Do you ever feel there's just a whole world out there you're not part of? That's exactly how I feel when I see people reading any book "written" by Glenn Beck. Certainly people who watch his television show can see through his schtick right? Well, apparently not.
But for the rest of us comes COMMON NONSENSE: Glenn Beck and the Triumph of Ignorance by Alexander Zaitchik. Obviously, Alex won't be on Beck's Christmas list; after one of Zaitchik's investigative articles for Salon last year, Beck took to the airwaves to cry about what he called "despicable, yellow journalism." Like Beck would recognize journalism if it bit him in his weepy little crybaby ass.
I'm not sure I can or will read this book. On one hand, I want to arm myself with specific examples of hideous ignorance to throw back in the angry, screaming faces of tea partiers, but, on the other hand, I am leery of the damage to my soul by focusing so much attention to such a tick in the crotch of humankind.
I don't expect this book to change any minds. The people who read it will probably be the people who already agree with its premise. The people who really need to read this book are simply those who never would.
But I might.
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