"A lynch mob IS democracy." Neal Boortz

I was listening to r/w radio just now and Boortz said, and I quote: "A lynch mob is democracy."

He said it a few times, with words to the effect of - make no mistake about it - let me be perfectly clear - and so forth.

A few minutes earlier, a caller said that most of his listeners that call in supporting the Teabagger thugs are racist. Boortz went on a tirade about African Americans not being from Africa.

I kid you not.

His argument was: when 40 people want to lynch someone then it's a 40 to 1 democratic vote.

Looking for links.

Either way, pretty nasty.

Proper democracy (and I don't include lynch mobs) has its bad parts to say the least, but the benefits sure do outweigh them.

That's Boortz--ready throw out the Constitution on a moment's notice.

one of the fine upstanding patriotic right wing lunatics on the radio admits to what his people are up to.

These mobs are 100% pure anti-democracy. AKA Anti-American.

Unless you consider the mob to be a sovereign state, in and of itself, and not beholden to any other laws, then mob rule is not a form of government.

It's ridiculous.

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It's ridiculous dangerous.

perhaps to be as antagonistic as possible is a better way to summarize his approach to talk-radio.

He is a cretin.

mm-tips@mediamatters.org

Also, the Mayor, the station manager, and my Congresswoman.

Thanks for the link.

The Constitution was written to protect Americans from the "tyranny of the majority", and why we have Representative Democracy or Republic instead of just plain ol' Majority Rule.

I used to listen to Neal a long time ago, he used to be a very funny asshole, now he's just an asshole.

I guarantee Boortz is talking about "pure democracy" when he's saying that about a lynch mob..

He may change his story at some point to stay on the air, but he was definitely talking about the Teabaggers.

Besides, even if he did try that, mob rule is NOT democracy. Not "pure" democracy. Unless you consider the "mob" to be a "sovereign state," which is ludicrous.

Democracy is a form of government, NOT a complete absence of government.

Don't let them get away with this.

I have emailed the local station and the mayor here.

Boortz just likes to aggravate people, I've heard a lot worse from him, that is basically his entire schtick.

Pure democracy is one man one vote, believe me I've heard the entire thing out of him a couple of decades ago.

Keep in mind I'm giving you his point of view, not my own.

Emailing the station and the mayor will get you nowhere, Boortz has been a fixture in Atlanta for three decades or more and has been saying outrageous crap for the entire time.

...while the body of your post is correct.

Yes, I agree, the header is wrong. Mob rule has nothing at all to do if we are a democracy or not, which I believe we are.

I understand that most people accept as fact that the USA is a Democracy, it really is not, in the true sense anyway. We do not live in a Democracy, we live in a Republic and I don't understand how that statement is misleading.

The republic comprises 50 democratic states, all under basically the same democratic rule. National elections are held.

What is the part of our government that isn't democratic.

If we lived in a Democracy, every single issue would be decided by a vote and majority would rule on everything.. Want to lower someone's pay, bring it to a vote.. No it does not work that way. We elect Representatives to make those decisions for us and if we don't like the decisions made we elect new representatives. Just as Venezuela does. It is also considered a Democracy.

"If we lived in a Democracy, every single issue would be decided by a vote and majority would rule on everything.. Want to lower someone's pay, bring it to a vote.. No it does not work that way. We elect Representatives to make those decisions for us and if we don't like the decisions made we elect new representatives. Just as Venezuela does. It is also considered a Democracy."

What do you mean by "also" a democracy.

I'm not trying to win an argument or anything, not trying to give you a hard time either, because I don't see what difference it makes. I think we both see and understand how our system works. I think we can both agree that "mob rule" is not government, and has nothing at all to do with government.

I am also quite convinced that even in a "Democracy" like the one you describe, where everyone votes on every issue, that the majority would not be in favor of legalizing lynching. It's just stoopid. Boortz is an ass. A dangerous ass.

In one sense, democracy means vote on everything, and majority rules. In another sense, democracy means that government derives iits power from the will of the people, with safeguards for minorities.

Remember, that most arguments are over the definition of words.

--imm

I've heard idiot right-wingers spew this "not a democracy" crap before.

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Here's a hint: Britain is NOT a Republic. France is. The United States is.

That's some Democracy he's got there.

This is the same asshole I have heard lamenting the democratic process of labor unions as "mob rule". I guess there is no such thing as cognitive dissonance in their world. :crazy:

always has been. My Aunt used to call him many years ago and tie him up in knots. About 15 years ago he did a skit on "inner city Olympics". It was pure racism. I used to sell dictation equipment and I called on this asshole when he was a lawyer. He was a two bit lawyer. It's pathetic that the only success he has in life is talk radio. failed at everything else and if I ever meet him I will dress him down on what his law office was like.

How does he get away with this?

We got a mob, a rope, a victim, and a ton of anger. What the hell do we need a Constitution for?

Poor little Neal. So much mouth, so little...well, anything else.

and not exactly healthy for democracy.

there is no healthcare.

..and I was just coming home from a peaceful visit to the beach, too.

This is the point where his racist bullshit gets dangerous to everyone's health.

And if this is true, then what does this say about Bush's famous pre-screened audienced at his staged town hall "meetings"?

I retain the the right to use whatever mean necessary, up to and including deadly force in defense of my life, and the lives of my family.

Fuck him and mob rule.


Not in MY country.

Gawd, he's repulsive.

:shrug:

NT

:shrug:

--imm

Anybody report him to the FBI or SS?

I think he's gone over the line by about a mile.

Boortz is a tool and a half, but to be fair, he's generally been against the mobs at the townhalls. I think that bit was really intended to be a comedy portion of that 15 minute slot.

He had done his AA stunt in the previous segment. It went on for a long time.

I am glad somebody else here heard it though. If it's all a big joke, I ain't laughing.

I got $100 that says that is a big fat NO!

Suck on that, Nealzebub.

It's not like it's in the Constitution or anything... I mean, it's just in the Bill of Rights, which doesn't count. Right? :sarcasm:

start a race war? It's because of all these hate spewing blowhards on TV--I told him, if there was, it won't be about race--there''d be a whole lot of mixed on one side, against a small, very predominant white wacko group on the other. He's elderly and this talk on TV has him concerned--he loves KO.

is NOT democracy

A lynch mob uses violence.

REAL democracy initiates proper, constructive conversation.

, " said my Mr. Blake political science professor in the first words of the very first session of the first ever college class i took back in 1987, "It leaves an overwhelming satisfied Majority and a Dissatisfied Minority of of one.....

"But luckily, WE Don't Live in a Direct Democracy. We live in a Representative Democracry and that is what you will be learning about in this class."

After saying this he proceeded to identify himself and list all his political biases while telling us that any poly sci professor who didn't tell you their bias or said they were unbiased was worthless.

Prof Blake told us that he could be considered a new deal democrat except that he gave a damn about the environment for his grandchildren's sake. He also revealed that he had throat cancer and after this semester would stop teaching to have throat surgery. This class was my first. This semester was his last one. WE later heard he died of his cancer. Prof Blake never lectured us about Health Care.

I don't know if Neil Boortz was sitting in class next to me that day but Mr Blake would have FLUNKED HIS DUMB ASS.

Boortz took away only the killing part of that lesson. He was too salivated on killing to hear the other part.

in response to the tyranny of evil men...they're framing Obama as an evil tyrant

because they "benefit from the system." I e-mailed the question more than once, what about the corporate honchos who benefit from tax breaks, access to legislators through lobbyists, and so on. Of course, he never answered that one, and he scrubbed it from his Web site.

He also characterizes Katrina victims as lazy con artists.

I hate that ignorant, small-minded, reactionary gasbag with every fiber of my being. He blatantly lies and distorts. Anyone who listens to him with seriousness is a total moron. I used to eavesdrop when running errands in my car in Florida but it raised my blood pressure so much, I had to quit that. Luckily here in Maine I haven't been aware of him.

Anybody know who his sponsors are now?
We need to do a Glen Beck on his sponsors and get that shithead off the air.