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I don’t want the news to be patriotic. I don’t want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don’t want any of that.

Aaron McGruder

It’s difficult to overcome what you’re getting beamed into your brain by the television every day. The worthlessness of journalism today is just making the country confused and bewildered and lost.
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Beamed Brain Confused Country Overcome Television
When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
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Explore Important Music News Reveal Scare Tell
We don’t need a two-party system. We need something else. Because at this point, the two-party system is really just a one-party system. And that one party is crumbling.
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Crumbling Need Party Point System
You can’t accuse the creator of The Boondocks, … Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.
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Accuse Boondock Creator Devil Government Jesus Lying
I really get a little bit confused by all this “angry angry angry” talk when all I do is tell jokes and at least some people find it funny.
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Angry Confused Joke People Share Tell
Fluid and energetic and wild very, very smart and very, very funny.
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Energetic Fluid Funny Smart
The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.
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Actual Aware Educated Population Work
One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let’s say it this way: I’m really late.
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Closer Deadline Late Push Way
And I’m not so in love with making people mad that I want to live my life around it.
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Around Love Mad Making People Want
I don’t think the American government has a lot of respect for culture.
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American Culture Government Respect Thinking
Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.
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Affiliation Commit Gun Political Terrorism
I think you should know that real-life white people are not all as funny as the ones on ‘Seinfeld’.
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Funny Real Seinfeld Thinking White
I think you have to play the game on every level. If you need a friendly, charismatic, good-looking guy to be the mouthpiece, then so be it. And maybe Ralph Nader should just be behind the scenes telling that guy what to say.
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Friendly Game Good Guy Level Looking Thinking
Obviously, there’s a million things we’re allowed to say on late-night cable that you’re not allowed to say on a prime time broadcast.
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Allow Broadcast Cable Late Million Night Obvious Thing
I think revolution is always a little bit possible. I think it won’t look or sound anything like what we would expect. But I think revolution is very difficult, and I’m not optimistic for any kind of dramatic change.
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Expect Optimistic Possible Revolution Sound Thinking
I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.
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Black Commentator Made Mass Spoken

I don’t want the news to be patriotic. I don’t want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don’t want any of that.

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