Lesson 3: Who is Oliver North?
Friday, January 13, 2006
We've lambasted religion and celebrities; how about politics now?
A guy from Virginia wrote a couple of extremely right-wing letters to publications in the area, and some of them were published. Given that I posted these letters in this blog, you should know what the catch is.
I've always found the far right of the ideological spectrum to be funny, although I couldn't really relate to some aspects of US politics mentioned in the letters, especially since they're all rather old. Even so, I found it amazing that even if you say things you know to be absolute bull, some people will agree with you and even publish your letter.
A guy from Virginia wrote a couple of extremely right-wing letters to publications in the area, and some of them were published. Given that I posted these letters in this blog, you should know what the catch is.
I've always found the far right of the ideological spectrum to be funny, although I couldn't really relate to some aspects of US politics mentioned in the letters, especially since they're all rather old. Even so, I found it amazing that even if you say things you know to be absolute bull, some people will agree with you and even publish your letter.
Lesson: If you plan on becoming a newspaper editor, learn how to distinguish satire from earnest belief.
