Sure, there are crazed people on both left and right, but the vast majority of the big name commentators are almost all genial in person, serious in thought, and respectful of their opponents dignity as human beings even though the disagreements are deep between the two sides. It doesn't advance the idea of civil debate to continually blast your opponents as somehow different from your allies. We have Rush; they have the Jon Stewart. We have Ann Coulter and Michael Savage. They have Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews. For every force in commentary there is a counter-force...
Oy. How can we "have" Chris Matthews? He's possibly the most hated pundit in America and it's pretty clear from that recent profile that even Matthews's wife thinks he's a gasbag!
But kudos to Hugh for reminding us of that notorious incident in which Olbermann told an audience member to "get AIDS and die, you pig."
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