"The reason I think that they keep Dick Cheney in loyalty-oath audiences is that if he gets angry, I do believe he turns into the Hulk. The shirt rips and suddenly he has hair..."
-Jon Stewart
To add to that--I watched Jon Stewart on 60 Minutes. They commented on one point, re: his appearance on Crossfire, that "some saw that" (FOX NEWS journalism rears its ugly head) Stewart might be getting too big for his britches, after all, he's only a comedian.
I've got only one thing to say about all the comments that so-and-so should shut up because he or she is only an actor/comedian/musician/whateverthefuck. Guess what, assholes. When George W. Bush took the Oath of Office in a hail of rotten tomatoes, you lost any ability to tell me that the people in government are more qualified to have an opinion than Sean Penn. When you allowed a jerkoff who lost an election to a dead man and who anoints himself with oil to be like the ancient kings of Israel to become Attorney General, you gave up the right to say that Margaret Cho's opinion isn't valid.
Some argue "But it's not their place to try to tell people what to think." They're not telling you what to think. They're telling you what they think, and what they know, and allowing you to decide for yourself. But in a world where Henry Rollins has spent more time talking to our troops overseas than George Bush has, I refuse to accept that these people's opinions are less valid. Because then what does that say about my own opinions? What does it say about your opinion or that of the 18-year-old down the street who wants to vote for the first time?
We spend 18 years teaching kids to follow orders and do what someone else tells them to do, and then bitch when they follow celebrities blindly.
Renee Zellweger censored herself in this month's Elle cover story, saying she may not be educated enough to state her opinion. Fuck that shit. I want to hear her opinion. I want to hear your opinion. I want to hear the opinion of the fifth-grade kids out there who would shock you with the brilliance that comes out of their mouths if only we taught them to think. Welcome to the U.S.A. Everyone can vote, but only for certain choices. Everyone's got an opinion, but we don't want to hear it.
-Jon Stewart
To add to that--I watched Jon Stewart on 60 Minutes. They commented on one point, re: his appearance on Crossfire, that "some saw that" (FOX NEWS journalism rears its ugly head) Stewart might be getting too big for his britches, after all, he's only a comedian.
I've got only one thing to say about all the comments that so-and-so should shut up because he or she is only an actor/comedian/musician/whateverthefuck. Guess what, assholes. When George W. Bush took the Oath of Office in a hail of rotten tomatoes, you lost any ability to tell me that the people in government are more qualified to have an opinion than Sean Penn. When you allowed a jerkoff who lost an election to a dead man and who anoints himself with oil to be like the ancient kings of Israel to become Attorney General, you gave up the right to say that Margaret Cho's opinion isn't valid.
Some argue "But it's not their place to try to tell people what to think." They're not telling you what to think. They're telling you what they think, and what they know, and allowing you to decide for yourself. But in a world where Henry Rollins has spent more time talking to our troops overseas than George Bush has, I refuse to accept that these people's opinions are less valid. Because then what does that say about my own opinions? What does it say about your opinion or that of the 18-year-old down the street who wants to vote for the first time?
We spend 18 years teaching kids to follow orders and do what someone else tells them to do, and then bitch when they follow celebrities blindly.
Renee Zellweger censored herself in this month's Elle cover story, saying she may not be educated enough to state her opinion. Fuck that shit. I want to hear her opinion. I want to hear your opinion. I want to hear the opinion of the fifth-grade kids out there who would shock you with the brilliance that comes out of their mouths if only we taught them to think. Welcome to the U.S.A. Everyone can vote, but only for certain choices. Everyone's got an opinion, but we don't want to hear it.
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