Fists Of Fiction

I'm not going to sit here and say fighting should be at the top of high culture, but its definitely a better medium than pretty much anything under NPR.  The fact that it is placed at the bottom shows the person that wrote this thinks all fighting is nothing but mindless brutal violence. Two bloody men beating each other senseless with their fists, knees, and elbows while a drunken crowd cheers on. While this does happen (just like 50 shades of grey is written porn) it ignores the actual science and skill of the sport.  One most possess a certain level of intelligence, to understand timing, angles, and technique, to fight at a high level.  The "educated liberal elite" looking down his nose at fighters as "uneducated barbarians" is no different than "ignorant backwoods racist" looking down his nose at black people as "dim-witted inferiors". It comes from the same place. Ignorance.