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.
Get thee to one of the "Gee, the South was Great and Lincoln Was a Rabid Toad" threads and stick an oar in the water. That should give you an idea of the breadth of opinion hereabouts.
I heard they really liked his cowboy outfit in parts of Greenwich Village.
Dude, they are NOT 'socialists'. Neither are they 'liberals' or 'progressives' or 'leftists' or any other such newspeak bullsh*t.
They are properly refered to as hardcore, unrepentant 'neo-Stalinists'.
I am tired of posting this.
I could really use some help down here in the language war.
Don't worry, Horowitz, Reagan, & Dr. Laura herself have recovered. You can too.
OOOOOOOOOOOH...HATE SPEECH!!! THOUGHT CRIME!!! HATE SPEECH!!! THOUGHT CRIME!!!
"Truth Refutes Liberalism Everytime!"
2. They know, in their heart of hearts, that they have no argument. Intelligent leftists (what few there are) know that their opinions (and ideology) are based solely on emotion.
Excellent summation!
Very generally speaking, the people I've heard call in to her show already know what she's going to say, they just call in to either get verbally "beat up" or ask her to "beat up" someone else, and that has nothing to do with morality OR politics. It's just sick.
All too true. If you've heard her show once, you've heard her entire repertoire.
I'm not so sure that they even like seeing one of their own on talk radio. Just look at how they savaged Tammy Bruce for daring to defend Dr. Laura. The Left has such a visceral fear of free expression that they even hate left-wing talk radio hosts as they might go "off the reservation".
hehe...A long time ago I used to tune in to her show from time to time to laugh at her callers. They were all so clueless. I quit eventually though, because it just got to be kinda sad.
Personally I think Dr. Laura is sort of annoying, just the way she speaks, but for her callers she's a godsend. They need her with a capital "N"!
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One is tempted to think that such language illustrates our therapeutic cultural outlook.
I stand corrected.
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They don't shriek as vehemently at Limbaugh (not that I listen anymore), because Savage is what Rush is not--smart.
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