Dennis Miller, Eclectic Pragmatist


Politico has up an interesting interview with Dennis Miller in which the actor-comedian talks about his political views, characterizing them as eclectic pragmatism. "I have wildly swinging opinions, but through some sort of ideological feng shui they end up in the middle — some swing far to the left, others to the far right," he says. "I’m for the war, but I’m also for gay marriage. I don’t care if two folks with the same genitalia want to get hitched, I just don’t want some asshole from another country coming over here and blowing up their wedding to make a political statement." This is another way of saying Miller is engaged with the culture and world around him — someone who reasons through a social or political issue, not merely filtering it through a lens of partisan ideology, and arrives at a personal feeling about how it impacts him. Regardless of what you think of the guy, or any of his specific views, we need more people thinking like this.

 

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