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People are pissed off---not a new phenomenon, but recently more venomous: Saturday's Show.
A person who frequently posts to this blog, and who has been a guest on "Civil Discourse Now," Nicolas Martin, noted yesterday something to the effect that negative responses to politicians is nothing new. Nic quoted H.L. Mencken on the point. I would add another, poet e.e. Cummings, whose poem read: "A politician/is an arse upon which/everything has sat except a man." I think I got that right. Seriously, it was off the top of my head.
The anger to which I referred yesterday is…
ContinueAdded by Mark Small on March 22, 2013 at 6:04am — No Comments
"I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" Is this still the American mood? Saturday's Show.
On an evening during mid-terms at DePauw, shortly after the movie "Network" premiered, someone got the idea to throw open a window and shout what became fictional newsman Howard Beale's famous rant. "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" People around campus threw open their windows, much as New York City dwellers were depicted in the movie, and joined the rant. That all was quite humorous for college students.
We are 37 years past that time. People seem even…
ContinueAdded by Mark Small on March 21, 2013 at 6:05am — 1 Comment
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