I wrote last week about San Franciscans dropping their support for Occupy Wall Street. To the group of unlikely turncoats we can now add Bill Maher:
Maher does couch his “Get A Job” speech by expressing admiration for OWS’s message, but he joins with a majority of Americans in considering the group ultimately to be “a bunch of d****bags who think throwing a chair through the Starbucks window is going to bring on the revolution.”
Because Bill Maher is a know-nothing blowhard, it escapes his notice that throughout history, ALL revolutions have their share of participants who want little other than to throw a chair through the window of Starbucks. Not all human beings are constructive by nature. Millions would rather destroy what someone else built than create something for themselves. The enthusiasm of this sort is conceptually inherent to revolution -- particularly revolution that is conceived amid a polity with more freedom and prosperity than, well, anywhere else at any time.
I was looking forward to commercials juxtaposing Nancy Pelosi's "God Bless Them" remarks about OWS with reports of the vandalism, violence, crime, etc.,
I feel validated now that a leftist also thinks that the occupy people are idiots. Maybe he'll say that Obama is a Marxist and failure next, then I can take up that mantle too without guilt, until then I will continue to seek validation in the left media before saying anything that might "scare independents."
Because Bill Maher is a know-nothing blowhard, it escapes his notice that throughout history, ALL revolutions have their share of participants who want little other than to throw a chair through the window of Starbucks. Not all human beings are constructive by nature. Millions would rather destroy what someone else built than create something for themselves. The enthusiasm of this sort is conceptually inherent to revolution -- particularly revolution that is conceived amid a polity with more freedom and prosperity than, well, anywhere else at any time.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI was looking forward to commercials juxtaposing Nancy Pelosi's "God Bless Them" remarks about OWS with reports of the vandalism, violence, crime, etc.,
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI feel validated now that a leftist also thinks that the occupy people are idiots. Maybe he'll say that Obama is a Marxist and failure next, then I can take up that mantle too without guilt, until then I will continue to seek validation in the left media before saying anything that might "scare independents."
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWow. It only took about four months or so for his sharply honed stoner brain to pick up on that. I'm impressed.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWow. It only took about four months or so for his sharply honed stoner brain to pick up on that. I'm impressed.
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