C'mon Antonio. Willingness for serious thought?
Before knocking the art of satire in the hands of a Stewart or others of his ilk, perhaps Dalrymple - or Daniels - should first look at his own supposed-serious side of the aisle for how much they've damaged the public's ability to encourage honest intellectual curiosity.
That an academic bases his assertion on the possibility that satire could ever be the only means of communication merely offers evidence that he doesn't spend much time studying his topic. Did he see Stewart interview John McCain?. Has he ever watch MOST of "Real Time?"
Darymple asks, "Was there ever a time in human history when people judged serious matters by serious criteria? If so, when was it, and when did it change?"
The answer is pure speculation, but if I were to hazard a guess, I'd say it changed right around the time the word "dittohead" was coined.
I could go on and on. In fact I have...in my book, "The Power of Satire...The Left's Secret Weapon," which my agent hopes is ready before the 2022 midterms.
em>Steve Young is the author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful" (www.greatfailure.com) and his "All">http://www2.dailynews.com/steveyoung">"All The News That's Fit To Spoof" appears in the LA Daily News Sunday Opinion page...to the left of O'Reilly's...really.
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