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Juan Williams on the Vicious Far Left

I don't care for Bill O'Reilly. Never have. He is rather a pompous ass who has earned righteous condemnation, ideological and otherwise. He should have been left doing tabloid reporting on Inside Edition.

Juan Williams, who appeared on O'Reilly's program last night, is another story. I have been watching Williams as a commentator for far longer than O'Reilly has been around (and whom I don't watch at all, save occasional snippets). Williams has always made valid points from his ideological (liberal) perspective, without being nasty or confrontational (like O'Reilly is).

Granted, Williams is about as watered-down a liberal as you are likely to find on Fox News, a la Alan Colmes.

(These days you are just as wan to find any reasoned or articulate non-leftist viewpoints given air time on MSNBC - which has possibly sunk even lower than Fox News in its talking head ideological purism, smirking demagoguery, and infantile camera-mugging.)

For those further out on the edge of the collectivist left wing, Williams' failure to serve as one of their useful ideological automatons is, of course, unforgivable.

Williams finally unburdened himself about how the screeching angry anti-Republicans/anti-conservatives have descended so far into out-in-out pack-dog viciousness and echo chamber orthodoxy, enforced by verbal truncheon.

They have perfectly co-opted, if not surpassed, the bombastic nastiness of the O'Reillys, Limbaughs, and Hannitys of this world.

Scroll to 0:52 for Williams's comments.

Comments

a most peculiar nature said…
I always liked Juan Williams. Though I may not agree with him on everything, he talks sensibly and without rhetoric.

WOW. The statements he made about the far left are damning ! And I have found it to be so true. You can see it right here in the Delaware blogosphere, as Steve as pointed out many times.

Instead of making an honest point, or trying to, people get all personal and throw out statements for effect. It is dishonest and does not help the debate whatsoever.

I find it sickening.
March 3, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Anonymous said…
Poor wittle Ty-wer. Are your wittle feewings hurt by all the vicious far left commentary? Awwwwwwww. Boo hoo hoo.

And you're always so polite and kind and respectful of everybody else. It just isn't fair, is it?

You poor helpless thing. I am sorry that people are so meany-mean to you.

Anonone
March 4, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Tyler Nixon said…
Instead of making an honest point, or trying to, people get all personal and throw out statements for effect. It is dishonest and does not help the debate whatsoever.

Right on, Shirley!

And you're always so polite and kind and respectful of everybody else.

Thanks, anon, I appreciate your noticing.
March 4, 2009 at 9:51 AM
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