One of the most
interesting things to watch after Mr. Obama became president was how
the American media changed roles. It was a bit like the wrestling,
where all the good guys became bad guys and all the bad guy
became good guys. So all the left wing media that had spent eight
years exposing and criticising the creeping fascism of the Bush
administration were suddenly cheering on the same policies under
Obama. On the opposite side of the coin, we had the right wing media
suddenly becoming deeply concerned about abuses of state power now
that a democrat was in charge, abuses that had never bothered them in
the slightest when carried out by Republicans!
So what's going on
here? Are these people just paid actors who will play any role for
the money? Probably yes. But then I wouldn't be surprised if they
really do feel an affiliation to their particular team. Just look at
the way people support sports teams. They feel an incredible passion
for either the red team or the blue team, it could be Liverpool or
Everton, Manchester United or Manchester City. Everyone knows
there's no ideological difference between these teams, no difference
in style and they're all corporate entities, but that doesn't stop
fans loving one and hating the other in equal measure. Why then
should we be surprised to find the same blind devotion to the red
team or the blue team in politics, where we can all at least pretend
there's a real ideological difference, even if we're deluding
ourselves.
In the video below Abby
Martin exposes exactly this behaviour in the political comedian Bill
Maher, a man I enjoyed watching during the Bush years who has now
abandoned every principal it would appear he never really stood for
in the first place. Come on you Blues!!!
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