“They said that he was sick ’cause he didn’t play by the rules
He just showed the wise men of his day to be nothing more than fools
They stamped him and they labeled him like they do with pants and shirts”
- Bob Dylan, from his song, “Lenny Bruce.”
“You see, the trouble is that we all live in a happy ending culture, a what should be culture instead of a what is culture. We’re all taught that fantasy. But if we were taught this is what is I think we’d be less screwed up.” – Lenny Bruce, as voiced by Dustin Hoffman in the 1974 film, “Lenny.”
The heroes of free speech and truth-telling in society are always discredited and pushed to the fringe.
In America, the paragons of free speech and frankness are the poets, comedians, and independent journalists. The poet Ezra Pound, the comedian Lenny Bruce, and the journalist Alex Jones all come out of the American tradition of freedom of thought and freedom of speech.
A d v e r t i s e m e n t
Literature, comedy and talk radio are avenues through which ideas and issues are discussed openly and courageously. Alternative points of view that are shut off from the mainstream cultural environment can be heard one the frontiers of thought.
Lenny Bruce redefined comedy and inspired Carlin, Hicks, and many other game-changing comedians. Alex Jones has redefined media journalism. His work along with the work of Infowars.com will inspire new independent journalists to take down corrupt politicians and elites.
Bruce was raising taboo subjects with bravery and keen insight. The Establishment was scared of his take on comedy and society. So they used the media attack dogs to label him and put him into a corner. He was called “obscene,” “offensive,” and a “deranged communist.” Time Magazine called him a “sick comic.”
But the Establishment’s labels didn’t work on everyone, and eventually the medium of comedy was revolutionized because of Bruce. He helped changed the values and opinions of the American people in a radical way, towards a more free and honest direction.
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