Yesterday I said that once upon a time it was impossible to float certain ideas into the mainstream discourse, such as the fact that the Iraq war was the stupidest fucking idea ever. It wasn't just a joke. Back then, the only acceptable anti-war position was "the UN should give its blessing." I think they let Janeane Garofalo on a couple of times to be a bit more anti-war, but that's about it. And then there were crazy angry people writing blogs. But nobody listened to them.
