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Flaggy posted:
Oh please. Don't act like the left doesn't do this alllll the time. They don't.
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Lemonus posted:I really am interested in the phenomenon of commentators on articles- how few or many there are, their volume of activity and their extremity. I just don't know how exactly it could be studied in a scientific way. Someone told me that the vast majority of internet users do not leave comments. A very tiny and outspoken minority leave the bulk of the nutty bullshit and the amount of crazy that's being posted actually turns people off from commenting.
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Jan 9, 2013 21:28
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With the exception of places like DailyKos, comments sections in general tend to run rightwing. Aside from any actual paid trolls, I think it's more that right wingers get more gratification out of trolling comments and FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT online. That angry-rant lady from right after the election, from the famous YouTube video, seems to embody the type. The left has them to be sure but not nearly in the same numbers, it just seems to relate to how extreme righties are wired.
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Jan 9, 2013 21:31
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 Drudge and Foxnews collaborating? Even if not, the quantity of scary/conservatism-affirming links in their front page right now is weird, even for Fox. EDIT: drat, that wording makes Obama sound so dictatorial, when in reality the article speaks of regulatory matters that Congress doesn't have direct input in. William Bear fucked around with this message at 02:16 on Jan 10, 2013 |
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Jan 10, 2013 02:02
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Speaking of Yahoo being only for old right-wing conservative technologically-backwards individuals my dad has recently become fed up with it. Can someone recommend me a news site that could replace it for him? He values facts over everything else.
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Well I was just listening to the Mark Levin show and heard an exchange between Levin and a call that self identified as an Obama supporter. The exchange gave a great deal of insight into what Levin believes constitutes a legitimate discussion with another human being regarding his, Levin's, rhetoric. I'll have to paraphrase but basically:quote:the guy said he agreed with the Democratic position on GOP obstructionism and Levin immediately cut him off and lit into him about marxist, socialist attempts to destroy the constitution and how he, Levin, would never try to negotiate with someone trying to steal from him or destroy his house and when the guy finally got another word in he said, "you're just talking over me and not giving me a chance to respond", to which Levin said, "talking to someone like you who knows nothing is the same as talking to a wall and I would never ask a wall to respond to what I had to say so I don't want to know and don't care about your response", end of call, cut him off, intro into next line of Levin's thought process I certainly understand now how impossible it is to speak to true believers in the GOP when the only legitimate discussion to them is with someone who believes exactly the same as they do.
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Jan 10, 2013 02:22
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I'm pretty sure Yahoo actual tailors the "top" articles that appear to you based on your past article views or something similar. I still use yahoo mail (for some reason) and I rarely ever get conservative blowhard articles appearing. I even had an story linked on my email page about Alex Jones going crazy on TV, and the article was actually titled "Pundit Goes Crazy on Morgan's Show" or something similar even though many people were reporting that the incident wasn't being reported anywhere. The comments are still godawful though.
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Jan 10, 2013 02:27
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nachos posted:This actually is on CNN's homepage right now. Except it's "Guest Slams Piers" instead of "insane lunatic goes on rant".
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Jan 10, 2013 03:46
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Peven Stan posted:Someone told me that the vast majority of internet users do not leave comments. A very tiny and outspoken minority leave the bulk of the nutty bullshit and the amount of crazy that's being posted actually turns people off from commenting. On that note RE the unfortunate death of that FPS Russia guy :\  
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Lemonus posted:On that note RE the unfortunate death of that FPS Russia guy :\ What the gently caress. Edit: Looks like it was the producer, not "the" guy in front of the camera. az fucked around with this message at 11:43 on Jan 10, 2013 |
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Jan 10, 2013 11:37
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Lemonus posted:On that note RE the unfortunate death of that FPS Russia guy :\ Literally "A guy involved with a youtube channel where the host blows poo poo up died, thanks a lot Obama"
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radical meme posted:Well I was just listening to the Mark Levin show and heard an exchange between Levin and a call that self identified as an Obama supporter. The exchange gave a great deal of insight into what Levin believes constitutes a legitimate discussion with another human being regarding his, Levin's, rhetoric. ... Well, you gotta remember that these guys aren't actually interested in having a discussion, they're selling books and how Obama and liberals are going to steal your stuff, they're selling Lifelock, they're selling gold in case the world comes to an end, and so on... Levin is a loon. As I listened last night on the way home, he was referring to Chuck Hagel as "Schmagel" (presumably because Hagel is Jewish?), Joe Scarborough as "Jo Schmo," and MSNBC as "MSLSD." Repeatedly. Like a kid who won't stop saying the punchline to a stupid joke because he's convinced that it gets funnier the more times it's said. This is a guy who namecalls like a 10 year-old. There's no rational discussion to be had with someone like that. Levin only ever accepts callers that disagree with him so he can yell at them and look like a big man to his radio audience. And frankly, he's so unbalanced and right-wing that I have trouble believing anyone who actually matters takes him seriously. It's comical, really. I worry a lot more about guys like Limbaugh, who are capable of sounding relatively rational most of the time, and whose screeds generally are broadcast in a spoken tone, rather than the suddenly high volume shouting tirades that Levin is known for. That's carnival behavior - "when is he going to start yelling at someone?" The guy is a sideshow act.
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Walter posted:Levin is a loon. As I listened last night on the way home, he was referring to Chuck Hagel as "Schmagel" (presumably because Hagel is Jewish?), Joe Scarborough as "Jo Schmo," and MSNBC as "MSLSD." Repeatedly. Like a kid who won't stop saying the punchline to a stupid joke because he's convinced that it gets funnier the more times it's said. Limbaugh does the name calling a lot as well. I suspect that the repetition is intentional to cause the listener to associate negative adjectives with whatever the noun target is. I've found it working on me in real life. Limbaugh always refers to the Huffington Post as "The Huffington and Puffington Post" and for the life of of me I can't not say that in my head whenever I hear or read the words "Huffington Post".
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UFOTofuTacoCat posted:Limbaugh does the name calling a lot as well. I suspect that the repetition is intentional to cause the listener to associate negative adjectives with whatever the noun target is. I've found it working on me in real life. Limbaugh always refers to the Huffington Post as "The Huffington and Puffington Post" and for the life of of me I can't not say that in my head whenever I hear or read the words "Huffington Post". George Lakoff says that certain phrasings/framings activate neural pathways in the brain, and the more they get activated, the stronger they become. It's the reason why repetition is used so much in education. Your brain is changing because of the things you're listening to.
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prefect posted:George Lakoff says that certain phrasings/framings activate neural pathways in the brain, and the more they get activated, the stronger they become. It's the reason why repetition is used so much in education. Your brain is changing because of the things you're listening to. So you know, stop staring into the abyss, because guess what, it stares back into you!
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Jan 10, 2013 15:33
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The gift that keeps on giving, right here. “There will come a time when the gun owners of America, the law-abiding gun owners of America, will be the Rosa Parks and we will sit down on the front seat of the bus, case closed.”
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Jan 10, 2013 15:55
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Sir Tonk posted:The gift that keeps on giving, right here. Yes, cite the most famous incident of non-violent resistance in American consciousness. That is truly an effective allusion.
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Jan 10, 2013 16:02
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Sir Tonk posted:The gift that keeps on giving, right here. Holy poo poo. That is the dumbest thing I've read in my entire life. I don't have words sufficient enough to describe just how stupid that sentence is.
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Jan 10, 2013 16:03
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quote:In an exclusive interview with WND, Nugent, who said last year that if Barack Obama is re-elected he would “either be dead or in jail by this time next year,” unloaded on the recent news that Obama is considering an executive order to deal with guns. I forgot about that. I really hope someone gives him endless poo poo when that anniversary rules around.
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Jan 10, 2013 16:05
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Then again, this is the guy who dodged the draft by making GBS threads his pants for a week. He'd probably like that.
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Kiwi Bigtree posted:I forgot about that. I really hope someone gives him endless poo poo when that anniversary rules around. He'll probably just go get himself arrested for something stupid to prove his point. Nugent if loving nuts. I mean really, he was threatening to kill candidates for President on stage. We need a tour with him and Chuck Norris together. I want to hear more about this thousand years of darkness we're currently experiencing.
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Jan 10, 2013 16:49
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Sir Tonk posted:He'll probably just go get himself arrested for something stupid to prove his point. This is a man who adopted a 17 year old so he could take her over state lines to bang her. bobkatt013 fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Jan 10, 2013 |
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Jan 10, 2013 16:54
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Walter posted:And frankly, he's so unbalanced and right-wing that I have trouble believing anyone who actually matters takes him seriously. It's comical, really. In a sane society no one would but the other day he said that he had US senators calling him on his cell phone begging him to not call them RINOs over voting for the fiscal cliff deal. It's absurd to think of people with that much power groveling to this complete lunatic but with the climate of today's GOP I totally believe it.
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MaxxBot posted:In a sane society no one would but the other day he said that he had US senators calling him on his cell phone begging him to not call them RINOs over voting for the fiscal cliff deal. It's absurd to think of people with that much power groveling to this complete lunatic but with the climate of today's GOP I totally believe it. I hope that this is not true and just the rantings of a crazy person
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What is it with all these old metalheads going hard right in old age? I mean, I do not expect them to be socialists or anything, but its weird to see a bunch of former counter-culture jeans, titties, leather, and satan types all saying "I vote for the old white guys in suits now."
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bobkatt013 posted:I hope that this is not true and just the rantings of a crazy person Recall how ridiculously tight-lipped GOP politicians were after the Rush/Fluke debacle and how they refused to say anything beyond "well I wouldn't have used the word "slut." The people who vote for them absolutely adore Rush/Beck/Hannity/Levin/etc and saying anything negative about them would be like saying "gently caress you" directly to their base. The same applies if you have someone like Levin ranting every night about you being a RINO, stuff like that leads to them getting primary challenges from some tea party nutcase who will be propped up by those same radio pundits.
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Kiwi Bigtree posted:What is it with all these old metalheads going hard right in old age? I mean, I do not expect them to be socialists or anything, but its weird to see a bunch of former counter-culture jeans, titties, leather, and satan types all saying "I vote for the old white guys in suits now." Most of the "counterculture generation" were about as traditional as you can be.
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Kiwi Bigtree posted:What is it with all these old metalheads going hard right in old age? I mean, I do not expect them to be socialists or anything, but its weird to see a bunch of former counter-culture jeans, titties, leather, and satan types all saying "I vote for the old white guys in suits now."
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computer parts posted:Most of the "counterculture generation" were about as traditional as you can be. Dave Mustaine has to be the weirdest one. The dude had a music video portraying Reagan as a genocidal tyrant and now he is all like "I am down with that Romney guy."
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So who's the genius that thought 'gun appreciation day' should be on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend? 
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Spacedad posted:So who's the genius that thought 'gun appreciation day' should be on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend? If only Martin Luther King had a gun... then James Earl Ray could have gotten off claiming self defense
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Kiwi Bigtree posted:What is it with all these old metalheads going hard right in old age? I mean, I do not expect them to be socialists or anything, but its weird to see a bunch of former counter-culture jeans, titties, leather, and satan types all saying "I vote for the old white guys in suits now." Money, drugs, loss of status as being prominent and/or relevant.
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Kiwi Bigtree posted:What is it with all these old metalheads going hard right in old age? I mean, I do not expect them to be socialists or anything, but its weird to see a bunch of former counter-culture jeans, titties, leather, and satan types all saying "I vote for the old white guys in suits now." Atleast Halford came out against Arizona immigration laws. I think its because a lot of classic/hard rock and metal is old white dudes who used to be angry white dudes. Geoff Tate and Blackie Lawless hated Bush atleast.
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Zewle posted:Atleast Halford came out against Arizona immigration laws. I think its because a lot of classic/hard rock and metal is old white dudes who used to be angry white dudes. Geoff Tate and Blackie Lawless hated Bush atleast. I wonder how much of it had to do with the fact prominent Democrats were the leading factor behind that PMRC poo poo.
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Spacedad posted:So who's the genius that thought 'gun appreciation day' should be on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend? Someone who still calls it Robert E. Lee day?
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Rush is going pretty nuts about this 'Obama's Executive Order to take your guns'. Especially considering no Executive Order has been produced, nor have we seen the language of what is inside said non-existent Executive Order. He is "considering" it! Imagine that! This He just had a caller (probably a FReeper  ) come on and parrot two points I've heard on the extreme right wing: (1) The American Revolution was started over the British taking the colonists' guns (2) Any attempt to do so in America today will be met with... consequences. Rush does nothing to dismiss either of these talking points, but rather focuses on the "arrogant condecension" of the current administration. Moderate Republicans (or RINOs, if you will) will soon be on national television advocating for gun control because if they don't they will lose votes, Rush warns. Speaking of arrogance, he referred to Paul Revere as Rush Revere during his retelling of what the phrase "The British are coming!" meant because Two If By Tea is their sponsor, coincidentally with his fat face on the bottles 
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Walter posted:Well, you gotta remember that these guys aren't actually interested in having a discussion, they're selling books and how Obama and liberals are going to steal your stuff, they're selling Lifelock, they're selling gold in case the world comes to an end, and so on... You forgot bullets and firearms. Anyone ever think that the NRA and the gun salesmen are ramping up the hysteria just to make money? Or is that impossible?
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BiggerBoat posted:You forgot bullets and firearms. Anyone ever think that the NRA and the gun salesmen are ramping up the hysteria just to make money? Or is that impossible? Profits aren't illegal, man. Ends justifying the means.
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