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<< Bush War on Dissent Continues | Main | Class War by Employers >> October 11, 2003Nuking the State DepartmentImagine a prominent left media talk show host saying the following after interviewing an author (Foggy Bottoms is the downtown D.C. location of the State Department): "I read your book. When you get through, you say, 'If I could just get a nuclear device inside Foggy Bottom, I think that's the answer.' I mean, you get through this, and you say, 'We've got to blow that thing up.'"Of course, this invitation to nuclear terrorism came from a rightwing source, Pat Robertson on his "The 700 Club." Actually, here's a measure of the rightwing dominance of opinionated media on television. Throw out a name of a liberal host who you could even imagine making such a statement, say if they had shown up drunk that day? Outside of Bill Maher, it's hard to conceive of anyone. Any suggestions? Posted by Nathan at October 11, 2003 07:47 PM Related posts:
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsI am also trying to imagine prominent leaders of religions other than Christianity being able to get away with saying such a thing. Posted by: Al-Muhajabah at October 12, 2003 02:39 PM Heck, everytime one of them opens their mouth, some sort of reference to violence against those who disagree comes out. It was the same way back in the late 60's, and pretty soon, the bats started greeting the anti-war protesters. A little more each time until we wound up with Kent State. And these are the same people who bitch about all the violence in Hollywood films and then elect a master of that violence as governor. Glass houses indeed. And no, I can't think of a liberal who says junk like that. Posted by: Benedict@Large at October 12, 2003 04:32 PM Post a comment
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