{"id":9733,"date":"2013-05-24T03:56:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T10:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=9733"},"modified":"2013-05-24T09:31:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T16:31:17","slug":"andrea-tantaros-of-fox-news-wants-you-to-punch-her-in-the-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=9733","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Tantaros Of Fox News Wants You To Punch Her In The Face"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News pundit and co-host of “The Five,”<\/em> Andrea Tantaros, stepped forward on Thursday to make a brave announcement<\/a> outlining her position on the free exercise of democracy.<\/p>\n

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In a discussion about … Oh what the hell, it doesn’t matter what it was about. It always ends the same way with whichever interchangeable right-wing yakker belching out something similar to what Tantaros said: “This is Obama\u2019s America! It\u2019s like the Soviet Union.”<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s right. America is exactly like the Soviet Union. You almost can’t tell them apart. Remember when Soviet voters elected a Black Russian to the presidency? And if the USSR was known for anything it was the freedom that people like Tantaros have to criticize the government and its leaders. But Tantaros went further to declare that Obama…<\/p>\n

\u201c…said he would change the country. He said it. He said it. He said it. And a lot of people voted for him. And if you see any of those people today, do me a favor. Punch them in the face.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that is Tantaros’ America. And it’s nothing at all like the Soviet Union. After all, Obama said he would change the country, which just about every candidate for president says. When was the last time you heard a candidate promise to keep everything exactly as it is right now? Then Tantaros notes that a lot of people voted for Obama. Well, actually a decisive majority. It’s called democracy. So that right there earns them a blow across the chops. How dare they express their popular choice for leadership?<\/p>\n

But lest we caught up in rhetorical trivia, let’s examine Tantaros’ remarks from a philosophical perspective. What she is saying is that it is appropriate to physically assault those with whom you have political disagreements. If someone votes for a presidential candidate who you don’t like, punch them in the face. If they dispute your contention that global warming is hoax, kneecap them with a baseball bat. And just to make sure they can’t continue advocating for Marxist welfare like Social Security or Medicare, pour some acid down their throat.<\/p>\n

Since Tantaros co-hosts a daily program on Fox News, we can rest assured that she holds these views in the fairest, most balanced way possible. She certainly would not assert that these remedies to political debates be reserved for only one side. Therefore, it’s safe to assume that she would be totally OK with her ideological adversaries employing these same debate tactics on her.<\/p>\n

To be perfectly clear, I am not advocating that anyone assault Tantaros or anybody else. But that’s only because I’m not a sanctimonious, rage-aholic a-hole. I’m just pointing out the logical conclusion to her own argument. Thereafter, people can make their own decisions. After all, this is Tantaros’ America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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