Comments on: Thrilla in Vanilla http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/ Home of Heart, Mind and Really Big Issues Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:27:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: lostinutah http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/#comment-1756 Wed, 09 May 2007 03:13:00 +0000 http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/#comment-1756 Holly, I think you are right. It was acceptable to be toxic there and this current media environment supports it (I watched on TV too). I admit I was yelling, well sort of yelling, four letter words at Hannity when he talked. And does that make me better than him? Nope. I know Robert Kirby said the liberals were worse than Hannity supporters about heckling. And given he seems of a liberal bent (you would know the truth I'm sure) I would suspect he's telling the truth. Lots of people should be appalled from all political bents. Holly, I think you are right. It was acceptable to be toxic there and this current media environment supports it (I watched on TV too). I admit I was yelling, well sort of yelling, four letter words at Hannity when he talked. And does that make me better than him? Nope. I know Robert Kirby said the liberals were worse than Hannity supporters about heckling. And given he seems of a liberal bent (you would know the truth I’m sure) I would suspect he’s telling the truth. Lots of people should be appalled from all political bents.

]]> by: msteele http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/#comment-1750 Tue, 08 May 2007 21:29:33 +0000 http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/#comment-1750 Yes. I also see this on many blogs (comment sections particularly), where anonymity frees up people to be more rude crude and toxic than they would be in person. Yes. I also see this on many blogs (comment sections particularly), where anonymity frees up people to be more rude crude and toxic than they would be in person.

]]> by: Holly http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/#comment-1749 Tue, 08 May 2007 21:25:23 +0000 http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/#comment-1749 Perhaps you're right about this particular event and those who made most of the noise. I wasn't there and watched on TV. But I think I'm close to something right about the culture of crudeness the political shock jocks like Hannity/Limbaugh/Imus have encouraged in this country. It works for them, so why not everyone else? I'm not thinking he actually brought the toxicity with him, more that he's helped cultivate it and it showed up on its own because it's become so acceptable. Perhaps you’re right about this particular event and those who made most of the noise. I wasn’t there and watched on TV. But I think I’m close to something right about the culture of crudeness the political shock jocks like Hannity/Limbaugh/Imus have encouraged in this country. It works for them, so why not everyone else? I’m not thinking he actually brought the toxicity with him, more that he’s helped cultivate it and it showed up on its own because it’s become so acceptable.

]]> by: msteele http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/#comment-1746 Tue, 08 May 2007 18:06:34 +0000 http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/#comment-1746 Nice, gabespop--that was funny! I'm wondering, who came first--Sean Hannity or Jim Rome? Even as someone who could be expected to agree often with Sean, I find him tiresome every time he's talking with (at, really) anyone who disagrees with him. He's an entertainer, not a deep thinking analyst. They really should have had him debate with Alec Baldwin or the Dixie Chicks, not Mayor Anderson. But Holly, I think it's a leap of logic to say that Hannity brought the toxic audience to Kingsbury Hall. My impression is that the people in the hall that were most abusive, interrupting, and hectoring, were the people least likely to have ever heard his radio show. And my impression is that college progressives are the most likely to take refuge in shoutdowns of speakers with differing views. Nice, gabespop–that was funny! I’m wondering, who came first–Sean Hannity or Jim Rome?

Even as someone who could be expected to agree often with Sean, I find him tiresome every time he’s talking with (at, really) anyone who disagrees with him. He’s an entertainer, not a deep thinking analyst. They really should have had him debate with Alec Baldwin or the Dixie Chicks, not Mayor Anderson.

But Holly, I think it’s a leap of logic to say that Hannity brought the toxic audience to Kingsbury Hall. My impression is that the people in the hall that were most abusive, interrupting, and hectoring, were the people least likely to have ever heard his radio show. And my impression is that college progressives are the most likely to take refuge in shoutdowns of speakers with differing views.

]]> by: gabespop http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/#comment-1742 Tue, 08 May 2007 15:35:55 +0000 http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/#comment-1742 Way to let those m****r f***ing douchebags have it, Holly:-). Someone ought to tell Hannity to just shut his pie hole! Way to let those m****r f***ing douchebags have it, Holly:-). Someone ought to tell Hannity to just shut his pie hole!

]]> by: lostinutah http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/#comment-1732 Tue, 08 May 2007 06:53:16 +0000 http://mullentown.com/thrilla-in-vanilla/#comment-1732 I am always appalled by Hannity. I don't "know" Rocky that well and they both had their agenda...but I found Hannity's comments about "if you're pregnant, it's George Bush's fault" really obscene. I am always appalled by Hannity. I don’t “know” Rocky that well and they both had their agenda…but I found Hannity’s comments about “if you’re pregnant, it’s George Bush’s fault” really obscene.

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