On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 17:45:27 -0400, An Metet
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What surprises me is that no left-wing equivalent of
Limbaugh has become popular cuz the Shrub certainly provides lots of
material.

Heart-string-pulling arguments (pleas to pure emotion) work better on
television, or cinema. Dry logical debate works best in print. But the
thing that works best on radio is logic, fueled by passionate belief.
That's the essence of conservative talk radio.

The problem with the left is that they can't combine their passion with
their logic. The things they believe most passionately are illogical.

It seems, leftwing arguments can't work without all the pretty (or
disgusting) images to distract the unwashed. Leftist dogma is conveyed
best in things like fast-cut Michael Moore movies.

Most of the conservative talk hosts (those that take callers) put their
critical callers up first. They like to debate and win their points.
It's fun and it makes for good radio. None of the lame liberal talk
shows that I've heard do that. They just preach to the choir. Boring.

Oh, please. "Debate", "critical callers". Rush Limbaugh and his
imitators are about as much like an open debate as professional
wrestling is a competitive sport. They spend their entire program
trying to demonize the "other side" with fabrications and
exaggerations. They control the "debate" with screeners and kill
buttons. Frankly, these programs appeal to people's baser instincts
in the same manner as the Jerry Springer Show. It is certainly not
for civil discourse, information or balanced debates. It is
propaganda pure and simple and is designed to reinforce the biases of
the weak minded. It is more akin to a Klan rally than to Meet the
Press.

You should really get off your intellectual high horse before you take
a nasty fall.