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"John H." wrote in message ... On 11 Aug 2005 10:16:39 -0700, wrote: wrote: wrote: wrote: Unfortunate. What does it profit progressives if self-defined spokespeople simply sound like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, MIchael Savage, Anne Coulter, (and many of their neo-conservative disciples posting to groups like this) in reverse? The problem is, that if a liberal debates ANYTHING that has spewed from BushCo et al., then the Bush lemmings automatically call that being shrill or whiney. Listen to neo-con propaganda on the radio sometime. Those adjectives "shrill" and "whiney" are used incessantly by a couple of nationally syndicated hosts. It is no surprise when people who regurgitate the nonsense almost line-by-line use the same derisive terms to describe moderates and liberals. I already listened to right wing radio this morning, and I have finally figured out, I think, just why these people (and all propagandists) are so effective. Most people are intellectually lazy- they know they are supposed to have values and opinions, but they aren't sure about how to form them or what to base them on. In an era of instant this, instant that, any of the propagandists (left or right) appeal to people looking for ready made values. You will notice that propagandists have an absolute answer for everything; not merely an opinion or a set of personal beleifs but rather a divinely annointed moral truth. (A truth so divine that it must be made the law of the land and imposed on everybody, left or right). The only problem with adopting ready made values (left or right) rather than developing some genuine,personal beliefs and an individual moral code is that the artificially imposed world view never seems to take permanent root. The neo-converts (to the left or the right) need a new fix almost every day to keep on drinking the Kool Aid without questioning. Oh, yes! If you ever listen to Hannity, if it's a right winger he interviews, he feeds them questions are easy to answer, and shows the right in a good light. If he interviews a left wing sort, then the questions he asks he asks in a way that can't possibly be answered in a good light, and won't let the interviewee respond totally, cutting him off after he hears the key words he wants. You know its working when nearly all of the people on one side of the political/philosophical fence or the other seem to be discussing the same issues, on the same days, and repeating the same arguments (and adjectives) almost word for word. What I find amazing is that the talk show people say that it's the liberals who are making this country so divided, yet when you listen to one, they think (or at least portray that they think) that the left are never correct about anything, are far removed from the issues, etc. That's the farthest thing from the truth that there is. You guys should spend less time listening to and memorizing (I guess) Limbaugh and Hannity. My advice would be to listen to Air America. You won't find that upsetting in the least, and they speak nothing but the truth (or so I hear). Kevin wouldn't know the truth if it bitch slapped him. -- John H. On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD |
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