The right's middle-finger spirit of contrarianism

It's as American as rock 'n' roll, but there's a price for being an angry jerk

The right is operating in the grand old irreverent American middle-finger spirit of contrarianism. The carful of kids who drive country roads busting mailboxes with baseball bats are expressing the same freewheeling spirit and the computer hackers and graffiti artists and every conscientious rock 'n' roll band for the past 50 years.

But the price of being an angry jerk is that nobody wants to invite you over for supper except your mother, and even ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Sep 23, 2009 - 1:57 AM PDT
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by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 23, 2009

A folksy perspective on the ragemeisters.

It is good Garrison is back in form.

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