I found some things today in two of my usual haunts, EBaum's World and The Huffington Post. Today was unique in that one was crap and one was brilliant.
This was crap:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
This was brilliant:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/...
It was quite the juxtaposition. I'm not saying that I disagree with Ms. Huffington; in fact, I agree with her almost all of the time. That little penis-like man has definitely overstayed his welcome among Democrats and should shut his cake hole. Cajun food sucks the big one anyways. I like Arianna, I really do, but this time, it's her verbage that pisses me off.
I'm 26. I wasn't around for Watergate. I have read a great deal about it and I understand its implications. It was an amazing formative event in American history. It can never be duplicated. I know there are a great many diaries on this site that want people to stop using this or that word or this or that theory, but this time, I think that I have a legitimate gripe with just about everyone over 40. My gripe is this: not every political scandal needs to be a "gate". What the fuck does that really mean anyways? "Monicagate", "Memogate", "Plamegate" - these things sound stupid. Breaking down what is being done: thirty years ago, a hotel was robbed, and the robbery led to the resignation of one of our ugliest Presidents. Today we use THE LAST SYLLABLE OF THE NAME OF THE HOTEL and attach it to the name of a person involved in a political scandal and use this bastardization of the english language to quickly mention the scandal. Stop it, old people!
I do know that this is the same general topic and not worthy of a new paragraph, but this needs its own seperate emphasis: ANYONE who uses "Plamegate" or any such term is flat out trivializing and marginalizing high treason. Watergate was a burglary, this was revealing the name of one of our spies. They are not the same. Again, old people, stop it!
I'll bark up that big ugly tree with this one, but another stupid historical comparison I see used constantly in reference to the modern Republican party is a reference to the 1930's rise of Fascism and Nazism. I've heard this ranted before:
http://www.hbo.com/...
Bill is of course, right, and it needs to stop. For all those running for office, currently in office or even working in politics; there are two simple, easy to remember reasons not to EVER reference Hitler or the Nazis:
- Anyone younger than me (26) probably can't fully grasp the reference. Many are too busy watching Smallville and can't find the History Channel.
- We don't have a frame of reference for 8 MILLION dead. I just visited the first website I found:
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/
30,000 + 2,000 (EST) is not 8 million. It's not. Nothing going on now even comes close. You sound retarded just making the comparison. I don't compare my bank account to Bill Gates'.
A robbery is not treason and 32,000 is not 8,000,000. Watergate and WWII DO NOT APPLY IN ANY WAY.
I don't mean to be serious - I rarely am about anything. I don't want to be serious... ever. But at 26 years old, I still question ALL authority. The continued comparison of one historical event to a current event may often provide perspective, but it is often forgotten that it was a very different world then than it was now. THERE! I have C-Span on in the background and another old white guy just mentioned our troops coming home from WWII. Today is not the 70's and it's cerainly not the 40's. In not too long, my age group will be in charge of this planet, and I hope we will have The Valerie Plame scandal perpetuated by a maniplative, vicious, sopilistic and corrupt administration. It may be harder to say, but it is not Plamegate caused by Fascist Republicans. Stop it, old people!