drethelin comments on Any existential risk angles to the US presidential election? - Less Wrong

-9 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 20 September 2012 09:44AM

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Comment author: drethelin 21 September 2012 05:10:29AM 1 point [-]

Quotes on a tv show that achieves ratings based on sensationalism aren't great evidence for the sanity of the main character.

Comment author: [deleted] 21 September 2012 05:25:04AM 0 points [-]

Forgive me, I should have been more careful with the wording of my thesis.

Either Glenn Beck is actually unbalanced, or he is doing a fairly good job of pretending to be mad for ratings, in which case the character he plays is a crazy person. Either way, the "Glenn Beck" persona is still a beacon of the Tea Party and I think that is good evidence that the Tea Party is irrational.