{"id":12650,"date":"2018-11-05T10:18:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T15:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=12650"},"modified":"2018-11-05T10:18:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T15:18:06","slug":"mid-term-mania-antidote-v-for-vendetta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/mid-term-mania-antidote-v-for-vendetta\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Term Mania Antidote: “V for Vendetta”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It is appropriate that \u2018V for Vendetta\u2019 Day<\/strong> – \u201cRemember, remember, the fifth of November\u2026.\u201d – would fall on the eve of congressional midterm elections which are turbocharging sales of alcohol and antidepressants.\u00a0 If I had a six-pack of good beer for every time I’ve heard this is “the most important election in your lifetime,” I would be ready for the next 27 winter blizzards and hurricanes.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t watched the\u00a0\u00a0 V for Vendetta<\/strong> <\/a>yet, it could be the perfect tonic for Election Eve \u2013 or Election Day. The 2005 movie was pegged to Guy Fawkes Day, commemorating the 1604 Catholic conspiracy to blow up the English parliament. It was good that that plot was thwarted. Unfortunately, in the last century, government itself became a god.<\/p>\n

The movie beautifully captures how the war on terror provided a recipe for browbeating people into submission.<\/p>\n

I have heard almost nothing about this movie from the anti-Trump resistance.\u00a0 Is V for Vendetta<\/strong> too anti-government for their taste?\u00a0\u00a0 The schizophrenia of many of the anti-Trump, pro-Leviathan protesters is still amazing.\u00a0 (“Trump is an untrustworthy bastard and the government must confiscate all private firearms.”)
\nHere\u2019s a photo I snapped of a V for Vendetta<\/strong> zealot at a local cartoon show a few years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is appropriate that \u2018V for Vendetta\u2019 Day – \u201cRemember, remember, the fifth of November\u2026.\u201d – would fall on the eve of congressional midterm elections which are turbocharging sales of alcohol and antidepressants.\u00a0 If I had a six-pack of good beer for every time I’ve heard this is “the most important election in your lifetime,” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1793,1791,567,1792,1789,1794,1790],"class_list":["post-12650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-anti-trump-resistance","tag-guy-fawkes","tag-lying-politicians","tag-midterm-election","tag-movie","tag-schizophrenia","tag-v-for-vendetta"],"yoast_head":"\nMid-Term Mania Antidote: "V for Vendetta" - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"V for Vendetta would be the perfect movie for many protestors these days except for the schizophrenia of the anti-Trump, pro-Leviathan resistance.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/mid-term-mania-antidote-v-for-vendetta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mid-Term Mania Antidote: "V for Vendetta" - 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