ETC: Everyday Thoughts Collected - Latest Comments in The Chattering Class

Re: The Chattering Class

RThomasETC — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:55:00 -0000

I know. It's all just so ... so very ... depressing.

:)

Re: The Chattering Class

Stephen Black (Via Facebook) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:50:00 -0000

LOL... very true.

God help us, I wished there was some body I felt like I was actually voting FOR and instead, I will be voting against the burlap bag kids!

Re: The Chattering Class

RThomasETC — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:09:36 -0000

I completely agree. It's pretty much all infotainment now. The problem is that it is infotainment with potentially a high price to pay. I worry that the chattering class is drowning out substantive dialog. I am not saying everything should be debate worthy but if we are chattering just to chatter... what's the point?

But then again... some people will listen to Stuart and not Bill O'Reilly and someone else instead of either of them, so ... I love the freedom to chatter but get disturbed by the anxious parroting of most of the "chattering class."

Re: The Chattering Class

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:59:19 -0000

Well, unfortunately, (and I see this in my own life as well) politics in this country has been reduced to a form of entertainment. We love the discord. The chaos. My friends and I drink beer and watch the debates like we'd watch a football game. And then we "chatter" about it. People like Al Franken, Bill O'Reilly and even Stuart Shephard (Focus on the Family's "Stoplight" guy) only add fuel to this fire.