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doxydad

(1,363 posts) Tue May 6, 2014, 05:12 AM May 2014

It’s All Too Easy to Relate To The Documentary ‘The Brainwashing of My Dad’

How many liberals have politically noxious relatives who were once reasonable people until they turned on Rush Limbaugh for their commute to work or ran across Fox as they flipped through their cable channels?

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/05/easy-relate-the-brainwashing-dad.html

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It’s All Too Easy to Relate To The Documentary ‘The Brainwashing of My Dad’ (Original Post) doxydad May 2014 OP

Some of the radiologists I worked for listened to him newfie11 May 2014 #1

my brother. nt barbtries May 2014 #2

This is what I get: rgbecker May 2014 #3

another excuse is here in this thread in reply 8 Doctor_J May 2014 #9

K&R! Enthusiast May 2014 #4

my dad Doctor_J May 2014 #5

Wow, that is awful..very sad. That must have been hard to watch evolve. n/t Jefferson23 May 2014 #6

Thanks for posting. K&R Jefferson23 May 2014 #7

I listen occasionally in order to fact check his distortions and Snarkoleptic May 2014 #8

newfie11

(8,159 posts)

1. Some of the radiologists I worked for listened to him

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 05:24 AM

May 2014

I commented to one that I couldn't believe he listened to such garbage. At first he acted embarrassed but tried to explain how Rush had his good points.

barbtries

(28,798 posts)

2. my brother. nt

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 06:40 AM

May 2014

rgbecker

(4,831 posts)

3. This is what I get:

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 07:30 AM

May 2014

"I just listen for the entertainment."

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)

9. another excuse is here in this thread in reply 8

Reply to rgbecker (Reply #3)

Tue May 6, 2014, 11:14 AM

May 2014

I am afraid I just don't get it

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

4. K&R!

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 07:51 AM

May 2014

This is bad.

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)

5. my dad

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 08:12 AM

May 2014

Spent his first fifty years as a thoughtful, kind Truman/JFK/lbj/union/naacp democrat, his last twenty five as a deluded, bitter racist due entirely to hate radio and Fox.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)

6. Wow, that is awful..very sad. That must have been hard to watch evolve. n/t

Reply to Doctor_J (Reply #5)

Tue May 6, 2014, 08:15 AM

May 2014

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)

7. Thanks for posting. K&R

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 08:15 AM

May 2014

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)

8. I listen occasionally in order to fact check his distortions and

Reply to doxydad (Original post)

Tue May 6, 2014, 08:18 AM

May 2014

prepare cogent arguments for the moments when my family gets together.
I'm the only liberal in the family, but my brother married an educator and seems to be awakening.

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