Andrushka

I am proud to be a lefty and anyone who knows me already realizes that. Part of my personal liberal agenda is pacifism. That's part of why I avoid listening to the screaming right. The very sound of Limbaugh's, O'Reilly's, or Bush's voice sends me into an unchristian and unpeaceful state. Their malevolence seems to be contagious. Generally speaking, matching fire with fire doesn't work. I recently watched a BBC documentary called Lefties: Angry Wimmin and thought the rage they harboured served only to reinscribe the system they fought; had they gained power, they would have been little different or worse than the system they replaced. If your argument is for rational and human discourse, you just can't let yourself get mired in anger and hate. That brings me to The BEAST's 50 Most Loathsome People in America. I read it today. It's funny. Really funny. Sure, there are a few that I don't agree with, overall it says the things I wish I could let myself feel. Each entry brings charges against a well-known American, cites one peice of evidence against them, then sentences them to a fitting punishment. For instance:

15. Karl Rove Charges: A greasy pig whose only distinction in life is his total lack of decency. Rove is decidedly not a genius; he is simply missing the part of his soul that prevents the rest of us from kicking elderly women in the face. His admirers have elevated fanatical, amoral ambition to the status of a virtue, along with lying, cheating, and negligent homicide, all in the name of "values." Quite possibly the worst person in the worst White House in American history. Exhibit A: "As people do better, they start voting like Republicans - unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing." Sentence: Lowered head first into oil refinery smokestack.

It's irreverant, irrational, and oh-so-fun. I read through the list, relished each punishment more than a good pacifist should, and now I will try my best to return to the world of reason and forgiveness. There's only one I can't let myself forget, number 4.

Posted by Scott on 22 February 2006 at 2/22/2006 04:56:00 PM | Permalink