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Noted sex-tourist Rush Limbaugh has something to say about the treatment of women?
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Oct 26, 2012 03:32
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It may have already been mentioned, but didn't Chomsky talk about right-wing radio listeners in a somewhat sympathetic way? As in, if you try to remove yourself from your social awareness/education/etc. the stupid populism Limbaugh and his cohorts sell seems reasonable. Almost certainly most Rush listeners aren't "bad people," they're just reacting to various crises of capitalism within their own (flawed) framework. If someone has a link to what I'm referencing, I'd appreciate it since I can't find it right now. As far as I remember, I guess the main point was that a lot of people have lived according to the "rules" and when the American Dream comes personally crashing down around them, it's easy to fall into trap of blaming the scary other (whether that be Obama, the scary liberals, Democrats or whatever)
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Oct 27, 2012 02:34
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Currently watching "Obama 2016" which some mystery PAC sent me today. I was really hoping it would be similar to the truly hilarious Dreams From My Real Father, but it's not. It's actually pretty drat slick, well-produced, and professional seeming. Of course it's batshit stupid and blatantly disingenuous, but still... it kind of scares me that conservatives may be catching on to the fact that competently produced propaganda (bizarro Michael Moore) is better than flirting with Alex Jones poo poo. EDIT: Just kidding, the first 30 minutes are not indicative at all of the rest of this loving movie. It goes full-retard towards the end. cymbalrush fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Nov 6, 2012 |
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Nov 6, 2012 03:53
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Dr Christmas posted:Wasn't NWA also some pro-wrestling thing?  quote:And aren't the people who are complaining about a culture of violence the same people who use "disobeyed orders so,he could torture a man who was not, in fact, a terrorist" as a qualification. edit: Beaten like a "terrorist"
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Jan 22, 2013 05:11
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UFOTofuTacoCat posted:I love the fact that Michael Savage's intro starts out with Metallica's "Master of Puppets". Not too subtle eh? Anyone know how long he's been doing it? At least since 2004, I believe. I have to say, Savage is probably my "favorite" talk-radio nutjob... I love how one one minute he'll be on some transparently fascist rant, then the next minute telling a sweet story about his little dog.
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Feb 7, 2013 02:20
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Star Man posted:I can't even make it into two minutes of this poo poo without being cast into a near-violent mood swing. How on earth do you people stand to listen to this poo poo? For me it's a mix of half self-loathing and half-"oh my god I'm a way better person than this guy even if he's faking it to make a buck. And what the hell, there are sad unfortunate people stupid enough to buy this poo poo... I feel better about myself (kinda) but that also makes me sort of sad"
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Feb 16, 2013 06:16
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Since I live in a valley in Appalachia, there's basically no radio except for NPR and conservative talk. Though this isn't completely related to right-wing radio, I had the pleasure of listening to "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" while driving to the grocery store this afternoon...and I got to hear (possibly) the two worst punch-lines I've ever heard in my life: Here's the link if you enjoy awkward, horrible poo poo as much as I do. Otherwise I just quoted it below: (Hit play full episode, scroll down to "Limericks." then start it at about 2:30) http://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/ "Drones can track you with thermal imaging, but not if you're wearing a new drone proof clothing called stealth wear. The large, silver, tent-like garments make you completely invisible to drones... and to potential mates!! However, the new predator drones can defeat this defense with their new UGLY SEEKING MISSILES ! ! !" I guess in a way this could probably be categorized at right-wing "humor." It derives its lame punch-line from a dismissal of the real threat drones (or more importantly, the military in general) have on actual people. And the "joke" comes from a place of privilege. But I'm also kinda dumb, so I probably shouldn't over-analyze what is actually just a really, really lovely joke. Edit: Also, hating on accents is super loving dumb and often classist as hell, idiots. I don't particularly "enjoy" Minnesotan accents, but that is entirely my problem and it literally says nothing about about someone who speaks that way. Same thing for any other region, goddamn. cymbalrush fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Mar 9, 2013 |
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Mar 9, 2013 23:22
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Warchicken posted:Knowing that show, they likely honestly didn't mean anything by it and are just being dumb. Oh I know, it's just soooo bad that I felt like sharing it. I audibly groaned, alone in my car, when I heard it (which is something I never do).
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Mar 10, 2013 00:43
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Ah Pook posted:WWDTM is bad, but nothing on the radio, much less NPR, is as viscerally irritating as A Prairie Home Companion. No idea if the dude is for real... I assume he's just parodying Alex Jones, but I seriously can't tell. Owns regardless. My face in time-lapse listening to it:  edit: Cardboard Box A posted:http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/covert-malaysian-campaign-touched-a-wide-range-of-american-m Yeah, this is batshit insane. Has there been any real media coverage of this? $400k doesn't sound like a drop in a bucket when it's going to a third rate DC rear end-sniffer. cymbalrush fucked around with this message at 03:05 on Mar 10, 2013 |
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Mar 10, 2013 02:54
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Phone posted:Every single time I hear Paul Ryan talk, it doesn't come through in transcripts as much, I always think about that one rear end in a top hat in your classes that somehow passed even though he plagiarized the poo poo out of everything. Holy poo poo. Thank you! That's exactly it... I've never been able to put my finger on it before, but yes. Yes.
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Mar 11, 2013 05:40
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SedanChair posted:No, it's because his personal tastes are hilariously opulent and effete. In case anyone is doubting this, pictured: Rush Limbaugh's bedroom  http://gawker.com/5482793/rush-limbaughs-gaudy-fifth-avenue-penthouse-is-now-for-sale/
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Oct 2, 2013 05:35
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miscellaneous14 posted:You joke, but his routine was literally "I was eating dinner, and some kids with their pants below their waists rang the doorbell, and were selling magazines for their football team! Magazines, can you believe it?". I once gave a homeless man a few dollars for beer because he was visibly suffering from delirium tremens and I didn't know what else to do. Can I tell this laugh riot story on Leno?
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Oct 2, 2013 06:05
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whatis posted:The talk on the previous pages of right-wing dads ruining holidays has me nervous about this upcoming Thanksgiving. I'm headed down south to spend the holiday with my girlfriend's folks, and her father is a psychopath when it comes to this stuff. I talk to him on the phone every once in a while and he always twists it into something about Obama being a communist/muslim/friend of the family. Now that I've recently started working at a university, I get frequent warnings about all my socialist co-workers and how they're trying to brainwash me. I've been very good about just sort of smiling and nodding through the bullshit the last few years, but the guy is really aggressive and persistent. I want nothing more than to tell him how wrong and crazy he is, but the man is on all sorts of painkillers and meds and has literally threatened complete strangers with the gun he keeps in his glovebox on more than one occasion. In my opinion the best thing to do is just hold your tongue. The man's life is loving poo poo heap and he's looking to blame some outside source for his problems. On a personal level, it's understandable and he probably deserves some empathy. I think Chomsky wrote something good about this where the gist was basically that you have millions of American men who have done exactly what our society asks of them, accordingly expect a Good Life, and reality spits back in their face. When confronted with depressing stagnating wages (let alone personal disability) it's kind of understandable why Limbaugh and his sewer rat ilk speak to these people
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Oct 15, 2013 06:18
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Hannity is honest to god dumb as poo poo. At least with Limbaugh and Coulter and O'Reilly you get this kind of wink wink trolling. That potato faced gently caress is legit stupid
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Oct 15, 2013 22:17
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Ramadu posted:But hes a "conservative" not a REPUBLICAN. Get it right, sir. Also, you know when a radio host lets Gohmert guest host, you know he's dumb. How dare you. Louis Gohmert is a Great American, sir. And the fact that he can barely force a single coherent sentence out of his mouth isn't evidence of him being a dumbass, it means he's barely able to contain his righteous outrage at Obama's dystopian America
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Oct 15, 2013 22:28
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Out of curiosity, what is Megyn Kelly's new show like? I assume bad but less bad?
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Oct 22, 2013 03:18
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