Andymatic

Category: 11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts

  • What About the You-Know-Whats

    What does it say about our nation that some parents are refusing to allow their children to listen to a speech by the President? It stuns me. All I can think is that these same people are afraid that their ideas are so unattractive, so indefensible, that allowing their children to hear other points of […]

  • Another First for Obama

    This is the first time in recorded history a black man has been criticized for telling kids to stay in school. Hell, it’s probably the first time anyone of any race has been criticized for telling kids that. via Commenter on MetaFilter

  • Right-Wing Dog Whistles

    #5. Sovereign: In the right wing, this term has two meanings. The most troubling refers to a notion called “sovereign citizen,” a term popularized by the violent Posse Comitatus militia formation in the 1970s to argue that white people have a superior form of citizenship to that of black people. More commonly, the term “sovereign” […]

  • Founders Like Me

    Beck has a very clever way of being racist without actually directly saying anything racist. He’s always applauding the Founding Fathers as brilliant, wonderful men who are, most importantly, Beck will stress as he leans toward the audience, “just like us.” And he’s right, in that the only people in his theater are old and […]

  • Secessionists Rally at TX Capitol

    Go ahead and secede. But you’ll probably want to make Austin an annex: “I hate that flag up there,” Kilgore said pointing to the American flag flying over the Capitol. “I hate the United States government. … They’re an evil, corrupt government. They need to go. Sovereignty is not good enough. Secession is what we […]

  • Johann Hari on the Triumph of Unreason

    You have to admire the audacity of the right. Here’s what’s actually happening. The US is the only major industrialised country that does not provide regular healthcare to all its citizens. Instead, they are required to provide for themselves – and 50 million people can’t afford the insurance. As a result, 18,000 US citizens die […]

  • Propaganda, Frustration, Anger and Violence

    Show me a time in our history when a bunch of people ever assembled together for the purpose of freely exchanging valid and factually accurate ideas beyond the level of a school board meeting. It’s never happened. It’s a fiction. Political discourse in this country has always been and will always be about propaganda, frustration, […]

  • Joe The Plumber Would ‘Beat The Livin’ Tar’ Out Of Pelosi

    For Pelosi to write about us bein’ un-American and disprespectful — I’ll tell ya what: I respect nobody who lies to me and manipulates me and takes my money and puts my children in debt. They want me to be respectful towards them? Please! You know, I’m not the most civilized person: Those kind of […]

  • Psychologists: "Reparative Therapy" For Gays Is Useless And Harmful – Reparative therapy – Jezebel

    It’s also bull to say that religious beliefs are more fundamental than sexuality, because you do not choose to be gay or straight, but religious views are completely socialized. Babies don’t come flying out of the womb crying “Save me Jesus!!” via Comment on Jezebel on the APA Declaring “Reparative Therapy” For Gays Is Useless […]

  • Bill Maher: 'America is a Stupid Country'

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