Let's talk nuance for a moment, shall we?

[tavalon]

Jon Stewart skewered the 24 hour "news" infotainment media craptasm that masquerades as news. He and his cohort used mashups that included much from Faux "News" and a couple of bits from MSNBC. False perhaps, equivalent in no way. Just as Free Republic is not the polar opposite of DU though many low information folks on the web believe it to be so. They are wrong. We have facts and hyperbole and emotion and silliness and so does Free Republic but that's where the similarity ends. They have far fewer facts and far more hyperbole. And while we're all entitled to our opinions, facts are facts.

We are the ones who can get the nuance, sometimes, occasionally, well we could, before President Obama was elected. We can do it again.

See, here's the thing, Jon Stewart is a bleeding heart liberal. He doesn't realize that most people don't know it and since he lives inside that brain of his, I can't blame him for not realizing that most people don't know his political leanings. I know as well as he does that if people did know, they would discount him just like they discount everyone on the left. That's one of the reasons he spends so much time reassuring us that he's just a comedian - because he doesn't realize that most people really do think he is just a comedian. He's overcompensating so we'll listen to him. He has some really important things to say about the media and if middle America decides he's just another left leaning liberal commentator, he won't get to be heard. So he created a little false equivalency to cover his tracks. Nuance folks. 88.3% of what was communicated at that rally was liberal, disguised as funny middle of the road moderate stuff.

We're smart here. Really smart. But we're also really, really emotional and quick to FREAK OUT!!!! Go back and look at that montage. Then go listen to Guido asking God to send a flock of geese. Then look at that crowd. They got it. They really got it and so can you.

Even Keith Olbermann, who can be a bit thin skinned, got it. If he can, you can.

[Skittles]

1. it is staggering how many DUers just don't fucking get it

I shouldn't be surprised, considering the crap I've seen lately, but it is truly disheartening

K&R

[tavalon]

3. I'm actually finding it amusing

We're kind of acting like, well, you know. Them.

Heehee.

There were some clunky bits to that rally but the crowd really got it. And I got it, watching for three long hours on Youtube. And damn, they got Yusuf Islam! And Anderson Cooper's tight black t-shirt! How often do you see both of those at the same rally?

[Skittles]

4. um, they ARE them, aren't they?

I mean, please, tell me the idiot pile has not grown larger :o

[tavalon]

5. "Them" is a funny word

It can mean so many things, most of them, other.

[Sherman A1]

2. K&R Well Said

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