Right Wing Envy
Jack Shafer: “A Nation writer who, say, wants to use humor or wit to make his point mustn't abuse gays, blacks, Jews, Hispanics, Ralph Nader, foreigners, women, the infirm, working stiffs, Indians, Mohammed (but Jesus is fair game), whales, or any cultural stereotype. This leaves him just one angle from which to compose his point: Stupid White Men. Such is the state of left journalism that Michael Moore has made a career out of painting and repainting this mono-mural.”
Right-wing journalism is so fun because it's in your face. Right-wingers are unafraid to call people idiotic because of their beliefs, rather than their intelligence. (Left-wingers, on the other hand, are unafraid to call people idiotic because of their lack of intelligence; right-wingers don't use intelligence of people as the basis of their opinions.) Left-wing journalism is boring because it is basically the same doom and gloom story we've heard since the 1970s.
I have right-wing envy. But then again, it could be the America-envy I've had since my first visit to Portland 2 years ago, which is now almost to the stage of jealousy after returning from my third visit.
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jesse (not verified)
Tue, 2002-09-03 15:38
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move to Portland. but be warn
Richard (not verified)
Tue, 2002-09-03 16:23
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Portland is very left-wing, y
jesse (not verified)
Tue, 2002-09-03 19:25
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how 'bout you just have your
Richard (not verified)
Tue, 2002-09-03 19:41
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Oh, I got my own ideas alrigh
jesse (not verified)
Tue, 2002-09-03 19:50
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wow, with a response time lik