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keep_left

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3. They also pushed that shit *constantly* on religious right radio and TV...

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2024, 12:37 PM

Nov 2024

...stations, particularly those of the radtrad Catholic variety (EWTN, Relevant Radio, Ave Maria Radio, etc.). They didn't usually run the same political ads (too offensive for their audience), but instead spent huge chunks of their programming on "evil gender ideology", and they did so all day, every day, for months on end.

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