Fox Nation: Retarded And Proud

To say that the Fox Nation exhibits the mental capacity of a six year old would be an insult to six year olds. Let’s just say that Fox News is focused on appealing to a target audience with the IQ of Fox political analyst Sarah Palin’s son, Trigg.

This morning the Fox Nationalists posted an item on comments made by comedian Bill Maher. Observe the sophisticated humor that Fox employs with their headline story:

Fox Nation

Calling the HBO humorist “Pig Maher” is nothing new for Fox. They have frequently descended to this juvenile taunt which somebody over there thinks is clever.

Fox Nation Pig Maher

And Maher is not the only victim of Fox’s childish display of pseudo-journalism. Sen. Al Franken is almost exclusively referred to as Sen. Smalley (from Franken’s Stuart Smalley character on Saturday Night live a decade ago).

The Fox Nationalists appear to be upset that Maher, a well-known atheist, performed a routine that mocked the religious zealotry of the Republican presidential field of candidates. Maher astutely pointed out that if three of them (Bachmann, Perry, and Cain) claim that God called them to run for president, then God must be fucking with two of them. Maher also noted the reverence for ignorance that is so prevalent in the GOP:

“Knowing things is seen as an affront to the all-knowing. And there’s nothing they hate more than secular eggheads trying to fix problems like poverty and health care. Honestly, doesn’t a lot of the tea party philosophy boil down to ‘Who needs the government when you have Jesus?'”

By resorting to moronic pejoratives to insult Maher, Fox is just affirming his analysis that they are populated by idiots who are serving an audience of imbeciles. At least they’ve done their market research. But are they really so devoid of self-awareness that they can’t comprehend the dichotomy in their headline? They are castigating Maher for mocking religious conservatives in the same sentence wherein they are calling him a pig.

We can expect Fox to be a feverish purveyor of lies and disinformation. That is, after all, their business model. But what on earth compels them to reveal so nakedly their puerile absence of civility – or intellect? Is it just that they know their audience well and are afraid to go over their dimwitted heads?

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4 thoughts on “Fox Nation: Retarded And Proud

  1. So great, I love maher, and of course he’s right.

    Trigg thing’s a bit much for you, Mark, stay cool. Typo in the last line too.

    • Re: Trigg: I’m really pissed at the repeated, childish Foxisms (pig and Smalley) and I thought I’d try to reach Fox at their level. If any Fox fan were to complain about the Trigg reference it would reveal their hypocrisy.

      Besides, I didn’t say anything derogatory about Trigg. The fact that he is a special needs child is not derogatory, it’s just a fact. The problem is when adults who are supposed to be mature behave as if they have mental birth defects.

  2. Yeah, a rare swing-and-a-miss from Mark with the Trigg reference, bless his little heart.

    As for all the other adults in that family…

  3. “Pig Maher” reminds me of “Clown Wilson,” the name Coulter assigned to Amb. Joe Wilson as the CIA leak scandal broke. I believe it was the last editorial I ever read by her.

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