So, Fox News is a propaganda machine, nothing new there. Whenever I need my fill of utter bullshit, that's my first stop. As a bullshit source, Fox never lets me down. And I could go on and on and provide clips or links to demonstrate such, but what's the point. We all know this.
But it nevertheless always gets me thinking: Who is the guy and gal out there who watches anything on Fox and agrees with it? Who are these people? Who out there is so ignorant, so incapable of thinking (much less thinking critically), that they can sit on their couches, watch the nonsense, and nod their heads in agreement? Who out there can't smell the bullshit when to me it reeks so badly I have to hold my nose and cut an onion or two?
So, moving right along, sometimes, I suppose when I'm in the mood for self-immolation, I settle for a perusal of the American Family Association web site. Classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the AFA is always good for a dose of bile. But again, I wonder, who are these people? Who are these busybodies who hate homosexuals so much that they actually give a damn what homosexuals do? Who out there hates gay people so much that they actively tune in to hateful rhetoric and don't somehow feel dirty, or demeaned? Do these people have any sort of semblance of a conscience at all?
Who out there actually thinks its a good idea to declare a zygote a legal person?
Who out there really believes, in light of all other problems, that abortion, or gay marriage, etc., are important issues, or, in the rhetoric of the religious right, the indication that we are in the end times?
I just don't get it. I fail to understand. Contemplating the above, I'm torn between sympathy for their ignorance, (poor-stupid-fundies, they just don't know better. The American school system failed them so miserably.) But on the other hand, they are not content to be merely stupid, that would be one thing, but they are so stupid that they think their stupidity is wisdom, and so they think that they should spread it to others. The end result: viral stupidity, viral bigotry, viral hate.
I am describing the utter frustration of fighting a lost cause. They cannot be cured. They cannot be taught. They are stupid, and they always will be. The power of reason, of argument, of justice, are useless against such colossal stupidity.
But here's the irony: Sometimes I wish there was a Hell. I truly do. Because I know that these self-righteous, stupid bigots would be roasting in it, shocked, absolutely shocked, that spending a life spreading stupidity and bigotry landed them there. Perhaps then they would understand. But I doubt it.
End diatribe.
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