{"id":11407,"date":"2009-03-11T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2009\/03\/11\/the-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008\/"},"modified":"2009-03-11T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T11:31:00","slug":"the-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2009\/03\/11\/the-50-most-loathsome-people-in-america-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"The 50 Most Loathsome People in America 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Beast<\/i> continues with its annual tradition with its list of The 50 Most Loathsome People in America 2008<\/a>. I have to agree with kottke<\/i><\/a> that #43, “You,” is one of the best ones:<\/p>\n

You’re hopping mad about an auto industry bailout that cost a squirt of piss compared to a Wall Street heist of galactic dimensions, due to a housing crash you somehow have blamed on minorities. It took you six years to figure out what a tool Bush is, but you think Obama will make it all better. You deem it hunky dory that we conduct national policy debates via 8-second clips from “The View.” You think God zapped humans into existence a few thousand years ago, although your appendix and wisdom teeth disagree. You like watching vicious assholes insult each other on TV. You support gun rights, because firing one gives you a chubby. You cuddle falsehoods and resent enlightenment. You think the fact that 43% of whites could stomach voting for an incredibly charismatic and eloquent light-skinned black guy who was raised by white people means racism is over. You think progressive taxation is socialism. 1 in 100 of you are in jail, and you think it should be more. You are shallow, inconsiderate, afraid, brand-conscious, sedentary, and totally self-obsessed. You are American.<\/p>\n

Exhibit A: You’re more upset by Miley Cyrus’s glamour shots than the fact that you are a grown adult who is upset about Miley Cyrus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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