Thursday, February 21, 2013

Reality? We don't need no stinking reality!

I post this link NOT because I agree with its author:

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14687-youve-heard-of-the-birthers-now-meet-the-simpson-bowlers

The language he uses should draw your attention to something: in America no one wants to meaningfully address issues of reality:

  • When no one validates a candidate's eligibility for office prior to the election, those who point this out are somehow crazy.
  • When Congress and the President ignores the laws of the land, those who point this out are somehow trouble makers.
  • When any and all plans proposed to solve our problems require that we actually do something other than remain mired in our fantasy world, those who point this out somehow want you to eat cat food.
Fantasyland belongs in a theme park, not in Washington DC.

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