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Conservatives Want A Right-Wing Version of ‘SNL,’ Which…Sure, Okay

08 Friday Jun 2018

Posted by Ryan Ross in Dumb Ideas, Entertainment, Politics, Rants

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America, Conservatism, FJM Style, Politics, resistance, snl sucks

Saturday Night Live has been a staple of American television for nearly a half-century. Which is kind of a weird thing to write, because hardly anybody seems to actually enjoy the show. Even when the show is firing on all cylinders (and I honestly can’t recall the last time that happened), the general praise is that it reminded the viewer of the show’s golden years.

It’s usually not a good sign when the most fervent praise you can offer a show is “A reasonable facsimile of the heights already achieved by the show in seasons past.” Nevertheless, despite perpetually being two or three years removed from when it was good, SNL somehow remains on the air.

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Kanye West Is An Empty Vessel

03 Thursday May 2018

Posted by Ryan Ross in Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Music

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Conservatism, Donald Trump, free speech, Hip-Hop, HOW SWAY, kanye west, media

I’m standing up and I’m telling you, I am Warhol. I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare, in the flesh. Walt Disney, Nike, Google…

-Kanye West, Creator of the Yeezy, 2013

The last time we heard from Kanye West, he was unleashing a tirade at a show in November 2016, during which he called out Jay Z and Beyoncé, proudly proclaimed he would have voted for Donald Trump (West didn’t vote), then abruptly ended the show after four songs.

At the time, it was the latest in an ongoing string of very public meltdowns, and a few weeks after that show, West was hospitalized for mental health issues. West receded from the public eye for a while, and given the news about his mental breakdown, the public was willing to attribute his previous crack-ups to a manifestation of untreated mental illness.

Last week, however, Kanye West resurfaced, and as the kids say, he’s on one.

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How the GOP Tax Bill Will Undermine Obamacare

17 Friday Nov 2017

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Conservatism, Donald Trump, gop tax bill, Mitch McConnell, paul ryan

In the months following Trump’s inauguration, Congress had a singular focus: to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. The goal was twofold; first, by repealing the ACA, GOP lawmakers would finally fulfill seven years’ worth of campaign promises to their constituents. And second, the elimination of Obamacare would free up a lot more money that could be used to offset that golden goose of the Republican Party: tax cuts.

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Kneeling for the Anthem Is Not Disrespecting the Flag

26 Tuesday Sep 2017

Posted by Ryan Ross in Politics, Race

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Conservatism, Donald Trump, free speech, national anthem, Politics, racism

“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” 

-James Baldwin, “Autobiographical Notes”

A large swath of the population has begun to define patriotism as unquestioning loyalty. Criticism of our society or our leadership, they claim, is an expression of hatred for our country and therefore must not be tolerated. Acknowledging that this country is not perfect, they assert, is not a simple exercise of free speech. It is tantamount to treason.

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Progressivism Is Not Built On Hate. It is Built On Anger.

19 Wednesday Jul 2017

Posted by Ryan Ross in Journalism, Politics, Rants

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Barack Obama, Conservatism, Donald Trump, FJM Style, Politics, Progressivism, resistance, TrigTent

By and large, media outlets tend to lean in one direction or the other on the political spectrum. It’s a shrewd business move, really — the average consumer doesn’t just want a dull recitation of the facts. They like to be told what those facts represent; they want the information placed in context for them, and outlets are more than happy to oblige.

Consumers can always check the news wires (Reuters, AP and the like) for the latest information and use that information to inform their stance on a given issue. If we all did that, however, there would be no need for FOX News, no need for MSNBC; those outlets exist not to give us the news, but to tell us how we should feel about the news.

This is not ideal.

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