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31. Sadly those comments don't surprise me america was one of the earliest supporters of eugenics

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 08:53 AM

Apr 2013

American culture is a particularly cruel one.

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Trends with benefits, This American Life drinks the kool aide. [View all] Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 OP

I think they are getting called out on it. Iris Mar 2013 #1

Here - Media Matters and International Business Times Iris Mar 2013 #3

Let us know. Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #4

Look up! Iris Mar 2013 #5

NPR has come a long way from the Fire Sign Theater to this dreck . olddots Mar 2013 #2

The stupid piece couldn't even substantiate that claim. Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #24

I too was furious with that hack and her slanted piece of so called work. Bluenorthwest Mar 2013 #7

A woman I know lost her mother, for whom she was the caregiver LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #8

Not according to TAL. Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #12

I only caught a few moments of it, and I was seeing red. Geoff R. Casavant Mar 2013 #9

I could be wrong but I don't think NPR has any government appointed directors. Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #11

I remember when this happened. The Capitol Steps had a song about it... winter is coming Apr 2013 #26

not the first time tal has presented the neolib POV HiPointDem Apr 2013 #13

Well, GiveMeFreedom Apr 2013 #15

Me Too otohara Apr 2013 #16

Me too. Javaman Apr 2013 #19

Yeah... Orrex Apr 2013 #20

Yeah, I saw that after I posted Orrex Apr 2013 #22

Oh and the "comment on" for this crap is exquisite. Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #25

Wow truly sickening exchanges @ the NPR blog- lunasun Apr 2013 #29

did u listen to the very end? she realizes that no one in that town Liberal_in_LA Apr 2013 #28

Yeah that was the part where she almost fill into a pit of truth. Warren Stupidity Apr 2013 #30