At work, we were discussing how political discourse has gotten so angry and mean spirited in recent years. Democrats call Republicans "Nazis," Republicans call Democrats "Socialists." (It is worth noting that the Nazis were officially the "National Socialist German Workers Party.")
Anyway, we got to discussing how some extremists have called President Obama the Anti-Christ, which is a silly notion.
Especially when everyone knows it's really George W. Bush.
Or, is it Hilary Clinton, as popular host Glenn Beck would have us believe?
Or, was it her husband, Bill?
Singer Robyn Hitchcock says it's Dandy Don Rumsfeld.
One person bet me I couldn't find a Web site that said Jesus was the anti-christ. He was wrong.
I, however, don't believe any of these people. I believe the real anti-christ was found back in the 1980's by Ohio's own Mojo Nixon, the singer (sort of) and songwriter who penned the classic "Elvis is Everywhere." It is his picture that adorns this blog entry.
If you look a little farther down this album, you'll find a track called, "I'm living with a three-foot antichrist."
I think Mojo Nixon has more credibility than the rest of those nut-bags, especially Glenn Beck.
Just to bring this full-circle, Beck, who has been known to call Obama a Communist or a Socialist, dresses up like a Nazi on the cover of his latest book.
1 comment:
It takes a more than one word or a phrase to describe a group or a person.
I think it may have been English scholar Jon Pocs who firmly stood against the use of "cliches" in writing.
When someone says socialist or Nazi, or anti-christ, they should be asked to define it. A definition should accompany the use of the word. Anyone not doing this should almost immediately be disregarded as not having a serious intent.
JCarp
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