The apoplectic rage that followed the Supreme Court’s decision on Obama’s health-care legislation is becoming routine in America’s public discourse, and it is a bipartisan malady. Though it may have started on the left – in response to Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush – it has become increasingly a right-wing phenomenon.
最高法院就奥巴马的医疗保健法案做出裁决后，愤怒就已成为美国公开辩论中的家常便饭，而且还是两党的通病。虽然始作俑者可能是响应理查德·尼克松，罗纳德·里根和乔治·W·布什号召的左派人士——但这种情绪在右翼群体中也越来越普遍。拉什·林堡和格伦贝克（不久前刚刚签署了一份1亿美元的合同，要求他们通过无线电波煽动起更多的仇恨），他们的受众规模令自由派评论家们相形见绌。愤怒已经取代信息和沟通而成为时代的主基调。