Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Unbridled hatemongering

When extremists go too far on one side or the other, they tend to be ignored after a while. Hence most conservatives don't acknowledge Michael Savage anymore, even though he still has a fervent radio following. On the left, there are plenty of attack dogs, but the liberal with the highest cable ratings remains Keith Olbermann (around 1 million viewers). About once a week, he has his Special Comments, where he rages and rails and spews hate against one person or another. His monologue against Scott Brown just spiralled into delirium, concluding thusly:

In Scott Brown we have an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude-model, tea-bagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees.


At least he doesn't call for his assassination.

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