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usGovOwesUs3Trillion

(2,022 posts) Mon Aug 12, 2013, 12:49 PM Aug 2013

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I have a political observation on this show.

Even though I'm not a fan of the pulp-fiction fare that's the main diet on American teeVee, I do find it amusing how many people apparently support a tarted-up, violent, drug dealer, due to the difficult situation he was faced with by a corrupt system, yet some of the shows supporters are foaming at the mouth detractors of a real life charector (Snowden) who "broke" the law, in a non-violent, and for completely unselfish reasons, unlike the purely selfish reasons of the fictional charector on the teeVee show.

I wonder what flavor of cognitive dissonance is operating here?

BTW: lame snark, and/or childish personal attacks does nothing to diminish the observation or advance your POV.

Just a friendly FYI

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bunny pancake head NightWatcher Aug 2013 #1

How Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #4

Meh. Save it for the Snowden threads. Comrade Grumpy Aug 2013 #2

Uh, Walt is the bad guy. nt valerief Aug 2013 #3

Oh please spare us this. bravenak Aug 2013 #5

Just a political observation of the popular program usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #8

You haven't even watched it. bravenak Aug 2013 #9

That's why this not a synopsis of the show usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #12

You don't seem to know much about it. bravenak Aug 2013 #15

I'm familiar with the main premis of the show usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #36

Selfless sacrifice? bravenak Aug 2013 #39

That's not all you don't understand demwing Aug 2013 #40

No, you're not. Walt is the bad guy. Iggo Aug 2013 #53

I've got to ask... what do you mean by "tarted-up"? Chiyo-chichi Aug 2013 #55

I don't understand that, either. liberalhistorian Aug 2013 #43

That's all I'm asking, watch the show then let's discuss. bravenak Aug 2013 #45

People are intrigued by fictional criminals tritsofme Aug 2013 #6

I find it interesting that many sympathize with such an extreme charector usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #11

Actually no one sympathizes with him anymore zappaman Aug 2013 #13

Yes. But they did. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #20

If you believe "only an examined life is worth living," zazen Aug 2013 #31

I have usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #41

But you're not fully informed, no matter how many times you say it. Iggo Aug 2013 #54

Who decides what lame snark is? el_bryanto Aug 2013 #7

Me usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #17

Again because you believe Snowden to be a hero el_bryanto Aug 2013 #22

I find him to be a sympathetic charector, more deserving than a violent selfish drug dealer, sure usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #44

Well yes Snowden is probably better than Walter White. You got me there. el_bryanto Aug 2013 #48

Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries. Ian David Aug 2013 #10

hope this makes you feel better zappaman Aug 2013 #14

Worked for me! bunnies Aug 2013 #30

The fact that you haven't watched the show is evident in your post. n/t tammywammy Aug 2013 #16

How so? usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #18

You assume the premise of the show is to "support" Walter White. tammywammy Aug 2013 #19

Of course it isn't. zappaman Aug 2013 #21

From what I've read about the show, that was the main alure usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #24

Guess you haven't read the right things zappaman Aug 2013 #25

I give them another week or two. Rex Aug 2013 #50

That long? zappaman Aug 2013 #51

A few days then? Rex Aug 2013 #52

Oh noes IT got PPRd!!! Rex Aug 2013 #67

Again, it's evident you've never seen the show. n/t tammywammy Aug 2013 #26

Actually... bunnies Aug 2013 #27

You read wrong things. Iggo Aug 2013 #56

Speaking for myself deutsey Aug 2013 #60

Well said. Marr Aug 2013 #76

Got a lot of time on your hands, do you? (nt) Paladin Aug 2013 #23

Plenty usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #29

Me too. bravenak Aug 2013 #46

He can't hear you anymore, bravenak Number23 Aug 2013 #72

Oh happy day!!! bravenak Aug 2013 #73

I have never seen the Sopranos... NCTraveler Aug 2013 #28

.... tammywammy Aug 2013 #33

How exactly can someone "support" a television character? Dreamer Tatum Aug 2013 #32

I can answer that for you. zappaman Aug 2013 #34

"corrupt system"? Life Long Dem Aug 2013 #35

Other then you being miffed HappyMe Aug 2013 #37

Richard III is also a story about a villain Orrex Aug 2013 #38

I think CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #42

Mee too! bravenak Aug 2013 #47

Walter White is a monster ellie Aug 2013 #49

I think the show is meant to make you wonder whether all people are capable of this under the right stevenleser Aug 2013 #77

Never ever watch Hogan's Heros. sufrommich Aug 2013 #57

wow... Ohio Joe Aug 2013 #58

That person literally sucked IQ from DU/DUers while they were here. We were all dumber for having stevenleser Aug 2013 #78

Now I'll never know what he meant by referring to Walter White as "tarted-up." Chiyo-chichi Aug 2013 #84

If it makes you feel any better, I don't think they knew either stevenleser Aug 2013 #85

What nonsense! You see no problem with "what flavor of cognitive dissonance is operating here?" demwing Aug 2013 #59

Locking by Host consensus...nt SidDithers Aug 2013 #61

kicking, because this has apparently been unlocked by admin quinnox Aug 2013 #62

They PPRed the OP pintobean Aug 2013 #64

I think skinner may have unlocked it quinnox Aug 2013 #66

Kick! zappaman Aug 2013 #63

not one but two stinky piles of troll have been shown the door arely staircase Aug 2013 #65

Naw. Sockpuppets? On DU? Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #82

Something smelt rotten the moment it entered the building. Rex Aug 2013 #68

yeah, but it can't us its stupid paul revere thing without giving itself away arely staircase Aug 2013 #70

Oh God! If I see 'Paul Revere with a thumb drive' ONE MORE TIME Rex Aug 2013 #71

Breaking Wind. Rex Aug 2013 #69

Careful In_The_Wind Aug 2013 #74

HAHAHA! Rex Aug 2013 #75

The allure of Breaking Bad is its depiction of innocence lost. Which is exactly opposite... Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 #79

Actually the allure is watching, in the words of Vince Gilligan, "Mr Chips turn into Scarface" Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #81

You don't actually watch the show, yet feel qualified to make broad metaphorical assumptions about Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #80

Walter White is the 99% warrprayer Aug 2013 #83

The difference is White is fiction. It is a TV show. Hamlette Aug 2013 #86