Democracy for Vancouver

I used to work next to someone who insisted on listening to Dr. Laura every day for a couple of years. I even had to endure her show moving more and more into Judeo-Xtian fundamentalism (she used to do more counseling than self-righteous condemnation back in the day, believe it or not). Is it any surprise to anyone that her offspring would end up such a hate filled young man?:

It seems that 21-year-old Deryk, a United States Army special forces paratrooper recently stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, is following in his famous mom’s footsteps by producing his own “show” that attempts to entertain by spewing hate, intolerance, sexism, sadism, virulent racism and casual brutality.

Deryk’s mom’s show is on radio. Deryk’s show is on Myspace. Well, it was. Unlike his mom’s long run on Hate Talk Radio, Deryk’s Myspace page was soon cancelled. Myspace is a website where anyone with an email address can put on a multi-media show about their favorite subject - themselves! - complete with photos, blogs, music and video. It’s censored, of course (Rupert Murdock wouldn’t have it any other way); no nudity or explicit sex is allowed. However, you can run a picture of yourself sucking on the barrel of a gun, as young Deryk Schlessinger did.

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