Nov

29

With all this give-and-take regarding the election and, primarily, the intellect (or, pejoratively, the lack of it) of the constituency that carried the day, has anyone stopped to consider that America (and many other Western "democracies) is experiencing its "Howard Beale Moment."

For those unfamiliar with the movie "Network", the imaginary key that unlocked a popular (but brief) revolt was when TV announcer Beale urged his audience to "get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!""

And going further: "Television is not the truth! Television is a God-damned amusement park! Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, side-show freaks, lion tamers, and football players. We're in the boredom-killing business! So if you want the truth… Go to God! Go to your gurus! Go to yourselves! Because that's the only place you're ever going to find any real truth."

I've only posted once recently and that was to explain the unreported, under-appreciated anger that is prevalent in my part of the world– a county that went for Trump with 71% of the vote– an incredible plurality for an area that had long been Democrat.

It's all well and good to move Rosa Parks and representatives of similar victim groups to the front of the bus. But you'd better be real damn careful who you push to the back of it.


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