I have noticed recently that NPR’s Morning Edition seems to have taken a lurch to the right, along with most media. The people who control the media seem to have no convictions other than what they perceive from polls — and for some reason, they all believe that a 51% vote for George Bush means a mandate for the reactionary right wing politics.
Disgusted by all the pomp and praise Morning Edition was heaping on Bush’s inauguration this morning, I changed over to “news” radio; WTOP give more coverage this morning to an errant curse word at an youth concert than they did to car bombs in Iraq. I enjoy dropping the F-bomb often, and f*ck — even our esteemed vice president, role model for millions of hawkish, fascist youth, uses the word. Still, I don’t use profanity when I write because it’s too inelegant. Grow up, people. There are far more important crises facing us than those darn kids using bad words.
These are the bulls*t priorities in the new, Talibanesque America under right wing control. The pig-f*ckers we call leaders spend time worrying about sh*t like profanity (words can’t hurt you); same-sex marriage (your neighbor’s intimate relationships do not affect you); and cartoon asses (Fox just took the bizarre step of blurring out a nude bottom in a cartoon).
I can very easily envision a nation that censors speech, strips the rights of women, forces religious doctrine upon all citizens, and executes its citizens willy nilly. We’re on the road to such a nation now.
