Comments on: John Stossel Is A Tool

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:06:22 +0000

Directed at no one in particular, the "ivory tower" implies an idealistic, conceptual, well-intentioned view of the world that might just clash with the views of those who've seen the world a little too "up close and personal." What some refer to as "the street." It's like listening to old-timers talk about the Depression. Hard times. A similar metaphor would be "rose-colored glasses." All peoples, world-wide, understand the concept of Social Darwinism. Wasn't this post originally about John Stossel and the awful things he has said?

By: Matt Osborne

Matt Osborne — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:49:50 +0000

Anonymous:

I know what "is" is.

I know that waterboarding *IS* torture, that endless war on a Bank of China credit card *IS* ruinous, and that John Stossell *IS* a tool.

I should like to know what ivory tower you are talking about, and what it has to do with the subject of the post.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:15:35 +0000

Ah, life in the ivory tower! It really all comes down to what the meaning of "is" is.

By: Matt Osborne

Matt Osborne — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:17:03 +0000

ZIRGAR, Anonymous doesn't believe racism exists except when you pass a law against it, at which point YOU are the racist.

By: ZIRGAR

ZIRGAR — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:06:56 +0000

Oops. I meant, " That's the irony of which I was speaking.

By: ZIRGAR

ZIRGAR — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:04:37 +0000

Matt, I love how, right in the middle of Anonymous's comment is a ridiculously racist indictment of minorities, which basically says that if they act civilized they get civilization. The implication being that minorities do in fact act uncivilized, therefore that's what's holding them back regarding their place in society. That's he irony of I was speaking. How long has the noble whitey been trying to civilize the awful savage? It's coded terminology like that that calls into question Anonymous' very assertion about equality and fairness that is color blind.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:35:08 +0000

I thought we were all adults here. Racism comes in all colors. Is it racist to make a factual statement?

By: Matt Osborne

Matt Osborne — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:31:29 +0000

Anonymous: are you seriously telling me that racism has no effect anymore?

Please tell me that's not what you meant. I'd hate to think there could be someone that blind and ignorant capable of using the internet.

By: ZIRGAR

ZIRGAR — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:41:04 +0000

Anonymous: Does the irony of any part of your comment escape you?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:07:02 +0000

ANY "minority" person can gain whatever he/she wishes under the current system, as long as they play by the rules. The politicians(left and right wing)know this. That means acting like a reasonably civilized, disciplined adult and not like a primitive savage that hates everything civilized. That means not acting like a dipshit. Higher education, nice home, plenty to eat, security, vacations, a job to be proud of – it doesn't matter what color you are. Been that way since the Sixties.