Comments on: Faux-Klingons invade White House http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/12/faux-klingons-invade-white-house/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:21:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Scott Bieser http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/12/faux-klingons-invade-white-house/#comment-36313 Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:14:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/01/12/faux-klingons-invade-white-house/#comment-36313 In recent years numerous commentators have made analogies to the Lord Of The Rings stories and especially the Ring Of Power's dangerous allure, usually comparing the Bush Administration with either Sauron or Saruman. These commentators have largely been libertarians, or libertarian-leaning, although there used to be quite a few progressives and partisan Democrats singing the same tune. Now that Democrats are in charge of Congress, we don't see progressives disparaging the Ring of Power much anymore. But this is the first time I've seen one actually making fun of the whole idea. Allegories matter; otherwise, what the hell are we doing? In recent years numerous commentators have made analogies to the Lord Of The Rings stories and especially the Ring Of Power’s dangerous allure, usually comparing the Bush Administration with either Sauron or Saruman. These commentators have largely been libertarians, or libertarian-leaning, although there used to be quite a few progressives and partisan Democrats singing the same tune.

Now that Democrats are in charge of Congress, we don’t see progressives disparaging the Ring of Power much anymore. But this is the first time I’ve seen one actually making fun of the whole idea.

Allegories matter; otherwise, what the hell are we doing?

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