Boston’s Unfunny Criticism of Liberals
Smith Is Wise to Wait on Provisionals
Christy Smith is wise to wait until all of the ballots are counted.
When I arrived at my polling place at 7 a.m. on election day, I was told that I would have to vote using a provisional ballot since I was registered to vote by mail. I have never voted by mail and never intend to, but the volunteers at the polling place said “provisional or nothing.” There were five or six others in the same predicament — we all had to fill out a provisional ballot to cast our vote. (I had received an “application to vote by mail” attached to my voter information booklet; it is still attached.)
The voter receipt advises that: “If you would like to know if your ballot was counted, please call (800) 815-2666 Option 3, no sooner than 30 days after the election.” .DUOD + (GZDUGV 9DOHQFLD
Concerning John Boston’s article in The Signal on Nov. 10 and John Boston in general – I wish to express my displeasure at his standing with The Signal. First, I think Boston is very witty and his articles are very funny. Then again, racist jokes are very funny – until they are viewed in context. You can get a quick idea of context when you recognize yourself as the butt of his humor. Humor in political commentary is best when it is self-deprecating. Boston takes a haughty position in all his articles and puts his own stamp on what he thinks liberals’ thoughts are and on the ways that he thinks liberals act. I would have the same negative view of his articles if he took the side of liberals.
The reason I found his article on the 18th worth commenting on is that it is particularly mean-spirited and has a stark dearth of actual logical political argument. He rails against the fact that his mother was a liberal and therefore “crazy.”
His point is that all liberals should step back and look at their lives and face the fact that they are all crazy. This is not a political point and not funny.
I’ve noticed that there appears to be a strong drive among many conservative commentators to paint a picture in which conservatives are calm, logical, sane people who sit in astonishment at liberals who run about with their hair on fire and spout hate and illogical rhetoric.
It’s true that liberals are probably astonished by the changes now accepted by Conservatives, but the astonishment is as rampant among Republicans as it is among Democrats.
John accuses liberals of not even understanding their own principles. Most of us know about small government vs. large government and the pros and cons thereof. As President Obama pointed out many times, the actual differences between us are quite insignificant.
Rants in the guise of humor like John Boston’s are divisive and not helpful. Somewhere in the humor he needs to make a rational point.
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