tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post1018654802425293006..comments2024-03-26T14:20:38.103-04:00Comments on The Thought Criminal: The Real Heroes Aren't The Ones Who The Media Elevates Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-58907676509046860982017-06-16T16:10:58.225-04:002017-06-16T16:10:58.225-04:00He's like a plate of jelly doughnuts filled wi...He's like a plate of jelly doughnuts filled with petroleum jelly and sprinkled with arsenic. Apparently they figure their audience likes that kind of thing, though I think it's the advertisers they really want to keep happy. <br /><br />I'm not expecting Nuge's moderation to last more than a news cycle or two. Stupid old pop music people don't generally develop. They'd get out of that genre if they were capable of it. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-65723169531357990272017-06-16T15:53:47.392-04:002017-06-16T15:53:47.392-04:00Well, when you're too extreme for Nugent, mayb...Well, when you're too extreme for Nugent, maybe it will tell you something.<br /><br />Now if we can just get cable news to quit putting Newt in front of a camera (or broadcast news, for that matter)....Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-60879745554240558632017-06-16T11:54:30.137-04:002017-06-16T11:54:30.137-04:00If it's a demon, it's not demonization, ma...If it's a demon, it's not demonization, making them what they already decided to be, themselves. <br /><br />Newt Gingrich is in that class of people who you can't determine who is the worst of because they're all superlative in such evil. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-20542993517245814422017-06-16T11:00:14.788-04:002017-06-16T11:00:14.788-04:00There is some indication this incident has shocked...There is some indication this incident has shocked some people in D.C. into awareness that rhetoric is not what their job is about; that maybe it's about governance instead, about not demonizing those who don't agree with you.<br /><br />Even Ted Nugget has reportedly said he's going to be more civil and less incendiary.<br /><br />Of course that's not touching Newt Gingrich but then, what does? (Oops, I just demonized him. Well, that's a problem for me, frankly....). And the change may be fleeting. I wonder, if he survives, if Scalise will reconsider his rabid support of guns, now that he knows what they do to people? Will he imagine that if he had had a gun, he wouldn't have been shot? Or would "packing heat" have made no difference to him at all (much more likely).<br /><br />Maybe it will change things; maybe it won't. Just the noises being made are good enough for now. Take what you can get, light a candle, don't curse the darkness, etc.<br /><br />Baby steps. Always and forever: baby steps.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-46321485934689380522017-06-16T10:52:52.743-04:002017-06-16T10:52:52.743-04:00Well said.Well said.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.com