Gullibility

[johnridley]

Was watching the Daily Show yesterday. They were talking to some amazingly stupid people outside a Palin rally. I realize that it's the job of the Daily Show to find morons to parade, but it was still scary.

These people seemed to be completely serious when they said that if Obama was elected, he'd walk into the White House in a turban, drop the border security and we'd be overrun with islamic terrorists overnight, and America as we know it would fall immediately. They really seemed to honestly believe every piece of ridiculous garbage that's been fed to them.

Not only that, but they seem to believe that the president would even have the power to do such a thing.

The amount of misinformation that seems to be spreading underground is absolutely amazing. There is a whole underground out there that believes that neither Obama nor McCain are eligible to run for president because Obama was born in Kenya (he wasn't) and McCain was born in Panama (true, but on a US base, so that's OK).

These people are really working themselves into a froth. The sad part is, I can see what's underneath it. They're terrified of black people and won't admit it.

Comments

[kevinnickerson.livejournal.com]

To be fair, they found a bunch of idiots at an Obama rally too. (Monday ep, I haven't seen Tuesday yet)

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

True, they're always able to find idiots everywhere. But the things the people at the Obama rally were saying weren't nearly as jaw-droppingly moronic.

[c0nsumer.livejournal.com]

I was just going to reply making both of these points. The best Obama person, in my opinion, was the guy going on about McCain not knowing about all the random Web2.0 apps, by name.

Well, that and the typically uninformed front-line-at-the-barracade fangirl.

[billroper]

Having seen neither episode, I am nonetheless confident that a McCain supporter would have exactly the opposite opinion of yours -- that is, that the things the people at the Palin rally were saying weren't nearly as jaw-droppingly moronic.

I mean, come on. Given the things that have been said about Palin, I would be just as justified to say that "I can see what's underneath it. They're misogynists and won't admit it."

And I'd be equally likely to be right.

Or wrong.

[kevinnickerson.livejournal.com]

You'd probably be wrong, at least in terms of that episode. The Daily Show is very definitely left wing, and I'm sure they made sure that they had picked more moronic McCain supporters and only moderately moronic Obama supporters.

Fox tried a right wing version of The Daily Show. The 1/2 Hour News Hour IIRC. I had hopes, but the presenters and writers just weren't up the the task. Pity, I'm sure a right wing version could be done and be just as much of a hoot as The Daily Show.