Vote for the person, country, and/or group you think most deserves the coveted Robert Fisk Award for Idiotarian of the Year. This is the first round; the top 10 entries will be the finalists. You are allowed 5 votes, one at a time.
John R. Bradley
Only 5 votes ! It's sooo hard to choose ! I had to use one vote for Berkeley tho' -- maybe they need to make another category -- "lifetime acheivement award" ??
A choice between Baghdad Sean or the peanut farmer/idiot/Nobel terrorist prize winner. That's a tough one!
I don't know--Patty just seems to have "terminal dumbo disease" -- Carter, on the other hand, is a wolf in sheep's clothing...and he deserves something for making the U.S. appear weak and allowing us to be intimidated (hostage situation & all that "wear a sweater and turn your thermostat down" / "waiting in line for gas can be fun" crap)
Idiotarian Checklist
LGF reader E. Nough's brilliant checklist is a great tool for diagnosing Idiotarianism:
If you've ever come to a protest without your clothes...
If you spell America with K's while writing in English...
If you think the United Nations is a bona fide governing body...
If you believe that the U.S. deserved to be attacked on 9/11 for its policies around the globe...
If you believe that Zionism is a form of racism...
If your main form of protest is destruction of property...
If you actually used the phrase "coming home to roost" in the past year...
If you think that a "global corporation" is evil by definition...
If you believe that "all property is theft"...
If you refer to Noam Chomsky as a "dissident"...
If you think that the proper response to terrorism is to "understand" the "root causes" of "Muslim discontent"...
If you think that the U.S. is a terrorist state...
If you think that Israel is a colonial power...
If you think that "world peace" will be accomplished by happy songs and "anti-war resolutions"...
If you honestly think that there is no connnection whatsoever between Islam and terrorism...
If you are a member of any organization with "Socialist," "Communist," "Marxist," "Leninist," "Aryan," or "Revolutionary Council" in its title...
If you seriously believe that there is a "corporate ruling class"...
If you think all cultures are equivalent, and there is no moral difference between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia...
If you are convinced that some six million J-E-W-S are in control of the United States, a nation of 280 million people...
If your primary form of protest involves large puppets...
If you would rather watch people starve than let them eat genetically modified "Frankenfoods"...
If you have ever harmed people in order to protest testing on animals...
If you believe that the post-9/11 appearance of American flags is a sign of "jingoism"...
If you have ever worn sheets in public, and it wasn't Halloween...
If you have ever held up a "People's Republic" as an example for the West to follow.
If you equate strong criticism or public disgust with censorship and "McCarthyism"...
If your main form of protest involves stupid slogans that were old by 1969...
If you really think that the 9/11 attacks were God's punishment for our "deviant ways"...
If you refer to terrorists strictly as "militants" or "activists"...
...You might be an idiotarian.
Check out my recently added list of links to some folks who are definitely not idiotarians.
» see also: The Idiotarian Dictionary
http://www.mikesilverman.com/2002_08_18_log_archive.html#85357771
Well, that's very difficult. I have to agree with the consensus, which is that there's no point in bashing has-beens like Jane Fonda or nobodies like Heather What's Her Name? I'm inclined to go with Jimmy Carter, Roger Moore, and Patty Murray. And I agree that at this time France is worse than Berkeley.