In the 70's, former liberals, then Libertarian, psychiartrist Peter Breggin reported that the liberals, much less the leftists, never read anything to their right. Today, 40 years later with unlimited access to non-liberal writing, with talk radio exploding since 1987, with the internet, throw in Fox News, the liberals/leftists still do not read. watch or listen to anything to their right.
We are an unstudied alien species, whose outlines are perceived through wild propaganda charges: racist, bigot, anti-woman, anti-worker, in other words, simply evil dark beings. The propaganda we laugh at or get outraged over, they, the liberals actually believe it.
And, I would add, have no enemies to their left. Republicans, on the other hand, loathe the Tea Party.
Very true and well said. Good post.
Beaten about the head and shoulders by electing them to the 2014 Leadership positions. The only way B&Mc could be neutralized now is with blackmail or extortion by credibly threatening their families and wealth but the Sultan and his minions effectively have the more powerful hand in that enterprise.
I know this is true because they are not even aware of some of the most important news stories. They are what Pam Geller calls "the no-information voters."