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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSusan Sarandon and Jill Stein, tell us again how Hillary would have been worse than trump?
Cary
(11,746 posts)Bev54
(10,052 posts)peggysue2
(10,828 posts)Didn't these two do enough damage on their first round? Susan Sarandon and Jill Stein need to go away. Permanently.
Ugh!
betsuni
(25,526 posts)Hope they're happy.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)She did back the Iraq Invasion but so did almost everybody else.
betsuni
(25,526 posts)They think U.S. involvement in Libya and the Middle East were unilateral regime change wars. They don't know it's NATO. They're the ones who thought President Obama had a drone kill list just for fun. The ones who the day after Trump's inauguration never mentioned drone warfare again.
The Iraq Resolution vote used as a way to call Democrats warmongers decades after the fact is ridiculous. Blaming Democrats for Republican things.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)But I live in rural Arkansas. I've gotten to where I feel more comfortable around my Latino friends than whites and I'm "white" (but remember my Irish ancestors).
betsuni
(25,526 posts)R B Garr
(16,954 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)According to Susan Saranwrap.
Grokenstein
(5,723 posts)"Quickly, switch over to 'buh whuh about Wisconsin?' mode!!"
certainot
(9,090 posts)irrelevant to blame a few two bit players
limbaugh talked about lynching obama on 600 radio stations- "maybe obama's head needs to roll" along with years of lies about hillary clinton etc etc
those radio stations enabled the ignorant trump base to push trump to end the iran nuke deal and enable this shit
they're just two hollywood actors
ms liberty
(8,574 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)Rather than ignoring them?
certainot
(9,090 posts)industry to finally apply real market forces to it - that will kill the monopoly
the only unique advantage the fascists have now is talk radio and all americans have to do is stop ignoring it
boycotts of ANY advertiser on ANY rw radio station/show and protests at stations and the 88 universities will send advertisers running and will force the ad industry to ask advertisers if they really support trump and global warming denial. and when universities start looking for apolitical alternatives to broadcast sports on many of those stations will be forced to go to other programming.
whenever and whatever the left protests at rw talk radio stations will be front page. or the 88+ universities that use their majority black athletes to attract advertisers to 260 limbaugh/kkk stations
the cons can ignore protests everywhere else because a few hundred ignorant liars on those radio stations yell over the protestors as long as it takes.
protests directed directly at the problem will freak the cons out. they'll howl "free speech!!", media will notice, and that will send advertisers to the hills. the cons will have to fund it directly and that will end the 'market demand' for lies and hate bullshit
this fascism has been blasting from 1500 radio stations for 30 years UNCHALLENGED by the left. as a protected unchalled 20-1 monopoly that dominates politiocal messaging in 40 states with 80- senators it operates outside the free speech spectrum. it won't survive if it's forced to compete.
artificial intelligence-enhanced transcription now makes it inevitable that talk radio will be digitized so it can finally be analyzed - it needs to happen NOW and the dem party and left orgs have no fucking excuse to continue the stupidity
for americans to despair over the rise of fascism while doing NOTHING about rw talk radio is very sad, especially going into this election and facing global warming acceleration - it's the biggest political mistake in history
treestar
(82,383 posts)so well as people on the left tend to read rather than listen to the radio. And the Deplorables would change the station. So it's got to be planned as a way to get their attention without seeming to be liberal.
certainot
(9,090 posts)there's challenge or correction to the bullshit
the right's excuse that 95% of americans want that bullshit is an insult to americans, but it's wall mart vs mom and pop if you're talking 'competition' now
applying market demand in blue areas that have no liberal talk - so that people waiting for the traffic report or sports get sense and truth rather than russsian inspired racism and fascism will make the rw talk radio gods look like the anti-american liars they are and they'll end up on a lot less station.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)Up yours, you selfish purity ponies. This blood is on you.
Demsrule86
(68,576 posts)actually enacting liberal policy and preventing wars.
AllyCat
(16,187 posts)BootinUp
(47,148 posts)Off the hook.
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)but not her buddy Trump. He's a stable genius.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)still_one
(92,190 posts)context out of the discussion
JoeOtterbein
(7,700 posts)Celebrity fan boys and gals?
Hekate
(90,686 posts)One voted for Trump, I do believe, and the other for Bernie.
So I care very much, Joe.
still_one
(92,190 posts)But has no regrets doing so, and Saradon who is embraced by the Sanders campaign, and makes campaign appearances continuously on his behalf
And all you say is who cares, ignoring the fact that these people who are part of and embraced by the Sanders campaign are a reflection of the views of that campaign
Some folks like to wear blinders I guess
betsuni
(25,526 posts)People who don't want Republicans turning the U.S. into a shithole country care.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Ironic, no?
In attempting to illustrate to the world just how unconcerned we really are, we often unwittingly advertise our biases more than we do any indifference we may otherwise allege.
BannonsLiver
(16,387 posts)And in the eyes of some He must not be questioned. Ever. About anything. For any reason.
KPN
(15,645 posts)Hekate
(90,686 posts)...where the levers of power are."
We are so fucked.
Gothmog
(145,242 posts)A vote for Jill Stein was a vote for trump
AllyCat
(16,187 posts)Those nutcases were here and seemed sane.
Hekate
(90,686 posts)...really brought out the unconnected-to-reality part of their ideological bent.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)Because here we are again.