As I have watched modern conservatism degenerate into an ideology condoning, even glorifying, torture, aggressive war, political absolutism, and worse, I have wondered about the basic mental health, even sanity, of people like Bill Kristol, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Clarence Thomas and many others. FireDogLake has just provided a thought provoking blog on one of leading”conservatives” favorite TV shows: “24.”
Turns out that recently top US military people visited the set and asked them to tone it down considerably, suggesting that the hero of the series is a psychopath and a criminal they would never want to be their employee, and that glorification of his tactics was hurting us abroad. Further, it was undermining military discipline.
Meanwhle the criminal mindset that masquerades as American patriots over the Heritage Foundation and elsewhere are praising the series. I am NOT editorializing in my last comment about criminal mindsets. Check the post out. And ask yourself what it means to be an American any more.