I sat down last night to scroll through the news of the past few days and came across a news segment from Fox. Hannity started out his show with a pandering to those upset with Obama and the government. The Liberty Tree. 7 minutes, watch it all. For a little humor watch Stephen Colbert analyse Fox’s Tree of Liberty.
A couple of points about the Hannity video:
- While panning across stock footage of Americans standing in unemployment lines, Hannity talks about unemployment. The closeups however, show mainly African-Americans standing in line. Is that pandering to a latent xenophobia or racism?
- Seriously, the apples fall off a tree into a box labeled socialism? With a hammer and sickle on the corner?
- Don’t pay any attention to the phrase “Fair & Balanced” by the Fox logo.
Please understand, I am all for free speech, I use it all the time. But I really wonder what Fox is doing these days. Glen Beck blubbering. Shepard Smith dropping the f-bomb. Tax Day Tea Party co-opting. Now this tree? Hearkening back to the days of yore is not the way to change anything. America today is not America circa 1774. Sure you can glean some lessons from the past, but seriously, grow a pair and come up with your own revolt names. I’ve said this before in my post, You sir, are no Samuel Adams.
Fox News is merely pandering to the frustration of the American people. Wanna know how? They don’t have the stomach to put up the real quote about the Liberty Tree:
And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time…
Let them take arms.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
So to all you would-be patriots out there who are serious about governmental change without resorting to violence:
STOP LETTING FOX
AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
UNDERMINE YOUR EFFORTS!
-mike
