Filed Under (Musings) by Ben Grivno at 4:50 pm - Fri Mar 13, 2009
They just make no difference whatsoever in political debates. I was debating some guy on Twitter about whether Jon Stewart is funny. He got insulted because I said that Stewart’s audience of “millions” (it’s actually 1.5 mil/night or so) were probably ill informed. I thought about searching for relevant demographics to prove my point but I stopped. I realized that nothing I was going to say would sway this guy’s opinion, even if I got out the facts, because it had become emotional.
I guess the guy is a big fan of Stewart, who I think is a below average comedian. Of course he says things that are occasionally funny and he does have good points. But, on the whole he comes across as awkward and condescending in that snarky, arrogant way that many self-described liberals have when they are putting someone down. The Daily Show reminds me of a bunch of high school jocks (liberal/democrats) laughing it up, making fun of and bullying the nerds and geeks (conservative/republicans). Yeah, it’s really great program, Pah!
Anyway, the truth is that facts will always be second to emotions because humans are primarily emotional beings. I think this is conservatives’ greatest weakness in the political arena. They tend to think the facts will speak for themselves. The sooner conservatives wise up to the fact that facts don’t matter, the better.
