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66. I think one reason we survive is that we know how to hang together, too.

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Sun Oct 6, 2013, 06:33 PM

Oct 2013

Everyone needs emotional support. Them that gives, gets.

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The Brainwashing Of My Dad By Limbaugh, Fox & GOP Media [View all] babylonsister Oct 2013 OP

The Powell Memo - The Root Of Most Of Our Problems cantbeserious Oct 2013 #1

When reagan had the FCC repeal dotymed Oct 2013 #136

Should be interesting. Warned of Limbaugh 20 years ago. Faygo Kid Oct 2013 #2

Yes, I am with you and predicted Tumbulu Oct 2013 #103

I remember back when he had his TV show they panned through the audience and everyone was dressed Maraya1969 Oct 2013 #148

Hate radio spawned the genocide in Rwanda. mahina Oct 2013 #108

There were others before Limbaugh who were paving the way... elzenmahn Apr 2014 #160

big rec! Voice for Peace Oct 2013 #3

It happened in my family, too. CrispyQ Oct 2013 #4

I wish they would film my dad too chowder66 Oct 2013 #5

Amen to that. The place would be overflowing to meet the need. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #16

That was a wonderful response. Thank you. chowder66 Oct 2013 #20

"Go back to being a Republican?" icarusxat Oct 2013 #91

They do have political rehab. dotymed Oct 2013 #137

The ironic thing about the NPR = "gubmint-funded liberal hate radio" accusation maxsolomon Oct 2013 #138

I worked at an NPR station DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #150

The exact same thing happened to my older brother AgingAmerican Oct 2013 #6

Mine too Harry Monroe Oct 2013 #56

Same thing with my son. n/t Duval Oct 2013 #64

Your dad BOUGHT the BULLSHIT. True, they did think-tanks & media bigtime, BUT HE BOUGHT IT. RBInMaine Oct 2013 #7

Sounds like you're angry; do you know how many people have babylonsister Oct 2013 #9

You do realize this is not the OP's father, right? Patiod Oct 2013 #76

Laughing. crim son Oct 2013 #83

This is what is wrong with our country kydo Oct 2013 #8

How about a great big red banner crawl with blinking lights - every second? IrishAyes Oct 2013 #19

I'm all for that and adding that annoying sound from the emergency warnings kydo Oct 2013 #110

Me 2. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #121

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if you're serious about staying here, be sure to read the rules..... steve2470 Oct 2013 #49

I was wondering myself... DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #50

I'm willing to give him/her the benefit of the doubt steve2470 Oct 2013 #54

I don't believe so, either DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #57

as a native hoosier LittleGirl Oct 2013 #120

Another native Hoosier... DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #142

Hi Michiana native! LittleGirl Oct 2013 #144

I was born in Goshen DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #149

It is Ash Road LittleGirl Oct 2013 #155

I also lived in Indy from 2009 LittleGirl Oct 2013 #145

Well, here's one example DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #53

No, it's not. Hissyspit Oct 2013 #55

I missed his post before his pizza. Is that what he was about? JHB Oct 2013 #109

Yeah, it was the same old bullshit. Hissyspit Oct 2013 #154

Rush Limbaugh defining Sandra Fluke in the following manner: Hell Hath No Fury Oct 2013 #65

But I maintain that hate radio, by using public ally funded airwaves Tumbulu Oct 2013 #104

Anger is addictive, right wing talk radio is designed to make you angry Fumesucker Oct 2013 #10

So right. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #97

Brain chemistry is powerful. Anger brings on a fix. DhhD Oct 2013 #133

With the reagan repeal dotymed Oct 2013 #139

After a childhood spent listening to the RW talk radio drivel... GatorOrange Oct 2013 #11

I've seen the most change of all in women who listen to talk radio fitman Oct 2013 #12

A recent example IrishAyes Oct 2013 #21

+1. And they have NEVER been harmed by what and who they hate. That's the hardest part. freshwest Oct 2013 #52

Or so they think (Rush told them). AAO Oct 2013 #130

Of course, they have Laura Ingraham n/t DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #151

So many Rec's because everyone knows one of these Cult members - Ditto Head is a good descriptor. nt AnotherMother4Peace Oct 2013 #13

The reason that Limbaugh and other like him are so effective RDANGELO Oct 2013 #14

ah yes the insiders and the outsiders. n/t. airplaneman Oct 2013 #68

The 1st thing a cult does- ErikJ Oct 2013 #15

Plus about a million. My mom used to reply to the RW emails she got with links Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #94

I've seen this recently. "Snopes is in Obama's pocket"... JHB Oct 2013 #111

Exactly. Same with them blaming the MSM for (supposedly) reporting Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #157

The question that I want answered madaboutharry Oct 2013 #17

Me too. I listened to Glenn Beck on my commute to schoool and i generally scoffed sammytko Oct 2013 #23

The demographics for Fox and the rest are overwhelming: mature white men KurtNYC Oct 2013 #114

You might want to read chervilant Oct 2013 #125

I just posted this in another thread Mojorabbit Oct 2013 #18

Maybe why there are so many zombie shows on now ffr Oct 2013 #22

Thanks, he has been an ex for decades but we have kept in tough sporadically over the years. Mojorabbit Oct 2013 #59

I thought I was marrying Morris Dees but mine turned out to be more like David Duke. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #26

It happened to my ex, too...... llmart Oct 2013 #36

Well, some scientific study a year or so ago IrishAyes Oct 2013 #45

Oh, I understand and saw it personally.... llmart Oct 2013 #58

I think one reason we survive is that we know how to hang together, too. IrishAyes Oct 2013 #66

I can so relate to this comment LittleGirl Oct 2013 #127

it requires a suspension of reality noiretextatique Oct 2013 #40

What I've heard is that our dire economic cilla4progress Oct 2013 #132

It happened to my truck driver brother. The stupid that comes out of his mouth amazes me. nt valerief Oct 2013 #24

Not surprised. Truckers are their own worst enemy. They support the party that screws them over. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #31

A trucker friend of mine turned pretty conservative too daleo Oct 2013 #67

My dad was a former trucker and diesel mechanic DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #152

Did You Know POTUS Flew Bo On A Private Jet otohara Oct 2013 #25

If your friend does that again IrishAyes Oct 2013 #27

It happened to my cousin and my brother and it fills my heart with great dismay. Kip Humphrey Oct 2013 #28

Sad part is, I know many like your dad. gopiscrap Oct 2013 #29

I'll bet my own dad is worse Populist_Prole Oct 2013 #30

why is he so angry? noiretextatique Oct 2013 #42

I can't figure it out. There's no logical reason for it. Populist_Prole Oct 2013 #70

My dad is very similar to yours. He should have nothing to LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #82

I read your post and it sounded exactly what I was going to write. Snarkoleptic Oct 2013 #89

If he watches FOX "News" the anger is from.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2013 #87

that's it. bitter without cause. grasswire Oct 2013 #105

exact same sister in my family LittleGirl Oct 2013 #128

such a waste noiretextatique Oct 2013 #156

sounds like mine PatrynXX Oct 2013 #44

Which also goes to explain PatrynXX Oct 2013 #47

Find it. markmac Oct 2013 #129

My dad was exposed to it nearly every day...but he didn't fall for it, thank God DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #32

Alvin Toffler's book Future Shock IrishAyes Oct 2013 #37

Well, said. BellaKos Oct 2013 #98

I knew about Limbaugh's stay in the WH DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #143

K&R! oxymoron Oct 2013 #33

Long story short - I no longer have any living relatives of first or second degree IrishAyes Oct 2013 #34

I'm with you, Irish RVN VET Oct 2013 #95

The worst part ctsnowman Oct 2013 #35

I'm glad my service was before that time DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #60

It's truly disgusting what right wing propaganda has done to this country. Initech Oct 2013 #38

Kicked and recommended, this sentence on the Daily Kos link is the money shot. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #39

Yep Zorra Oct 2013 #78

He had that right, Zorra. Uncle Joe Oct 2013 #79

My dad was always a Republican PatrynXX Oct 2013 #41

It's sad sad sad, babylonsistah.. Cha Oct 2013 #43

This has happened to several members of my family too, dad, brother, sister-in-law, other brother diane in sf Oct 2013 #48

I would go so far to say that this Governement Shutdown has a direct yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #51

Agreed, but more likely DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #61

And probably the guy who OWNS... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #63

You mean good ol' Rupert Murdoch? DissidentVoice Oct 2013 #71

Yeah I could not remember his name... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #72

Ailes doesn't own FOX, but he's the guy who runs it... JHB Oct 2013 #113

So I guess we can blame him yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #115

maybe not all of it, but definitely in the 40-60% range JHB Oct 2013 #122

THOSE are fairly good odds.. yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #135

Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Fox News, et al are like something out of H.P. Lovecraft LongTomH Oct 2013 #62

Prior to Australian extortionist's FOX news, the Korean cult leader began Moonie News blm Oct 2013 #69

I've seen it too. So many people have limited media choices, and the... dougolat Oct 2013 #73

This puzzles the hell out of me, having grown up in a very liberal family and married into another maddiemom Oct 2013 #74

Limp Balls is raw unadulterated propaganda. nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #75

Same thing happened to my parents abelenkpe Oct 2013 #77

This message was self-deleted by its author blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #80

Hate radio succeeds by telling unhappy, unsatisfied people what they want to hear. Marr Oct 2013 #81

This. RedSpartan Oct 2013 #88

Well said. Alkene Oct 2013 #126

Question is, is this Country steamrollling to be a totalitarian Police State? blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #84

Old people and poor people and it's happening now. Lars39 Oct 2013 #93

ok. but what's that got to do with this thread? dionysus Oct 2013 #100

A similar thing has happened to my wife SpankMe Oct 2013 #85

The psychology of misplaced blame and right wing propaganda. AdHocSolver Oct 2013 #86

Good post Populist_Prole Oct 2013 #106

+1000 Please consider reposting as an OP LongTomH Oct 2013 #141

Happened to both my parents and my only sibling progree Oct 2013 #90

Sadly BellaKos Oct 2013 #99

same thing happened to my dad Doctor_J Oct 2013 #92

Me, too. BellaKos Oct 2013 #96

this is why we feel safer and freer in NYC than these freaks would ever imagine. bettyellen Oct 2013 #101

I can relate Populist_Prole Oct 2013 #107

You're right/ BellaKos Oct 2013 #112

They got my Mom too. Nt TeamPooka Oct 2013 #102

Without going into too much detail Shankapotomus Oct 2013 #116

The Brain Washing of My Dad trailer. 5 min video B Calm Oct 2013 #117

I think anyone 35 or under with a teabagger/Limbaugh fan as a parent Kumbricia Oct 2013 #118

Only one quibble. Misinformation is false or inaccurate information that is spread unintentionally. Turborama Oct 2013 #119

Edit Grins Oct 2013 #123

"the dismantling of the Fairness Doctrine" uponit7771 Oct 2013 #124

We all know something is wrong, the difference is in our explanations and solutions jollyreaper2112 Oct 2013 #131

My older sister was very liberal, not anymore. Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #134

saving for later BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2013 #140

Thank you! Now I am a backer of the project! Buddha2B Oct 2013 #146

It happened to both my brothers. Raffi Ella Oct 2013 #147

My dad went the other way LittleBlue Oct 2013 #153

...but that's not due to propaganda... elzenmahn Apr 2014 #159

Books on CD, commuter people! You don't need to listen to RW hate Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2013 #158