Posted by beckett2 on November 25, 2019, at 21:16:28
In reply to Re: The apocalypse in Australia will be sepia, posted by sigismund on November 24, 2019, at 21:12:27
> It's just the range of acceptable opinion. (I think) Trump does not fit into the Overton Window, whereas war with Russia does. (Can this be right?)
>
> 'If you switch on television it's just ridiculous and it's destructive. It kills us and talk shows will kill us, they kill our language.
> So we have to declare holy war against every image we see every day on television.' Werner Herzog
>
> I'd like to have seen more of his films.You can see him as an actor in The Mandalorian :) His gravitas is used to frightening effect.
When I watched the impeachment hearings (some of them), I streamed them from the NYT which provides very little commentaryl. Avoiding the cable news shows and commentary etc was the way to go. Cleaner. I other words, I agree.
Is the Herzog quote from an interview?
like a bird on a wire
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