Saturday, May 2, 2009

Post #17 - Assignment #8: Sean Hannity

Needless to say, there are ignorant morons on either side of the political spectrum. These are the type of people who impede productive political debate with insults, fear-mongering, and wild speculation, and Sean Hannity is just this kind of person. He single-handedly makes the entire conservative ideology look bad, and is "part of the problem" in America.

Below, I have attached a clip from an episode of his show, in which he tries to state that Barack Obama is anti-American, racist, and an anti-semite. His co-ancher, also a conservative but not a complete jackass, refutes this argument with common sense.




I really wish that people like Sean Hannity weren't given the airtime that they're given. It fuels the fire of political disparity, and divides the nation against itself. The brand of inflammatory BS that spews from his mouth on a daily basis makes me want to burn his house down.

Recently, Hannity's punching bag Alan Colmes left the show, and he was no better. He was the "token liberal" that Hannity could lay into and abuse on air, and make the left look ridiculous. Alan Colmes, a very small-minded individual with not a whole lot to say, was unable to defend his point of view, and therefore was consistantly slapped down by Hannity's torrent of illogical arguments and hate-filled rhetoric.

Moral of the story? Shows like this are bad for the country in my opinion. Sean Hannity should be shot out of a cannon into the Atlantic Ocean, and his show should be replaced by a show hosted by an intelligent conservative who can make a fair argument rather than spread lies and hate to Americans via their TV screen.

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