The Left, In Total
In just five minutes, if you can wade through it, David Letterman and that effeminate guy Maddow will give you everything you need to know about the American Left, circa 2010.
If you can’t, it boils down to this:
1. Absolutely zero concept of the facts, or even any respect for uncovering them.
2. An immediate assumption that only the basest of motives are at work among people who disagree with them.
3. An unconscionable smugness borne of derision and disrespect for the other side.
4. A total disregard for the private property of others and a demeaning attitude toward said others’ attempts to preserve same through democratic means.
5. A hair-trigger propensity to accuse conservatives of racism.
Why Letterman, whose career is all but finished after a nearly-unbroken string of unentertaining shows and personal disgraces, and Maddow, whose career hangs on a string amid nearly non-existent ratings, are on the air is a worthy question. At one point Letterman was watchable; he survives on that fact.
Notice, though, the sycophantic unanimity of the audience in their applause during the piece. Aren’t there any conservatives who attend Letterman’s show?
There is a complete disconnect between them and reality. My brother-in-law lives in NY and he and his friends are the same way.
There is a complete disconnect between them and reality. My brother-in-law lives in NY and he and his friends are the same way.
The video they are criticizing in the first part of this clip was a dishonest video, using excerpts to create an impression that was the opposite of what was really said during that talk (creating the impression of racism when the talk was a plea to rise above racism). Conservatives, since they support traditional values, should also support honesty, not dishonesty. Otherwise, conservatives will stoop to the same level they claim their ideological opponents have fallen to.
Wrong. Shirley Sherrod's Road To Damascus line is the lie. Her history is of abject racism and black separatism, which has been documented elsewhere during that speech and in subsequent statements she has made. The selective editing in that video actually captured her true perspective when her entire body of words and actions (as well as those of her ex-Black Panther husband) are viewed in total.
The video they are criticizing in the first part of this clip was a dishonest video, using excerpts to create an impression that was the opposite of what was really said during that talk (creating the impression of racism when the talk was a plea to rise above racism). Conservatives, since they support traditional values, should also support honesty, not dishonesty. Otherwise, conservatives will stoop to the same level they claim their ideological opponents have fallen to.
Wrong. Shirley Sherrod's Road To Damascus line is the lie. Her history is of abject racism and black separatism, which has been documented elsewhere during that speech and in subsequent statements she has made. The selective editing in that video actually captured her true perspective when her entire body of words and actions (as well as those of her ex-Black Panther husband) are viewed in total.