Ted Rall for December 06, 2010
Transcript:
The 4 sages of Govt. Responsiveness. New, post-revolutionary: Give the people what they want! They killed the guys who used to have our jobs! Young: Give 'em enough of what they want to keep 'em quit. Aging: Don't give those fools anything. Just talk about their concerns. Old, Pre-revolutionary: Even lip service is too much trouble.
“Eat the Rich” doesn’t bother me, because it’s clearly hyperbole, was written as hyperbole, and is invariably (so far as I’ve seen) used in full awareness of its hyperbolic nature (I’ve never seen anyone SERIOUSLY advocate cannibalism as a means of economic justice, not even Jonathan Swift).
(Besides, Motorhead ROCKS!)
But when you merely propose the “removal” of what you see as an undesireable group, you’ll surely find someone who’ll think it’s a good idea.
Are there any kweers in the theater tonight? Get ‘em up against the wall… There’s one in the spotlight, He don’t look right to me, Get him up against the wall… And that one looks Jewish, And that one’s a koon! Who let all this riff-raff into the room? There’s one smoking a joint! And another with spots! If I had my way, I’d have all of you SHOT!