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MinM

(2,650 posts)
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 03:08 PM Feb 2016

Et tu, Dick Bartley?

So I'm out and about on a nice crisp Sunday afternoon here in Michigan listening to Dick Bartley's "Classic Countdown" from February 1980. In between playing some of the 'hits' from back then Dick notes some of the stories that were making news back then...

Ronald Reagan won the Republican Primary in New Hampshire with 50% of the vote. Jimmy Carter won the "Democrat" Primary in New Hampshire over Ted Kennedy. Hey .. Dick Bartley .. it's the 'Democratic Primary' not 'Democrat Primary' .. when I'm listening to my hippie music I don't want to hear that right-wing radio crap.

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Et tu, Dick Bartley? (Original Post) MinM Feb 2016 OP
nice n/t exalted circles Feb 2016 #1
Language matters. Octafish Feb 2016 #2

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
2. Language matters.
Sun Feb 14, 2016, 03:31 PM
Feb 2016

Calling someone names makes it easier to "frame" future discussion. For instance, how Reagan's White House referred to Dr. Martin Luther King:



Once an evil or bad idea is in someone's head, it is a whole world harder to get out -- even with copious amounts of truth. That's why all the smears.

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