The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Three Minutes of Democrat Hate Speech
When you listen to this audio, you might think you are either inside an insane asylum, or maybe listening to old audiotape of Stalin's inner circle meeting in his Dacha--but you would be wrong. In actuality it is Democrats meeting in California. Go figure (via Citizen Smash). If you thought that Colorado teacher was bad, wait until you get a load of this:
In George Orwell's classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the author describes a daily ritual called the "Two Minutes Hate," wherein citizens of the totalitarian state of Oceania practice unleashing their wrath on enemies of the state.
On Friday, at an event hosted by the UC San Diego College Democrats, I got an idea of what such a ritual might look like -- in reverse -- in the real world. The actual meeting ran for about two hours, but I've captured the essence of the event in an audio montage that runs just under three minutes. In a nod to Orwell, I'm calling it the "Three Minutes Hate."
Give it a listen, and see if you can figure out what this group's particular agenda might be.
BONUS TRACK: Ann Wright expresses sympathy for Bin Laden.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
MAN ON THE STREET: Harangued me for several minutes during a pre-event rally.
SCOTT "SCOOTER" TEMPESTA: Radio personality on KLSD, the local Air America affiliate.
WOMAN ON THE STREET: Nuts.
CINDY SHEEHAN: *sigh* [DT: Fresh from her World Tour of the workers paridise of Venezuela and meeting with Chavez]
ANN WRIGHT: State Department official who resigned in protest over Operation Iraqi Freedom.
DAVID SWANSON: Left wing activist.
In George Orwell's classic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the author describes a daily ritual called the "Two Minutes Hate," wherein citizens of the totalitarian state of Oceania practice unleashing their wrath on enemies of the state.
On Friday, at an event hosted by the UC San Diego College Democrats, I got an idea of what such a ritual might look like -- in reverse -- in the real world. The actual meeting ran for about two hours, but I've captured the essence of the event in an audio montage that runs just under three minutes. In a nod to Orwell, I'm calling it the "Three Minutes Hate."
Give it a listen, and see if you can figure out what this group's particular agenda might be.
BONUS TRACK: Ann Wright expresses sympathy for Bin Laden.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
MAN ON THE STREET: Harangued me for several minutes during a pre-event rally.
SCOTT "SCOOTER" TEMPESTA: Radio personality on KLSD, the local Air America affiliate.
WOMAN ON THE STREET: Nuts.
CINDY SHEEHAN: *sigh* [DT: Fresh from her World Tour of the workers paridise of Venezuela and meeting with Chavez]
ANN WRIGHT: State Department official who resigned in protest over Operation Iraqi Freedom.
DAVID SWANSON: Left wing activist.
