Micro-Propaganda
by tristero
The tiresome pas de deux between rigid civil libertarians in denial of reality and an overaggressive executive branch seemingly heedless of the law…
Get it? You think it’s a parallel construction, both sides are wrong. But look closer. Rigid civil libertarians deny reality – there’s no question about it. The Bush administration seemingly ignores the law in its “overaggressiveness.”
Cute.
At the end Bobbitt has two sentences more about “the executive branch’s repeated appearance of an indifference to law” before finishing up with another swipe at reality-denying wimpiness. Oh, and didja notice? Somehow, the executive branch that possibly, maybe be giving the appearance of breaking the law remains nameless. Who could they be, I wonder.
But let’s not be naive, folks. We’re living in an America in which you cannot criticize Bush if you want to have any influence. Once we understand that, it’s obvious that this little essay (and I haven’t begun to discuss its substantial problems of logic and fact) wasn’t meant to be read by John and Jane Q. Public but by King George and/or his codpiece full of courtiers. Given this is his target audience, what Bobbitt’s saying becomes equally obvious:
He wants the Bush administration to do better at denying the reality that it is breaking the law. That way, Bush can better accuse civil libertarians and other liberal commie radical Muslims of denying reality in a post-9/11 world.
Cute.