by Noah
As a former journalism major who, many years ago, literally studied under the tutelage of the best that CBS, NBC, and the Washington Post had to offer, I find it endlessly fascinating and frustrating that the majority of today's political and media yappers can't get a grasp on reality and pass it onto their audience no matter how many hours they have at their disposal, yet, the nation's cartoonists can do it all in 60 seconds or less.
That last panel in the cartoon sure reminds me of the reaction of conservatives everywhere when the National Guard assassinated 4 students and wounded several others at Kent State after Nixon and Agnew started yapping about getting rid of "rotten apples." That was after republican god Ronald Reagan had called for bloodbaths on campuses. And, let's not forget Jackson State as so many do. I also remember right wingers all across the country, including Governor Jim "Killer" Rhodes of Ohio, chanting "4 more! 4 more!" You know that thing about those who don't learn from history being doomed to repeat it? That's already willfully in motion in every layer of our world where stupidity is celebrated. This time, the protesting is a little more complex, of course, because there are two different very vehement sides involved in the protesting. I'm glad they aren't killing each other, so far. In any event, the complexities of the matter seem to be a little too complex for many in both the media and political worlds to grok, but then you'd have to have an IQ above 85 for that. So yeah, flame throwing robot police dogs? You bet, just as soon as they're available, they will be used. "Film at 11 but first a word from our sponsors!"
When fairness and equal time were flushed, truth in journalism went with them. When (slick willie) dereg'd and allowed corporate consolidation of media, the sole goal of all media became profit. Therefore it is no surprise that coverage of this caters to the aipac money's perspective. In fact, this page has covered the democraps' discomfort with their voters revolt exactly because they lust for that aipac money. So far, aipac has won. Again, no surprise. the democraps are, at best, indifferent to all their voters... but they LOOOOOOVE their investors.
You forgot this just as all humans forget everything they've been taught before... because history is not taught. and anyway how much can they learn if they're dumber than shit?