Comments | sarcasticsra: Post-interview thoughts.

sarcasticsra

Post-interview thoughts.

Nov 12, 2010 03:00

So I watched the Rachel-Jon interview, and I actually took notes, because I am a huge freaking nerd. I wanted to share a few Thoughts, (I was going to do this on Twitter, but, lol, apparently two really smart people talking about really interesting things makes me want to go a little more in depth than 140 characters at a time! Who knew.) so here ( Read more... )

politics, media, rachel maddow, rachel and jon need their own special, jon stewart

Comments 5

iamashamed November 13 2010, 12:50:30 UTC

I WANT YOUR BRAIN.

iamashamed November 13 2010, 12:50:48 UTC

um, I mean, yeah, cool rant.

sarcasticsra November 13 2010, 13:02:44 UTC

Hahaha, why thank you. :)

kribban November 21 2010, 19:22:53 UTC

I really liked the interview, although I don't think Jon was at his most eloquent. You could tell towards the end of the hour that his brain wasn't working properly ( ... )

sarcasticsra November 22 2010, 19:54:29 UTC

Well, he was sick, poor guy. That makes you a little fuzzy.

I like that theory. I could see it.

The comments about Bush...I got what he was saying, I think, I really do. But I always come from a place of, "fine, then, let's do that" re: classifying other Presidents as war criminals as well, should they meet the classification requirements. I just don't find the idea that "oh, well, we never did it before!" is reason enough to not do it now, you know?

As for "war criminal" as a conversation ender...the example he used was, as Rachel pointed out, an activist who was really not trying to have a conversation. They were being confrontational on purpose. This is a style of activism that I feel has its place in our discourse. The fact of the matter is, not everything needs to be a conversation. Sometimes you just want people to know that you're really fucking angry, full stop. It's cathartic, you know? Maybe not productive, and maybe not helpful, but not automatically hurtful, either ( ... )