Re: MD The court upholds restrictions on money

From: Steve Peterson (peterson.steve@verizon.net)
Date: Mon Dec 15 2003 - 20:14:23 GMT

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    Hi Platt,
     
    >> Scalia said:
    >> "The premise of the First Amendment is that the American people are neither
    >> sheep nor fools, and hence fully capable of considering both the substance
    >> of the speech presented to them and its proximate and ultimate source."
    >>
    >> dmb says:
    >> I don't buy it. This is clever, because it paints those who would object to
    >> deceptive political ads as elitist snobs who think Americans are foolish
    >> sheep. But the truth is that very few Americans have the time or
    >> inclination to investigate the veracity of political ads - or any kind of
    >> ad.
    >
    > The truth is DMB is one of those elites who thinks Americans are a bunch
    > of ninnies who swallow TV ads hook, line and sinker and are thus easily
    > manipulated by evil corporations and political parties, especially the
    > Republican party.

    Steve:

    DMB is one of the elite? Wow, that's high praise! I hope you think as much
    of me. ;-)

    That anti-intellectual anti-"liberal elite" rhetoric might play well on the
    No-nonsense, Everyman, Fair and Balanced news programs, but not here. It is
    strange to hear you who is so willing to admit that some things are better
    than others swayed by such language. I would expect an intellectual such as
    you to bristle at, for example, Bill O'Reilly's attempts to make the average
    Joe's gut feelings seem just as worthy as the ideas of those egg-head
    "elites" who think too much.

    Can you explain why you join many conservatives in using elite as a slur?
    Seriously, I thought as an intellectual armed with the MOQ you would want to
    count yourself among the elite?

    Regards,
    Steve

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