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defrogI am in Singapore, sitting on a street corner listening to “Freewill” by Rush in my headphones and trying not to play air drums to it.
When the song finishes, I get up to go back to my hotel. I pass a Jumbotron screen that is displaying Fox News. Sean Hannity is arguing with some female guest about something, but I don’t pay attention.
I take a shortcut down a side street, and when I re-emerge on the main road, I hear some kind of commotion. I look to see what’s going on and I see Hannity chasing the woman he’d been arguing with on TV. He is brandishing what looks like bright orange toy lightsabers –one in each hand – and swatting her across the back, shouting, “Insult me on MY show, will you, you liberal Commie bitch!!!”
One of the Fox News women (not sure which one, so we’ll say Laura Ingraham to keep it simple) is right behind him, apparently egging him on. They are all being chased by a stray dog who thinks they’re playing and wants Hannity to throw one of the lightsabers to play Fetch.
I get out my phone to take some pictures, because wouldn’t you? It’s hard to get a good focused picture, of course, because Hannity and the woman are running up and down the street. Also, Laura Ingraham is running interference, trying to block the lens and shouting “No pictures!” But by now a crowd has gathered and they’re all taking pics and video now.
Finally Hannity gives up, lets his guest go and tries to push his way through the crowd, presumably to get back to the studio and finish his show. The dog follows him, barking, still hoping Hannity will throw a lightsaber for him to chase. Hannity turns angrily and kicks the dog. The crowd boos him and starts to chase him down the street.
I don’t bother to follow them. I head back to my hotel and stop in the convenience store next to the lobby to buy some drinks and snacks. But it’s a small store and the line is very long.
When I fnally get back to my hotel room, I turn on the TV, open my laptop and get online, and I see that all of the pics and videos of the Hannity incident have gone viral, especially the dog-kicking scene.
Just about everyone at Fox goes on air to defend Hannity’s behavior, claiming that the lightsabers were inflatable, not plastic, so he wasn’t really hurting his guest when he was whacking her with them. They also blame the Liberal Media for making a bigger deal out of it than it is, and how it says a lot about liberal priorities that no one cared what Hannity was doing until he kicked the dog, which by the way is okay and unhurt. (Luckily this has been verified by independent news sources.)
And then I woke up.
Bonfire of the Hannities,
This is dF
When the song finishes, I get up to go back to my hotel. I pass a Jumbotron screen that is displaying Fox News. Sean Hannity is arguing with some female guest about something, but I don’t pay attention.
I take a shortcut down a side street, and when I re-emerge on the main road, I hear some kind of commotion. I look to see what’s going on and I see Hannity chasing the woman he’d been arguing with on TV. He is brandishing what looks like bright orange toy lightsabers –one in each hand – and swatting her across the back, shouting, “Insult me on MY show, will you, you liberal Commie bitch!!!”
One of the Fox News women (not sure which one, so we’ll say Laura Ingraham to keep it simple) is right behind him, apparently egging him on. They are all being chased by a stray dog who thinks they’re playing and wants Hannity to throw one of the lightsabers to play Fetch.
I get out my phone to take some pictures, because wouldn’t you? It’s hard to get a good focused picture, of course, because Hannity and the woman are running up and down the street. Also, Laura Ingraham is running interference, trying to block the lens and shouting “No pictures!” But by now a crowd has gathered and they’re all taking pics and video now.
Finally Hannity gives up, lets his guest go and tries to push his way through the crowd, presumably to get back to the studio and finish his show. The dog follows him, barking, still hoping Hannity will throw a lightsaber for him to chase. Hannity turns angrily and kicks the dog. The crowd boos him and starts to chase him down the street.
I don’t bother to follow them. I head back to my hotel and stop in the convenience store next to the lobby to buy some drinks and snacks. But it’s a small store and the line is very long.
When I fnally get back to my hotel room, I turn on the TV, open my laptop and get online, and I see that all of the pics and videos of the Hannity incident have gone viral, especially the dog-kicking scene.
Just about everyone at Fox goes on air to defend Hannity’s behavior, claiming that the lightsabers were inflatable, not plastic, so he wasn’t really hurting his guest when he was whacking her with them. They also blame the Liberal Media for making a bigger deal out of it than it is, and how it says a lot about liberal priorities that no one cared what Hannity was doing until he kicked the dog, which by the way is okay and unhurt. (Luckily this has been verified by independent news sources.)
And then I woke up.
Bonfire of the Hannities,
This is dF
