tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4877556634344177121..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The "Law & Order" Propaganda MachineStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-446060543460794582010-08-03T22:59:58.057-07:002010-08-03T22:59:58.057-07:00Oh, this is the episode where the white Christian ...Oh, this is the episode where the white Christian gun-owner <i>really</i> did the crime....<br /><br />It follows all the tropes of the <i>Scooby-doo</i> cartoon:<br /><br />"If it wasn't for you multi-culturalist kids I would have gotten away with it!"<br /><br />wv: <i>purav</i>. It's a fun holiday; people wear masks, like in Scooby-doo....<br /><br />--GrayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76249070642048208882010-08-03T22:49:26.035-07:002010-08-03T22:49:26.035-07:00"hope you are right that people on the left s..."hope you are right that people on the left strive for their own betterment, but, would you agree that the only way to do so is to emulate those who have achieved more than we have?"<br /><br />Define "achieve more".<br /><br />More of what?Whirling Derveshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-38673168113139093362010-08-03T13:58:54.224-07:002010-08-03T13:58:54.224-07:00You make a very good point here. Doubtless I did n...You make a very good point here. Doubtless I did not express myself as clearly as I could have.<br /><br />As I see it, and as Fish described it-- and Fish is not a Republican as best as I can tell-- the people who are labeled as criminals on Law and Order are not intellectuals, but are plutocrats, capitalists, and those who enable their predations.<br /><br />I would almost say that the role of the intellectual elite with which Republicans have had disputes is played by the prosecuting district attorneys.<br /><br />I hope you are right that people on the left strive for their own betterment, but, would you agree that the only way to do so is to emulate those who have achieved more than we have?<br /><br />For my part I would say that the kind of intellectualism that is deserving of vilification concerns those thinkers who want to impose their vision of the world, to say nothing of their ideals, on the rest of us. <br /><br />As I said a few days ago, if theory is pursued in the service of experience, and thus, if experience is allowed to come first, I am all for theorizing.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-1039721447449565332010-08-03T10:31:07.278-07:002010-08-03T10:31:07.278-07:00While you are absolutely right to describe Law an...While you are absolutely right to describe <i> Law and Order </i>as propaganda, you seem to veer off the rails a bit beyond that point.<br /><br />Interestingly, you say that <i>Law and Order</i> promotes a left wing agenda but what you describe from there on is a very right wing set of values. It is the republican party that vilifies intellectualism, decries the values of the "educated elite" and deifies working class values and so-called common sense.<br /><br />On the left, we tend to think that not only should we all strive to better ourselves, but private-school level education should be available to everyone.Dylan Brodyhttp://www.dylanbrody.comnoreply@blogger.com