Posted on 06/05/2002 10:58:07 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Basic indisputable truth follows. Leftists don't like talk radio. They don't just dislike talk radio a little – they hate it. Left-wingers hate talk radio with a blue-steam, Grade A, unadulterated blinding passion. They know without a doubt that their loss of control in Washington in 1994 was due generally to talk radio and specifically to the influence of The Godfather, Rush Limbaugh.
Why do leftist hate talk radio so? Because they're so damned bad at it, that's why. There is not ONE successful, money-making, listened-to talk radio show in the entire nation that is hosted by a leftist. Not one. I've gone into the reasons for the leftist failure at talk radio before – and I'm not here to completely rehash that question now. Suffice it to say that leftists wilt in the face of fact and logic … and talk radio callers kill them with it.
So, why bring it up? Well, if you're a talk radio fan you need to know just how the left intends to destroy their nemesis. They can't succeed in the talk radio arena, so it must be destroyed. Basically, they have two game plans. Plan A is to use the regulatory police power of government to harass talk radio into submission. Plan B is to attack on the basis of political correctness.
To learn more about Plan A, just go to my "Democrats' Secret Plan for America" essay at http://www.boortz.com/demsecrets.htm (linked at the top of this page).
But what about Plan B? Here's where we encounter the leftist phrase "hate radio." Liberals know that that confrontation with conservative and libertarian talk show hosts on the actual issues is a no-win situation. The solution? Ignore the factual and logical basis behind the opinions expressed by these talk show hosts and attack those opinions as expressions of hate.
Liberals know that most people, conservatives and liberals alike, don't like people who hate. Hate is a negative emotion, one to be avoided. If you can take the argumentative points made by your political opponent and successfully brand them as expressions of hate, then you have won the argument. You win not by presenting a better, more rational argument. Nor do you win by pointing out factual errors. You win by turning our natural aversion to the emotion of hate against your opponent.
Over the past months I guess I've read a dozen or more articles about the evil of right-wing "hate radio." There is one common thread that runs through all of these articles. Not one of them – not one – actually sets forth an opinion expressed by one libertarian or conservative talk show host to show just how that specific opinion constitutes "hate speech." The issue is ignored. Facts are ignored. No counterpoints are offered.
One tactic – one tactic only. The conservative talk show host is spouting hate speech and should, on that basis and that basis alone, be discredited and ignored.
There are now leftist websites dedicated to fighting "hate radio." One such website calls it "hatecasting." Pretty catchy, huh?
There are organized campaigns to convince advertisers that they don't really want their advertisements running next to a hate-filled diatribe from some hate-filled talk show host on some hate radio station, do they now?
Leftists are determined to regain the total domination and control that they believe is their birthright in Washington. They can't sit back and watch the fascist-socialist movement they believe in die just because some libertarians and conservatives are allowed to freely express opinions on the nation's federally controlled airwaves.
A few races going the wrong way this fall could give them the chance they're dying for – the chance to destroy talk radio.
No. Doctor Laura spreaks of morality. Obviously, some object to that, aye ? Many liberals don't like her.
The problem for the lefties trying to kill advertising on talk radio: The typical "right wing hate radio" listener is better educated, has a better job and makes more money than the average citizen. The radio stations know this.
A KFYI advertising salesperson for for KFYI(Phoenix)told my husband about 3 years ago that the advertising dollars for Rush's show alone paid the station's bills. KFYI was also making good cash off advertising for the Dr. Laura show (no longer on the air). The rest of the advertising dollars were considered icing on the cake.
You miss the point, which is that conservatives simply cannot play the personal attack game against the left and expect to win. They'll always mop the floor with us if we try.
The main reason is that outbursts like Boortz's make people think of him in terms of spit, halitosis, sweat-stained armpits, and not-to-be-interrupted tirades. Against this the liberals can offer calm, soft-voiced, reasonable-sounding, and above all mocking rebuttals.
If, OTOH, people like Boortz would maintain focus on the issues and address the patent stupidity of the leftist position with humor and logic, then people invariably see the reasonableness of the conservative position. And the left often tends to get more shrill in response -- and the "hate" label begins to stick to them.
Try National Prolitariat Radio..........it fits the initials better (LOL) and gets the point across too.
PS. I have personally used this on liberals during arguements and I guarantee it WILL inflame them!
While there is a lot of truth in what you've said, the picture you paint misses the group of liberals that do the most harm. Like you, I know some very intellegent, very successful liberals who fit the picture you paint. Too some extent, I think they are very angry because they believe they have "insights" that they "know" they are right, but can't convince others. They suffer from extreme tunnel vision (aka "arrogance") that doesn't allow them to see the failing of their positions.
There is, however, another class of liberals who are well meaning, but clueless. They follow their hearts, which makes them feel good, but also leads to lots of unintended consequences. Many of those unintended consequences are very negative, but they are blissfully oblivious to them. Some of these well intentioned liberals are just stupid, others are ill-informed, many are intellectually lazy. They mean well, but can't see the implications of all of their well meaning actions. Sadly, they are allowed to vote and breed. And by voting and breeding, they provide that part of the electorate that allows the "true leftists" to continue to hold power in the political process. They are the enablers of the "true leftists" who are powerless without a clueless group of followers.
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