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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
Tue Jun 17, 2014, 10:41 PM Jun 2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): Tom Wheeler Is Not A Dingo



Last Week Tonight with John Oliver • Published on Jun 15, 2014

FCC Chair Tom Wheeler watched Last Week Tonight's bit on net neutrality.
He thought it was funny and creative. He wants us to know he's not a dingo.


It occurred to me recently, just how screwed we'd all be if it weren't for the likes of people such as Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and John Oliver. They are our National Psychological/ Emotional Cathartic Safety Valves.

- Just think of how bleak life would if there were no one around to properly mock Fox News......
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO): Tom Wheeler Is Not A Dingo (Original Post) DeSwiss Jun 2014 OP
LOL! Love this and love John Oliver! Thanks for posting this. freshwest Jun 2014 #1
De nada. DeSwiss Jun 2014 #2
A young Veep yallerdawg Jun 2014 #3
John Oliver uncensored is something to behold! bbgrunt Jun 2014 #4
Dingo. MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #5
I was reading a blog, the thesis that the ONLY possible response to many such ideas is to mock them. jtuck004 Jun 2014 #6
Mockery is only part of it. delrem Jun 2014 #7
There may be no solution, no way out. Many of these people may keep these same jtuck004 Jun 2014 #10
Where's the proof he's not a dingo? IronLionZion Jun 2014 #8
Long form only please. Fearless Jun 2014 #9
If he's not a dingo, he must be a witch. valerief Jun 2014 #11
"Wow!" indeed Alex P Notkeaton Jun 2014 #12
Wanna hurt the country? Hire this ass clown Wheeler to watch your Internet. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2014 #13
 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
6. I was reading a blog, the thesis that the ONLY possible response to many such ideas is to mock them.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 12:40 AM
Jun 2014

They are so unwilling to address reality, to engage in rational and step away from the magical, that it is a complete waste of time to address them in any kind of serious, rational manner. Ever. It really will do no good, none at all, and you will die trying. You have to approach them from another angle, disorganize their world, and cause it to be reshaped like you want it.

Interestingly there is some research about people and change that backs this up, and it may be that mocking them is one of the very few ways that might cause them to open the window and rethink things so we can identify our common enemy.

So maybe not just bleak without them...maybe lost without them

Thank you for this.

 

jtuck004

(15,882 posts)
10. There may be no solution, no way out. Many of these people may keep these same
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 11:04 AM
Jun 2014

attitudes till they burn the world under their feet and take as many as they can with them.

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