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Links for this episode:
- Blue Gal puts the boot in on David Effing Brooks.
- Lawrence O'Donnell throws Orly Taitz off his show (h/t Heather).
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2 comments:
Driftglass,
I love BlueGal and your weekly podcast spectacular and I listen every week without fail. As usual, I loved the show this week, but one thing sort of stuck out and bothered me a little bit.
Your repeated use of the word "coward" describing Republican apologists in this podcast is accurate and appropriate. Trouble is, we're all cowards sometimes and unless one is a paragon of courage oneself, calling others "cowards" leaves us open to criticism of being called cowardly ourselves. Courage / cowardice is a particularly fragile glass house in which to throw stones. For instance, both of us hide behind anonymity and pseudonyms when writing online. Does this make us cowards? Hardly. But we're not showing Light Brigade levels of courage either. It just made me cringe a little inside hearing that. I kind of feel that unless you're a police / fire / military / public activist who demonstrates real, visible courage daily, you can't just go around calling people cowards.
Just sayin' is all.
Keep up the good work and I hope I did not offend!
A minor bone of contention: I don't think the right hates this country as a geopolitical enttity. In fact, they often take their nationalism to weirdly fetishistic levels. But they most certainly do harbor a seething loathing of the working class and tirelessly endeavor towards its total subjugation.
Just today I deleted the one Tea Partier on my Facebook "Friends" list. Everything you've been saying about that crowd is just right on the fucking money, let me tell you.
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