On the Unpopularity of Leftish TV shows....

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 11:33 AM 9/10/2002 -0400, doug wrote:
>Michael Perelman wrote:
>
>Yes, up to a point you're right. But it's also a problem with left culture 
>that people are often afraid to be nasty or funny - and they have no sense 
>of the emotional potency of hate. You see proclamations that such-and-such 
>is a "hate-free zone." Yeah, right, that's the way to deal with hate - 
>just declare it off limits. Hate isn't going to go away - we just need 
>better targets.

Agreed.  But as soon as a leftist show directs hate at the right target, 
its televised existence is doomed.  Michael Moore's TV Nation is a case in 
point.

wojtek