Does this Democratic Underground post sound like it was written by a rational well rounded adult to you?

I was already in a bad mood. This was a new doctor’s office for me, and I didn’t know what to expect. I was the only one in the office as this was early morning. Right away, I saw that their big plasma screen in the state-of-the-art waiting room was tuned to Fox “News.” Low-brow propaganda was flooding the room.

Usually when I see Fox News somewhere, it isn’t only me in the room. But this time I was by myself, and there were no dimwits around to soak up the “dumb rays.” I was taking a full dose.

So I introduced myself as a new patient and asked the receptionist if she could please switch the TV to a “news channel.” She laughed a little nervously and handed me a couple of forms to read. I scanned her for telltale signs of in-breeding. Normal, I thought, although I hadn’t seen her fingernails.

I sat down to read the forms, but the Fox News “content” continued. When I returned the forms I said, “Seriously, can we change the channel? I find this channel deeply insulting to my intelligence.”

She seemed surprised, but to my disappointment, un-offended. She said (roughly), “OK, I understand. But if you could just have a seat, you’ll be in to see the doctor in about a minute anyway.”

I wavered and started to head back to my seat, but had to stop. “You know,” I said, “Let’s just cancel the appointment.” But as I said it, I noticed that she had already grabbed the remote and started to change the channel–which she did.

I thanked her and went in for the appointment. I was conscious the whole time, so I’m pretty sure they didn’t do anything to me. Fox News was still off when I left.

The comment thread contains a hearty round of back-slapping a couple of similar stories of tolerant, open minded lefties demanding that other people throw aside those bourgeois notions of private ownership and conform their places of business to the oh so delicate sensibilities of middle age adolescence who are literally afraid that Fox News will brainwash them in the few minutes they’re subjected to it while sitting in a waiting room.

Only one commenter so far seems to know that the above behavior was rude and rightly points out that the nurse in a doctor’s office has more to worry about than the pet peeves of a supposed adult. Of course her comment implies that irrational petulance is a right wing characteristic, ignoring the 30+ approving comments from her lefty ilk.

So what say you? Was this a brave stand by a CNN stalwart defending the world from tyranny or the act of an unstable man-child with no sense of decorum or boundaries?

We report, you decide.

h/t Moonbattery