Re: theater

["ElsaHaas" <ElsaHaas@si.rr.com>]

George, 

Yes, it's true that the current administration and its allies do typically
refrain from setting their dogs on this nation's critics of their domestic
(including educational) policies. 

Nor do they waterboard them, export them for foreign torture routines, stack
them in naked human pyramids, or attach wires to their private parts.

Elsa Haas (I don't care much if writing this gets me put on some list - I'm
already being watched) 

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Here is a better take from Opinion Journal

The Stephen Colbert kerfuffle, intrinsically uninteresting though it
is, leads Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen to an excellent
insight:

Why are you wasting my time with Colbert, I hear you ask. Because he is
representative of what too often passes for political courage, not to
mention wit, in this country. His defenders--and they are all over the
blogosphere--will tell you he spoke truth to power. This is a tired
phrase, as we all know, but when it was fresh and meaningful it
suggested repercussions, consequences--maybe even death in some
countries. When you spoke truth to power you took the distinct chance
that power would smite you, toss you into a dungeon or--if you're at
work--take away your office. 

But in this country, anyone can insult the president of the United
States. Colbert just did it, and he will not suffer any consequence at
all. He knew that going in.

This, it seems to us, explains several conceits of the Angry Left: [...]