I think the only thing as infuriating as racial bigotry is sheer willful ignorance and Nazi-like propaganda against an entire religion exhibited in the above video. Good for the McCain supporters who confronted this nonsense. As non-believer myself, it may seem hypocritical perhaps for me to comment on this, but understanding that intolerance of one religion by the practitioner of another is why the Middle East and many parts of Asia where nearly half the world's population lives, are dangerous and seething with ethnic strife. And I cannot help it, perhaps because of my German heritage I have a genetically programmed guilt component (just kidding) that I react strongly to religious-based 'eliminationist' rhetoric.
See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die This video is simple sweet nostalgia for me! I grew up watching the Andy Griffith Show , an innocent and sweet black and white (double meaning I was of course unaware of at the time) show about simple times, and apparently devoid of the undercurrent of racism and the raging debate of Vietnam occurring in our country at the time ... or so it seemed. The morality plays within most of the episodes often, at least, subtly touched on the issues of the day and all the while simultaneously and deftly, taught tolerance, and held up to, albeit good natured, ridicule the intolerance and destructive division occurring in our country at the time. In a way that only sweet southern gentility could have pulled off. Floyd the Barber would approve this message. For me personally, The Andy Griffith Show was a serendipitous coincidence and weird connection to Hollywood because it's make-believe town of Mayberry , North Carolina was modeled after my father...
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