In the American media there are two constants. In politics, it is always and forever 1968, and liberals are Dirty Fucking Hippies. In culture, anyone who decides to poke their head out of the cultural world of the CBS primetime line-up is a sad, basement-dwelling loner screaming into his Hello Kitty pillow as crackling video dubs of the original Spider-Man cartoon flicker on his television.I think he's responding (defensively, reflexively, but OK) to the notion that comic conventions are for mouth-breathing momma's boys. Nerds!
In this world anything that goes against the grain makes you a nerd. Anything that makes someone say, "well, that's different," makes you a nerd. Making an effort makes you a nerd. Acting like you care makes you a nerd.
Those two definitions of politics and culture, belong to the enemies of everything that's good and true. If we weren't such a sorry bunch of nerds, maybe we might do something about it.
