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  • Liberals Delude Themselves on Brokeback Mountain's Popularity

    02/20/2006 11:52:55 AM PST · by LdSentinal · 159 replies · 5,299+ views
    RealCearPolitics.com ^ | 2/20/06 | John Leo
    Mickey Kaus at Kausfiles.com says that the gay-cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain has the same marketing strategy as Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11. Both, he says, have been hyped as blue-state movies that are reaching and changing minds in the cities of red America. He calls this the "Heartland Breakout Meme”. ("Meme" refers to a cultural copying unit that hops from brain to brain without much thought or any at all). What Kaus means is that the mainstream media keep reinforcing ideas liberals want to believe, whether they are true or not. But the alleged breakout of Fahrenheit appears to be myth,...