Dennis Prager: It's anti-American to be for change

[Liberal_in_LA]

This is the type of illogical, idiotic commentary Dennis Prager pollutes the airwaves with on a daily basis. (carried on same LA station as Dennis Miller)

http://www.minnpost.com/ericblack/2008/10/31/4220/dennis_prager_its_anti-american_to_be_for_change

Dennis Prager: It's anti-American to be for change

But the long passage (verbatim below) that fired up the crowd was Prager's contemplation of why so many Americans have been resonating to Barack Obama's trademark word "change." Prager said it can't just be a change of policies, since everyone running in every election wants to change some policies, but Prager finally figured out what it means and, he told the audience, "this should scare you."

"The change is about changing America. That's what they really believe. That's why change has become such a big word for the Democratic Party under Barack Obama and under Nancy Pelosi and under Harry Reid.

"If you think someone is wonderful, do you want to change him or her? No. Would you like to improve them? Yes, of course anyone can be improved. ... But you want to change that which you believe is essentially really flawed.

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"There is a very big difference between having problems and being fundamentally flawed. And we don't want America changed. And let me tell you something as a student of history. You only want bad societies changed. You only want bad people changed.

"I don't want change. I want improvement." :eyes:

I trust that is enough of Prager's theme, in context, that you get what he's driving at. I'll just make a few points in reply.

The idea that "improvement" is not a form of "change" is ludicrous, yet without this ludicrosity, his whole argument ceases to exist.

[Ikonoklast]

1. Change Or Die.

Any system that remains static fails.

[edbermac]

2. Women and blacks were not allowed to vote.

We never should have changed that, right Dennis? :sarcasm:

[Jim__]

3. Prager is ludicrous! - n/t