[lbo-talk] parody lost

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Oct 7 12:20:15 PDT 2010


On Oct 7, 2010, at 3:13 PM, shrill.polemic wrote:


> Link to an online petition from Faithful America:
>
> "Dear Mr. Colbert,
>
> As a self-described person of faith and Sunday school teacher, you
> should know one of the central messages of your faith tradition is “be
> not afraid.”
>
> We urge you to stop the fear-mongering immediately and join us in
> being “Driven by Faith, Not by Fear.”
>
> http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2518/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4960
>
>
> Holy christ

Hey, maybe they're just upping the parody ante.

By the way, aren't all the liberals just using the Tea Party to repurpose fear?

Doug



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