, they take offense at being the butt of jokes.
But the rest of the country understands that Trump is a criminal conman who is doing everything in his power to turn the Unites States into an autocratic nation. The entire purpose of his second term in office is to punish his enemies, make money, and stay out of prison. Now, we have many millions of people who think of this as the only news in America of any real importance at all. They look forward to a nightly blend of news and comedy along those lines before they head off to dreamland.
To simplify this, until Trump, there was neither demand for nor supply of sharp-tongued R-rated political humor. Now there is plenty of both. We need to let Americans have what they’re demanding. If it annoys the MAGA group, they’re free to tune into Fox News, NewsMax, and the rest of the ultra-right-wing propaganda machine.
Of all the stupidity coming out of the White House, this crap about sending troops, outfitted to engage in armed conflict to save our “war-ravaged” cities from the radical left may be at the very top of the list.
As screwed up as our society is, we all need to keep in mind that most Americans are not Charlie Kirk. Yes, the media is raking in uncountable amounts of money by sensationalizing his assassination but let keep this in perspective.
The meme here implies that solar thermal was ill-conceived from the start.
Russian Anarchist Emma Goldman was once named the most dangerous woman in America by the FBI, and at the left we can see why.
Throughout history, there have been many social critics who have observed that public education represents a real danger to the ruling class. Here’s what George Carlin said on the subject:
It’s easy to look at the pic here and say, “Well of course people got along back then; it’s a group of hippies. What did you expect?
Donald Trump is the only thing young people know about the American presidency: rude, classless, and sociopathic. The rest of us have lived through 10 – 15 presidential administrations and see that it’s only a matter of time before Trump is removed and some level of sanity and human decency is returned to planet Earth and to the United States in particular.
Where did all this ignorance, violence, and bald-face lying come from?
America has fallen off a cliff when it comes to class, but do any of us deserve to be disgraced like this?
