Disgraced
former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather was at it again on Tuesday
pontificating on Facebook as he urged Americans and particularly
journalists to rise up and not “remain seated or silent” against
concerning aspects of President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda and
neo-Nazis saluting Trump’s win (in another attempt to normalize their
line of hate through free media).

Speaking
as if we were on the edge of a massive purge or tragedy, Rather
pontificated that “HIstory [sic] will demand to know which side were
you on” because “[t]his is not a question of politics or party or even
policy” but “a question about the very fundamentals of our beautiful
experiment in a pluralistic democracy ruled by law.”
[...]
Perhaps the most eye-rolling moment was when the man who conjured up
and touted the false story about then-President George W. Bush oozed
that, using the Declaration of Independence as a guide, “[t]hese truths
may be self-evident but they are not self-replicating” because “[e]ach
generation has to renew these vows.”
He continued with references to freedom of the press (which he abused
and thus lost his job) and comparing this moment in American history to
our most tenuous moments:
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The blood of millions of Southeast Asians is on Cronkite's hands.
ReplyDeleteTim
Also the blood of not just a few Americans.
ReplyDeleteFor those of you in Kansas City with a patriotic heart, a GPS and a full bladder you can find Cronkite's grave at the following location.
ReplyDeleteMount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
GPS (lat/lon): 38.93605, -94.57908
(Hattip findagrave.com)
"After he's dead and buried, tour buses will take pilgrims to his grave so they can piss on it. "
ReplyDeletewhy wait? I believe in the Personal Touch.