LEVI JOHNSTON AND THE MIDDLE-AMERICAN MINSTREL SHOW

Big Hollywood ^ | 10/14.09 | Kurt Schlichter

[denydenydeny]

Levi Johnston’s shameless exploitation by the liberal media is more than just a convenient cudgel for bashing Sarah Palin. It’s a modern minstrel show, with “Middle American” substituted for “African-American” as Levi capers for his condescending media “friends” wearing figurative blackface. And just as the minstrel shows of the past were tools to reinforce prejudice, the Levi Johnston show is meant to reinforce the prejudices and smug sense of superiority of its elitist liberal audience.

[denydenydeny]

This piece puts into words exactly what I've been thinking about the culture's exploitation of Levi Johnston: Not only is it a rather blatant attempt to taunt Sarah Palin, but more broadly it expresses the culture's seething contempt for red state America.

[gimme1ibertee]

Levi who?
Oh,right...some little punkass loser from Alaska,that’s right.

[roses of sharon]

Bigots rule us, they hate us with a passion.

[TexasCajun]

Levi "The Punk" Johnson, for life! ...just open your wallet.

[whatisthetruth]

Bristol picked him.

[tioga]

and she dumped his as well

[HiTech RedNeck]

it can taunt Palin but it cannot taint her.

[ElayneJ]

She was young. I’m sure she’ll choose more wisely next time.

[HiTech RedNeck]

let him be a model if he wants. it is a free to be freak country. if he starts living like his mom, his looks are going to be trashed in less than a decade.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Completely taken with a hunk of emptiness. Sarah was gracious and let the story play out under her roof; the hunk of emptiness stayed empty.

[pray4liberty]

I’m surprised that the gay-friendly company Levi Strauss hasn’t offered Levi the Cad the opportunity to model their jeans!

[Bahbah]

It’s too bad. This young man, had he had a core of decency, could have had a good life with a pretty and loving wife and a great, healthy son. The inlaws are pretty special too.

But he preferred jumping into a sewer, and he has lost all of that good life. It really is sad.

I expect to hear that he’s been found dead in some flop house from an overdose in the not too distant future.

[Gondring]

His background is an explanation, not an excuse.

Some FReepers could learn from this line.

[ElayneJ]

Yes. I hope he matures, but it’s not looking good for him.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well Levi isn’t gay. He’s a hetero stud even though he is all full of himself. Levi’s advertisements seem to be full of silence when it comes to that aspect of “jeans sexiness” and it would be odd if Levi were the first exception. And other brands like Lee and Wrangler insist on a cowboy western wholesome image (no Brokeback stuff).

[Global2010]

Even worse he is going to show the world his willy by posing for Playgirl magazine.

Yuk.

[trumandogz]

Levi is a victim of exploration? That is an odd take on the situation.

[pray4liberty]

Well Levi isn’t gay.

That one will be pictorially "gay" for money. Posing for Playgirl for all the gay guys to see? He's a whore, plain and simple.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Yeah, that’s an open secret about Playgirl. Just as lesbians like Playboy.

The intent seems simply to be scummy; he doesn’t care what’s on his viewers’ minds as long as he gets the notoriety (and bucks).

[denydenydeny]

Levi is a victim of exploration [sic]? That is an odd take on the situation.

Victim in the sense of "clueless pawn," absolutely. You don't think he's being used to poke at the Palin family?

From the article:

The ones exploiting him are the real villains. People, even dumb ones, aren’t to be used up then discarded like garbage when you’re done with them. Those pulling his strings ought to be ashamed of themselves, but they aren’t.