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In reply to the discussion: An encounter with a Trump supporter [View all]blakstoneranger
(333 posts)Our biggest problem is combating conservative talk radio and foxnews. Most of the people on the right are consumed with this medium. THEY THINK RUSH LIMPBAUGH IS GOD!! And they agree with everything he says. The mega dittos are the worst because they don't know crap and depend on rush to inform them. They wait for hours on the phone waiting to get through only to waste time telling him how great he is and how well informed he is. Many will waste the first 3 minutes of a call simply praising him and telling him "he right!" These are the people you end up arguing with in the stores or on the golf courses. Rush has even brain washed trump. Listen to trump speak, a lot of what he says is straight from rush limpbaugh. Rush even talked rump into shutting down the government for more than 30 days! OUR PROBLEM IS WITH CONSERVATIVE MEDIA, WE HAVE NOT LEARNED TO COMBAT THIS MEGASTRUCTURE OF COMMUNICATION. And whats worse is that moderates are lured to it because our message, the progressive message, at times, can be weak and uninteresting. The progressive radio shows are full of commercials and low on content. MSNBC, CNN, and others tend to waiver to both sides and often have commentators who talk "above our heads" thus boring the hell out of us. Foxnews on the other hand speaks to the common man in common language. Rush limpbaugh just says whatever he wants in any manner he wants. This is what the democrats need! Bloomberg is spending millions, hundreds of millions of dollars to be president when he has no chance. But if he were to take that money and start a communications network of democratic and liberal voices who can tell it like it is, his money would be put to much better use! Know this: RUSH LIMPBAUGH HATES LIBERALS. And so does his mega ditto-heads. He will say anything (even if it's ridiculously false) to influence his followers including trump!