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Thread #133322 Message #3023917
Posted By: Genie
04-Nov-10 - 09:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: An astute take on the Nov. 2010 election
Subject: RE: BS: An astute take on the Nov. 2010 election
And, Akenaton, the article isn't ridiculing people for being - rightly - angry. They're ridiculing people who turn their anger at the wrong people (and policies, parties, etc.). I share a lot of the Tea Partiers' frustrations, but when they turn that anger against everything "governmental" and become the handmaidens of big corporations and the obscenely wealthy -- as though corporate "takeover" of our roads, schools, health care, military, prisons, and even our government is just hunky-dory and really leaves the people "free" - that's when I think they're a pitifully misled lot.
Anyway, while I thought the jibes were funny, I didn't agree with every bit of it. : D
And I don't object to "my own" being roasted and ridiculed too. I just think the satire should be based on real flaws and foibles -- of which Obama and liberals have many.