[lbo-talk] Saturday

[Sean Andrews]

1. I wasn't talking to you so how could I be giving you a "hard time."
2. This was not at all the point.  The point was (for you and the high tech
Angelus w/his big screen computer monitor) that a lot of the uncleaned
masses enjoy television; a lot of what is on TV is a bit reactionary or
useless; & Stewart and Colbert are marginally better then just about any
other source at being both entertaining and semi progressive.

s

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 11:09, W. Kiernan <wkiernan at gmail.com> wrote:


> On 10/30/2010 10:45 PM, Sean Andrews wrote:
>
> > You could go the Carrol route and never turn
> > on the TV at all, but sometimes it's fun to
> > not be an angry, disappointed leftist for a
> > few minutes a day.
>
> Fun?  Having to justify why I don't watch teevee is like having to justify
> why I don't take cocaine.  With only a handful of exceptions, every time
> I've watched teevee for the last forty years it made me _feel bad._  Anxious
> and poor and disgusted and _dirty._
>
> I'm not an ideal or a role model or anything like that.  If watching teevee
> doesn't do this to you, yay! good for you.  Similarly, if you enjoy cocaine,
> go for it.  Just 1.) leave me out and 2.) if you feel like you want to give
> me a hard time about it, well...
>
> yrs wdk
>
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