shockedcanadian
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All about TV, ratings and that's it.Say that about him any other time and you may have an argument. This time it was legit.Oh, Hannity... I love you. You're so thoughtful warm and sincere. Gag.Hannity has always been to me, the most rah-rah, flag waving, patriotic, constitution loving media personality on T.V. As a guy who came "from the streets" so to speak (not by choice I assure you), I get him. I don't always agree with him, but I get him as a guy who is being sincere. You get what you see, and I respect that.
He's also less conservative and more libertarian than most in my assessment. He can look back at the conservative politicians he used to support and say, "I was wrong". He's also a big believer in forgiveness and Faith, which is important and what I use as a separator of old school "conservatives". Most of which I don't personally get along with, and many of which, I think are only tough when they have the stick. I digress...
His show last night really was the most clear example of this as he gave a grieving father over half hour of his show and had a heart to heart, even as he did inject some pro-police politics and the like from time to time. It was definitely a kind gesture for him to give this father such an amount of time. Which, eventually lead to Trump calling this father when he saw the episode.
In my opinion, if media did this and allowed all sides of the debate (Hannity at one point even told his friend, "you can say whatever you want you can even criticize me if you want) and wore their patriotism and heart on their sleeve as Hannity does, society would be in a better place.
It's TV, ratings matter. That doesn't change for him or anyone else. However, that a simplification. I do believe Hannity genuinely cares about people and he loves America.
Of all the media personalities, can you name one more than Hannity who would listen to you and openly support your constitutional rights, even if he didn't agree with your position, more than Hannity would? I don't think so, and I disagree with Hannity plenty. At least when he becomes nostalgic about issues that I simply don't as blindly subscribe to.
I know from first hand in reaching out to agencies, politicians and media talking heads in Canada, most people are full of shyte. Really simple. Most tell you they believe in such and such, until you try to tell YOUR side of the story against someone in authority doing the same. Principles are thrown out the window by those who bow to authority. We saw Hannity go after bad cops, he did so with courage and based on his principles of Due Process, Rule of Law and equal application of the law.
Rest assured, those are VERY unique attributes. Especially from a guy who doesn't need the cash or the headache. I didn't always agree with his positions, but he was far closer to the truth than anyone else in media and he didn't duck. As I said, I respect people with courage. It's the most noble of qualities.