The Brownshirting of America - article by former Reaganite

Spiffarino

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Sat Oct-16-04 01:53 PM
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The Brownshirting of America - article by former Reaganite

Bush�s supporters demand lock-step consensus that Bush is right. They regard truthful reports that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction and was not involved in the September 11 attack on the US � truths now firmly established by the Bush administration�s own reports � as treasonous America-bashing.
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Bush�s conservative supporters want no debate. They want no facts, no analysis. They want to denounce and to demonize the enemies that the Hannitys, Limbaughs, and Savages of talk radio assure them are everywhere at work destroying their great and noble country.
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Today there is no one to correct a lie once it is told. The media, thanks to Republicans, has been concentrated in few hands, and they are not the hands of newsmen. Corporate values rule. If lies sell, sell them. If listeners, viewers, and readers want confirmation of their resentments and beliefs, give it to them. Objectivity turns listeners off and is a money loser.

This is one of the most succinct articles on the subject of neocon and RW extremist control of the media I have read. I highly recommend that people make it available to everyone they know via email, regular mail, or camel caravan. It's very important IMHO.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/roberts/roberts75.html

The first DU Thread on this topic was started here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2498404#top

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LibertyorDeath

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Sat Oct-16-04 02:05 PM
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1. Thanks Good points

"Nevertheless, Brock makes a credible case that today�s conservatives are driven by ideology, not by fact. He argues that their stock in trade is denunciation, not debate. Conservatives don�t assess opponents� arguments, they demonize opponents. Truth and falsity are out of the picture; the criteria are: who�s good, who�s evil, who�s patriotic, who�s unpatriotic."

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Spiffarino

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Sat Oct-16-04 09:39 PM
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5. LoD: That was the paragraph I found most compelling and true

Edited on Sat Oct-16-04 09:42 PM by gtrump

...but I didn't want to add a spoiler. :D

On edit: Damn those are funny pictures!

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LibertyorDeath

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Sun Oct-17-04 11:23 AM
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7. Thanks have you read this NYT article

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=103&topic_id=79184&mesg_id=79184

Confirms a lot of my worst fears.

Great Bat Boy pic

my wife (a New DUer alisongiggles1960) did her version of the Spazmatics
if you look close enough you can see the blow on shrubs nose. :)

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The Crazy Canadian

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Sat Oct-16-04 02:18 PM
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2. Very good article to read.

I read it this morning on antiwar.com. This election is very important and a win for Kerry will help intensify the split on the Right.

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IChing

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Sat Oct-16-04 02:23 PM
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3. Thanks

I passed this on. Is this guy smelling a kerry victory or what?

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Libby2

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Sat Oct-16-04 02:30 PM
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4. It's too bad the Bushit's are a minority

although they would have you believe otherwise.

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Spiffarino

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Sat Oct-16-04 09:41 PM
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6. They are and that's why it's so important to them

...to suppress the vote. They know that most ordinary Americans aren't happy with them. Hence the saturation of the airwaves with nasty, negative advertising they know will turn off the most voters.

Like JK says, "They don't have a record to run on; they have a record to run from."

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