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still_one

(92,435 posts)
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 05:03 PM Sep 2018

WTF. When did saying Nazis are bad become divisive, or saying the press is the "enemy of the people


CNN had a panel discussion where Bill Crystal was there discussing that President Obama's speech was divisive

This IS the problem with the republican party because they aren't calling out evil when it is right before their eyes, and much of the media making this a legitimate talking point, which effectively legitimizes such things as debateable

No, legitimizing racism, nazis, or calling the press the enemy of the people is NOT DEBATABLE




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WTF. When did saying Nazis are bad become divisive, or saying the press is the "enemy of the people (Original Post) still_one Sep 2018 OP
Yes-Fuck CNN FlightRN Sep 2018 #1
I just spent all day at the museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. FUCK THE NAZIS. onecaliberal Sep 2018 #2
+1000 FlightRN Sep 2018 #4
I am not quite going that far, but on certain programs, and CNN isn't the only news outlet still_one Sep 2018 #3
I agree completely FlightRN Sep 2018 #5
This is exactly how it begins onecaliberal Sep 2018 #8
Pretty sure you mean Bill Kristol not Billy Crystal oberliner Sep 2018 #6
Never forget that Bill Kristol is one of the people who paved the road... JHB Sep 2018 #7

FlightRN

(194 posts)
1. Yes-Fuck CNN
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 05:43 PM
Sep 2018

I refuse to watch their Jerry Springer type “guests” any longer.

For delicate ears, pardon my language.

still_one

(92,435 posts)
3. I am not quite going that far, but on certain programs, and CNN isn't the only news outlet
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 06:58 PM
Sep 2018

that does this, they seem to try to give a voice to hate groups, something an Alex Jones would do, that standard media outlets really shouldn't engage in my view

FlightRN

(194 posts)
5. I agree completely
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 01:02 PM
Sep 2018

I am very angry that people who deal in conspiracies and far-right ideologies are given any coverage at all.

To me it can act as a tool to recruit the lost or the less educated directly to that person and their views. Steve Bannon, Alex Jones, etc. It is irresponsible and dangerous and we already have Fox News, we don’t need other news outlets to normalize this behavior further.

onecaliberal

(32,916 posts)
8. This is exactly how it begins
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 01:22 PM
Sep 2018

Hitler was a joke at first too. 20 years later not so much. He killed millions of people, we can’t settle for normalizing this in any way.

JHB

(37,163 posts)
7. Never forget that Bill Kristol is one of the people who paved the road...
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 01:16 PM
Sep 2018

...that Trump is drag-racing on.

And they paved it for themselves to use. Their complaint is that they only get to use the shoulder.

Because the person scheduling air time for Kristol sure as hell forgets that. Or his/her boss.

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