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(46,179 posts)I was just watching some old clips the other day, and wondering why we don't have anything as groundbreaking as All in the Family today.
Or do we, and I've just missed it, scrolling through the very long list of crime/cop/fbi/cia/ shows?
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)It's difficult to write satire when 30% of the people will just say "hell yeah!"
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)unblock
(51,974 posts)in fact, before reagan, these people were known as the lunatic fringe.
on second thought, goldwater was considered the lunatic fringe and even he had to distance himself from today's republican party!
brewens
(13,397 posts)when a gun battle breaks out. What could go wrong? I'm sure air traffic control could handle that!
gollygee
(22,336 posts)"Give everybody guns and the bad guys will be too afraid to do anything." Archie said it first!
ismnotwasm
(41,921 posts)K&R
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)Nt
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)the fact that gun nuts think it is a good idea makes it any less absurd.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,215 posts)Go Vols
(5,902 posts)Tommy Smothers reading the lead in to the editorial.
Damn,I am getting old.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)If only they made shows like that today!
Damn!
B Calm
(28,762 posts)progressoid
(49,825 posts)Now, they are elected to office or given jobs as serious tv hosts.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)... I bet he or she would agree with Archie and be confused as to why the audience is laughing.
1-Old-Man
(2,667 posts)Fucking idiots, no more and no less.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)they think their paranoia and fear are normal and want the same for all of us
Phillyindy
(406 posts)...to this day this his child-like reasoning is embraced even by the so-called intellectuals on the right.
valerief
(53,235 posts)we've got members of Congress talking like this.
Jim__
(14,045 posts)spedtr90
(719 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)nt