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This content was published September 28, 2013. … There is a bit of likeme trolling on facebook this morning. It is a link, Miley Cyrus Points Out Something Wrong With America — And She’s Absolutely Right. The message is from a facility called Upworthy. These missives usually have a popup ad, encouraging you to like uw on fb. The message today was a poll. “It’s nice to be reminded of the good in the world. And it should happen more often. I Agree I Disagree” I clicked disagree, and was sent through to the headline post.
Miley Cyrus has gotten attention lately. She performed at an awards show, and got people excited. I do not pay to watch TV, and missed the spectacle. Maybe this is the best approach.
The message from miss achy breaky heart is not that great. She says that some nasty things are on television, but you can’t say fuck. This is the same observation about double standards that has been around since the top half of Elvis was on the Ed Sullivan show. It is just as meaningless today as ever.
Calling someone a hypocrite is a cheap argument. Whenever someone says something, you can be sure that the standards of someone else are violated. Hypocrisy is in the eye of the beholder. Two wrongs do not make a right. Not everybody agrees with you.
2025 Update: This morning I woke up with Charlie Kirk fatigue. There is so much toxicity and bad faith rhetoric. There are politicians who don’t want to let a crisis go to waste. There is the shock of seeing quotes from the deceased. There is a government story that does not make a lick of sense.
I decided to find the pictures first. I stumbled onto a story from 2013, and decided to use the text, as well as the pictures. These pictures are from Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library The social media picture was taken August 16, 1949. “WBGE radio personality Roosevelt Johnson” … I found a link to the meme. Upworthy is still in business, as is mileycyrus. The quote was in Rolling Stone. Every link I clicked on was a clickbait quagmire.
Here is the quote. “America is just so weird in what they think is right and wrong. Like, I was watching Breaking Bad the other day, and they were cooking meth. I could literally cook meth because of that show. It’s a how-to. And then they bleeped out the word ‘fuck.’ And I’m like, really? They killed a guy, and disintegrated his body in acid, but you’re not allowed to say ‘fuck’? It’s like when they bleeped ‘molly’ at the VMAs. Look what I’m doing up here right now, and you’re going to bleep out ‘molly’? Whatever.” ©Luther Mckinnon 2025 · selah