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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 11:15 AM
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Anyone else boycotting Thom the rest of the week?
He's broadcasting live from the Sea Of Hate known as CPAC. Giving 6 hours of precious air time to people who want us wiped out. Trying to find "common ground" with Coulter, King Glenn, Palin, Tancredo, birthers, gun nuts (not responsible owners - the ones who think the prez is going to "grab their guns"), and so on. A terrible waste of our meager resources.

I can count on my fingers how many Hartmann broadcasts I have deliberately skipped over the last 6 years. Add two more to the list.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 11:24 AM
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1. my SO tells me that sometimes we have to
listen to what they say, so we can counter. But, I agree, it is very hard to let their hate speech enter my brain.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 11:32 AM
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2. If you need to listen, just tune into any AM radio station across the country
any day, any time, and knock yourself out. They don't need any of our few minutes.
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tabbycat31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 11:35 AM
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4. Thom has conservatives on his show all the time
I personally wish there would be fewer and not more on
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 11:32 AM
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3. I admire his intestinal fortitude for being able to broadcast from that pit.....
...... But I can't listen to it.
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mfcorey1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 11:51 AM
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5. My, my
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 11:51 AM
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6. In order to defeat your enemy
You have to know how they think, and what motivates them.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 12:03 PM
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8. See reply 2
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 11:57 AM
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7. You have to know their positions so you can effectively counter their arguments.
You have to listen to them now and then so you'll know what they are saying.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 12:03 PM
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9. See reply 2
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 12:16 PM
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12. uh, you don't need to go to CPAC and broadcast from there
to know their positions. And frankly, I think it's fucking offensive and moronic for Thom to be cozying up these people to find common ground. At CPAC? That's nothing but delusional dogshit.
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earthside Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 12:09 PM
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10. So, you like the right-wing format?
Right-wing talk radio is preaching to the faithful the very same ideology over and over and over again every single day, day after day.

Thom Hartmann has a program that differentiates itself from right-wing and other progressive shows by taking-on some of the nut cases.

It is called "variety" and Hartmann is very good at ripping apart the extremist conservatives he has on the show. Hartmann, like a good progressive, believes in dissent and vigorous debate -- he practices what he preaches -- good on him!
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 12:12 PM
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11. I don't know. I don't listen. But it sure works
Edited on Thu Feb-18-10 12:14 PM by Doctor_J
Edit: Rip them apart? He nearly always finds something to agree with them on. And he's always polite and gracious to them
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 12:20 PM
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13. He cuts their arguments to ribbons! I don't mind learning additional
ways in which to shut these types down.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 12:54 PM
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14. I like to listen to how Thom takes their arguments apart
while remaining civil. They wind up sounding like the shallow idiots they are. Sometimes, I watch the rerun, too. :)
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troubledamerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-18-10 10:48 PM
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15. Permanent boycott.
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