But many of his other comments reveal exactly what a twisted and sick bastard he is. But yeah, I agree, he says crazy shit he doesn't believe. To a great extent he has no choice (note: not an excuse). In order to maintain his listenership and that cognitive dissonance bubble he must report on a new 'liberal outrage' every single day -- and preferably more than one. Next, he must remind his listeners, yet again, that the dirty liberal mainstream media is not reporting this story, or if they are not putting the same spin on it that he is. This is a common denominator between all of these propagandists. And the more "liberal outrages" he can come up with the better off he is -- even if one or two of his accusations are dismissed by the listeners, what about all the rest?
Rush's style is to add a bit of humor to the propoganda medicine, as he says it: to point out the absurdity of liberals by being absurd himself. It's clever, because it allows him to fall back on that as an excuse for his remarks. Further, he is (or was) very careful to craft his complaints about subjective rather than objective incidents and issues, and as often as possible the crime is not what actualy occured, but what he subjective intretation of meaning. So, for example, a photo surfaces of a white Marine holding the President's umbrella. This is, of course, an "outrage," not only because it could be an illegal order, and not only because it demonstrates President Obama's hatred for white people, but because it shows the contempt President Obama feels towards our Military -- and this, Ladies and Gentlemen, during a time of war, thus proving his hatred for America and secret collusion with the Muslim Brotherhood.
There is no way to counter that crap. A photo of a Republican President (Bush, for example) doing the exact same thing doesn't do it. The photo of Obama is a picture of his contempt for the Military, America, white people, families, and Jesus. The image of Bush is just the noble President spending time with and honoring a Marine.
All you can do is laugh. But some people aren't laughing. They believe every word.
But before you get too smug remember this: we Democrats are not immune to this by any means. It is something we must all be on guard against.
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