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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDan Rather: "It's worth noting that many of the same people attacking the Biden Administration....
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JI7
(89,182 posts)and the whore media leads the way .
Irish_Dem
(45,640 posts)Bullies usually do this. They bully and abuse over things they don't even care about.
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)That must be made widely known. Call the game to weaken their game.
Irish_Dem
(45,640 posts)Yes if people understood the game we could fight it better.
And it would weaken the bullies.
I certainly hope Biden has a consultant psychologist advising him about the sociopaths he is up against.
Cosmocat
(14,543 posts)Hell in my early 20s knowing nothing I quickly tired from their poutrage in the 90s.
AND, they have gotten worse over time - exponentially post BHO getting elected and then even more so with 45 taking over the party.
We have absolutely no hope until their is a grand awakening to the obvious, that the GOP/Republican Party/Conservatives are flat fin insane.
Unfortunately, we long ago past the point where it was so obvious that we can hope the light comes on.
its taken a life of its own and the country, frankly, is too stupid to course correct.
Irish_Dem
(45,640 posts)This has been glaringly obvious since the Bush years.
Even back to Regan.
Over so many decades, the GOP rot has spread and is deeply rooted.
Their followers willingly die for the cause, cling to their delusions fueled by racism and propaganda.
housecat
(3,121 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)and university and pro teams off RW radio until the ad industry forces station owners to break up the monopoly
then republicans, who are already very disjointed and leaderless wiithout limbaugh's central spin andd rationalizatioin of their ignorance, racism , sexism, greed, and fascism will be completely lost and rudderless without the only unique advantage they ever had
the country can have fact based discussions again and will go 15 ptss left
certainot
(9,090 posts)ever.
him on 600 radio stations and the listeners who's thoughts he says he knew perfectly couldn't call him so they called all the other blowhards on those stations and 1000 more, who knew not to disappoint or piss off the dittoiheads, to tell them what limbaugh told them to think about democrats and every other major issue
zukerberg/facecbook and fox got nothing on rw radio but theyget all the 'credit'
tiger8 had a great rundown:
Tiger8 (402 posts)
56. Limbaugh was an early Cancer cell himself
He mixed lies and psychological manipulation with a mean, school yard bully type mocking humor, but in a way that was excused away as a kind of dark humor - but that we were told, even by Democrats, was within his 1st Amendment rights.
But in reality, Limbaugh was a cancerous poison that damaged our political process. He entertained people enough to tune in - but mixed with a serious call to action to "defend" America, because the objects of his derision were not "real" Americans - and were actually a danger to the moral fiber of the country. Just a few items to mention...
- Blistering levels of homophobia (read names of people who died from AIDS, followed by a laugh or applause track).
- Radically anti-science (too many to mention, from smoking to climate change).
- Total belittlement of elected Democrats. (derogatory names, mocking - warning his listeners about the danger they posed).
- Mocking those with health problems and disabilities (Michael J Fox is one I recall)
- Cruel levels of misogyny. (can't even mention all the ones, especially involving abortion and feminism)
- Unabashed racism (again, too many to mention, such as fake "dumb black" callers, spreading obnoxious racial stereotypes).
- Riffing popular songs to further demean and dehumanize. (Republicans like John McCain were severely mocked & belittled for not being sufficiently right wing).
Limbaugh was a special kind of cancer. He was a pure evil - mere words cannot capture the depth of his moral degeneracy. But we allowed him to spread his right wing poison for 3 hours a day - so virtually NOTHING stopped him - which of course encouraged every right wing psychopath, from Roger Ailes to Trump and Alex Jones.
Irish_Dem
(45,640 posts)They are amoral, evil, no conscience at all.
Everything is for personal gain. They don't care who they hurt.
In fact they enjoy the suffering they cause.
WhiteTara
(29,676 posts)Here's #ExploreTalent who shops wanna be 4th tier actors to various "events"
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1422449854224031745.html
FalloutShelter
(11,750 posts)Exactly right! Where is the concern for the American people, American women.
We evacuated tens of thousands of Afghanis
when will we evacuate Americans from New Orleans? Wheres the outcry?
My body, my choice for
wait for it
masks and life saving vaccines, but for women seeking an abortion it is going to be back to the Salem Witch panic. Neighbor ratting out neighbor for fun and profit.
I just cant today, but Dan, you are a national treasure.
GoodRaisin
(8,886 posts)arent they the same people yelling about having their freedom?
Boomerproud
(7,889 posts)👍
bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)'my body, your choice'
male dominance and control of the little lady.
calimary
(80,699 posts)rurallib
(62,346 posts)and no one would know the difference
spanone
(135,636 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)tougher requirements tha Congress?
ShazamIam
(2,559 posts)neighborhood or work place for prosecution law, along with the U.S. conservative Supreme Court.
pazzyanne
(6,518 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)ananda
(28,783 posts)I don't know that I could answer.
burrowowl
(17,607 posts)William769
(55,124 posts)marieo1
(1,402 posts)What right have 'they' got to tell a woman what to do with her body? I thought this was a fair and equal rights society. It's mostly the men making these decisions about our bodies.
Shameful!!
Martin Eden
(12,803 posts)... when it can be used as a political cudgel to bash Democrats. Nor do they care about brown Muslims in a "shit-hole" country, regardless of gender.
Same goes for the architects of our quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan -- they're trying to crucify Joe Biden for how the war ended with 13 American soldiers killed, but they were content to let them continue to be maimed and killed in the unwinnable fiasco they created.