For those of you familiar with my site, you know that almost all of the comments posted about my columns are civil. Much of it, in my view, is smart. Some of it is funny. Many of you agree with me and some don’t. At the risk of sounding corny, BernardGoldberg.com is a nice place to get together and discuss the things I write about, the things I talk about on television, and the things that interest you.
But something interesting – and not in a good way – happened after my back and forth with Jon Stewart. Many of his fans joined the discussion. But only a few made anything resembling a serious, thoughtful point. Most of the posts from Mr. Stewart’s fans were vulgar and hateful.
I’m guessing these weren’t far-left, fringe screwballs who scribbled their slime on the site. These were people who watch a small, but popular TV show on an American cable television network, which sort of makes them “normal.” I have taken down much of what they put up. But they have left a message nonetheless: Too many on the Left are way too angry these days. They have forgotten how to be liberal. They are no longer willing to have a discussion. They prefer telling their “enemies” to go F … K themselves – a common message left by Jon Stewart’s fans.
I know a lot of Stewart fans, and most of them are the kind of boorish douches Bernie is having problems with. That being said, some of them are. There’s lots of crap on both sides of the aisle, I just always find it interesting how crap from the right is hate speech and crap from the left is pretty much ignored.
Crap is crap from wherever it’s thrown.
Oh, and just for the record, I’ve tuned into Stewart plenty myself; I actually think he’s pretty funny.