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With New Season Of 24, Right-Wing Falls In Love With Torture All Over Again
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The new season of Fox’s popular terrorism drama
‘24′ debuted Sunday night with a special two-hour episode....
The season opened with the show’s main character, Jack Bauer, testifying before a Senate committee. Asked by the ...
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With New Season Of 24, Right Wing Falls In Love With Torture All Over Again
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The new season of Fox’s popular terrorism drama ‘24′ debuted Sunday night with a special two-hour episode. The season opened with the show’s main character, Jack Bauer, testifying before a Senate committee. Asked by the committee if he had engaged in torture while interrogating suspected terrorists, Bauer delivered a dramatic defense of torture:
BAUER: When I am activated, when I am brought into a situation, there is a reason and that reason is to complete the objectives of my mission at all costs. […]
For a combat soldier the difference between success and failure is your ability to adapt to ...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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Via Think Progress, we get a compilation of how wingnuts talk when they're worshiping at the shrine of Jack Bauer:
Brandon Friedman: Distraught Conservatives Retreating into the Realm of Fantasy
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I'm not a psychologist, but this is really fascinating if you put it all together: It appears that distraught conservative pundits and bloggers are actually in the midst of collectively retreating into the world of fantasy as a psychological defense mechanism. Let's take a look at three recent exhibits that illustrate what I'm talking about.
Exhibit A: The RedState Army Strike Force
Earlier this month, the most prominent conservative blog, RedState.com, began promoting what they've dubbed the RedState Army Strike Force. They've even gone so far as to design a unit crest reminiscent of an actual military ...
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