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Media Matters was actually started by David Brock, a guy who spent the 90's on the wingnut welfare train before deciding that everybody he knew was a scumbag. He wrote books poo poo-talking Hillary Clinton and Anita Hill.
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VideoTapir posted:It's funny how one of the most long-lived right-wing talking points about the left has been the left's alleged moral relativism. It's my experience that most people use "moral relativism" to mean "disagrees with me".
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Oct 21, 2012 03:20
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As much as I hate to see radio go down the shitter, watching Clear Channel crash and burn is SO GRATIFYING as somebody who lived through the Bush administration. Shame it can't be broken up Ma Bell-style.
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Oct 22, 2012 00:04
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Glitterbomber posted:Stem Cells, Fox said we need them to research poo poo like Parkinson's and he was having tremors during that ad. Rush proceeded to imply he was faking, mocked the tremors, and in general behave like an utter rear end. Fox stopped taking his pills before the ad so that it would capture the full range of what Parkinson's is like. Conservatives jumped on him and claimed that if he just took his meds he'd have nothing to complain about, because right-wing politics basically burns your empathy away until nothing is left.
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Oct 28, 2012 00:55
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Dr. Cogwerks posted:There was a definite undercurrent that every civilian somehow becomes subservient to the military command structure during a war, and the president is OUR GLORIOUS LEADER in wartime... so it's unpatriotic and anti-American and anti-troops to ever say anything bad about a war once it's going, or before it starts, or anytime really. I think a big part of that is good ol' chickenhawk bluster, trying to act like they're a critical part of the war effort when some fat millionaires sitting in a radio booth. The big phrases I remember were "Support the troops!", which was code for "support the war or else you are a morally horrible person for hating soldiers!", and "if you can't respect the President, respect the office of President", which was code for "stop pointing out that George Bush is a horrible person."
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Oct 28, 2012 09:10
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prefect posted:She works as hard as she can to be Ann Coulter II, but she's never seemed to get much attention. Howard Stern used to have her as a guest once in a while, which was fun, because she's only worthwhile for being goofed on. She can't be Ann Coulter II, Ann Coulter II is Laura Ingraham. Schlussel would have to be Ann Coulter III.
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Nov 1, 2012 11:49
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Nov 2, 2012 05:48
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Nov 2, 2012 06:07
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The basic scientific research that underlies all those neat profitable technological shinies that libertarians love tends to actually happen at public universities, funded by government grants. Maybe Mark Rosenfelder was right, and the frequent invisibility of well-managed government services is a terrible thing.
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Nov 6, 2012 11:46
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Daily Currant is apparently a satire site, but I'm not sure how it's satire if the words you attribute to somebody are 100% in line with his publicly expressed opinions.
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Nov 9, 2012 09:18
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LaserShark posted:O'Reilly has such a weird relationship with NPR. I feel that if you call the leaders of an organization 'Nazis', you shouldn't be allowed to go on their show the next week to hawk your latest book. Reminds me of Rush Limbaugh cheerfully accepting the ACLU's assistance in his court case, then returning to trashing them.
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Nov 16, 2012 05:41
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HEGEL SMOKE A J posted:Isn't that literally Leo Strauss's position (and, to some extent, also Charles Taylor--I know he's religious, but he loves him some social cohesion arguments)? I'm not going to pretend it's not morally perverse, but it's not like this is uncommon. Strauss is great. There's no god, but religion is necessary to get people to gently caress themselves over for the greater good, so as an enlightened being, your job is to promote the poo poo out of religion and write coded texts that communicate these values of deceit and exploitation to other enlightened people.
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Nov 19, 2012 05:28
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Interestingly, Strauss shares with Hobbes this sort of determination to paint governance as horrifingly as possible so he can rub it in your face that it's better than you'd be without it.
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Nov 19, 2012 05:55
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Jack of Hearts posted:Wait, what? Are you saying there's an esoteric reading of Hobbes that's pro-anarchy? No, no, I'm saying that Hobbes and Strauss both have this weird thing where they like to rub the awfulness of governance in your face to the end of smugly going "but the alternative is awfulness and horror, so suck it up".
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Nov 19, 2012 06:15
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SilentD posted:I forget who it was but it was some famous "economic rights have been trampled by civil rights and this sucks" right winger that was gleefully cheering on the fiasco in Chile, with a line of logic of "well, sure it's a dictatorship and people are getting killed left and right but gently caress man, pure economic freedom and that's what counts to us folk that matter". And not some minor person, might have been Milton Freidman. A lot of total pieces of poo poo were huge Pinochet fans.
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Nov 19, 2012 06:42
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Monkey Fracas posted:Biggest mistake I make regarding marginal tax rates is assuming people already understand. Most people I talk to about it get it if they don't accuse me of lying. How you can pay taxes once and not know how they work is beyond me Dunno about anybody else, but I file a 1040-EZ and I just compare my income to the chart. Filling out a 1040 won't teach you about marginal utility. Now, my parents' accountant apparently sympathized with their desire to avoid the $250K+ tax hike, so I'm about 50% certain he's a loving thief of some description.
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Nov 30, 2012 09:33
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I can see why it's so easy for the conservative propaganda machine to mislead people.
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colonelslime posted:Somebody has to do a study on the income political figures can expect to make now that they can seamlessly transition from primary or election loser to pundit. You have to figure it acts as a perverse incentive, effectively turning running in an election into a marketing strategy for later. Wingnut Welfare is hardly a new thing.
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Dec 4, 2012 04:28
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Nah, paranoid hatred of the UN has been a right-wing bugaboo since its formation. The John Birch Society, which if you're not familiar with it you really need to read up on it, which was started by the Koch brothers' father, used to rant about UN takeover of the US back in the 60's and 70's about how the Demmycrats were going to sell out the US to the UN and so on and so on. Xenophobic psychosis has been the default state of the American right since... ever.
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Dec 6, 2012 11:53
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I thought Libertarian rhetoric about freedom and liberty and so on sounded pretty cool right up until the guy trying to sell me on it mentioned the free market, at which point I lost interest.
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Dec 8, 2012 19:23
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When your sense of humor isquote:There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. you basically lose your ability to distinguish comedy and the exercise of power.
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Dec 10, 2012 10:30
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SedanChair posted:Bill Maher: "Bush" I heard good things about Margaret Cho and tried watching one of her videos on Netflix. It was pretty much this for 90 minutes.
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Dec 11, 2012 07:33
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Seoinin posted:I'm actually kinda stunned there hasn't been more right wing media outreach to the Good Homosexuals, i.e. white middle class folks. The intersection between "hateful shithead" and "gay" must have some money to tap into. GOProud and the Log Cabin Republicans are full of complete pieces of poo poo who happened to be born non-het.
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Dec 12, 2012 11:35
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"Radiosensitivity" is the funniest bullshit ever. You are, right now, bathing in radio waves. The exact same kind of radio waves that come out of your devices. Being as you are nonferrous, you have nothing to fear.
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Dec 14, 2012 06:11
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I set some ominous music behind Alex Jones awhile back and I think it works pretty well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RV4xrcqfo4
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Dec 15, 2012 18:50
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Oceanlife posted:As a male between the ages of 25 and 35 with college sports experience I know I am the first line of defense when danger comes to my town. I sit at the ready, lacrosse stick in hand, ready to strike down any armed gunmen with a barrage of well thrown lacrosse balls. The fondest desire of the Freeper is to shout "WOLVERINES!"
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Dec 20, 2012 07:07
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A Winner is Jew posted:Please tell me you had 13 years of lacrosse at boarding school. Did you not?
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Dec 20, 2012 07:30
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Boondock Saint posted:As someone living in DC, I assure you, this is not the case. They mean politicians, not actual people living in DC.
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Dec 21, 2012 16:26
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The whole FEMA DEATH CAMPS thing actually goes back to Oliver North.
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Dec 22, 2012 06:30
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Yeah, this is just Michael Savage forgetting to put the "not a fascist" mask on before going on-air.
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Jan 6, 2013 22:20
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Victor von Doom posted:The day 3000 civilians were killed was the most important day of your life. For me? It was Tuesday.
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Jan 7, 2013 19:47
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Anybody got a video link? This sounds hilarious.
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Jan 8, 2013 03:45
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You know how Andrew Schlafly hates General Relativity because he's not smart enough to distinguish it from moral relativism? Here's a guy who thinks the distributive property in algebra is liberal propaganda.
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Jan 11, 2013 02:56
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Gun nuts remind me of pro-lifers in that much of their rhetoric carries an unspoken "...or we'll kill you." Lately, the gun people are going ahead and saying it.
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Jan 11, 2013 05:09
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saltylopez posted:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323689604578220132665726040.html#project%3DWEALTH0105%26articleTabs%3Dinteractive When did Eric Holder retire?
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Jan 15, 2013 08:23
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Spacedad posted:Was it George Tiller? The American right even dubbed him "George Tiller the baby killer" - this guy who would perform free abortions for victims of pedophile incest gets gunned down in a church in cold blood. I remember seeing an article on Scott Roeder's extensive and intimate ties to the organized pro-life movement, particularly Operation Rescue, and pointed out that for a penniless guy he sure didn't have much trouble driving in from out of town on a regular basis to stalk Tiller and he managed to scrounge up a gun and ammo from somewhere. The pro-life movement has always had an implicit "...or we'll kill you" in their arguments.
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Jan 17, 2013 15:43
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mr. mephistopheles posted:Where do you live in the US to know multiple people who come into enough regular contact with "gypsies" to have vocal opinions about them? Americans love to pick up on racism and bigotries from other parts of the world. Hell, sometimes we even import it, as when anti-ginger bullying suddenly became a thing in the US after that South Park episode aired.
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Jan 21, 2013 08:34
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SnakePlissken posted:Do not feed. Do not feed. Just keep walking. I'm neither trolling nor joking.
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Jan 21, 2013 09:35
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Spacedad posted:Huckabee thinks that prayer in schools will protect children from the proliferation of firearms. I dunno, worked out pretty well in the Boxer Rebellion.
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Jan 24, 2013 12:45
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Fortunately, Christwire is satire.
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My favorite part was when she tried to fire the local librarian for being unwilling to let her just remove books from the shelves at her own discretion. Or maybe when she fired the state trooper for dumping one of her relatives and somehow didn't get indicted for corruption.
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