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19. I think Joseph McCarthy started it.

Sat Oct 22, 2016, 05:06 PM

Oct 2016

AM hate radio is just a byproduct of the McCarthy era.

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Why are we so politically divided? [View all] napi21 Oct 2016 OP

Contributing to? No. --- Tolerating less bull and fighting back? YES! NurseJackie Oct 2016 #1

Short answer --- Runny RayGun and AM Hate Radio lpbk2713 Oct 2016 #2

I think Joseph McCarthy started it. Initech Oct 2016 #19

The insertion of religion into politics is the key... Moostache Oct 2016 #3

I think it's the "no compromise" faction gratuitous Oct 2016 #5

That's an important factor. LWolf Oct 2016 #6

The end of white male hegemony milestogo Oct 2016 #7

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2016 #10

Lee Atwater-Roger Stone tactics also. Elwood P Dowd Oct 2016 #11

Women's equality and hispanic emmigration, and the interwebs. lindysalsagal Oct 2016 #9

We're a more abstract society The2ndWheel Oct 2016 #13

Cable TV Retired George Oct 2016 #15

Fox News stoking ignorance Skittles Oct 2016 #17

Actually Clinton gets some of the blame hfojvt Oct 2016 #18

The great social cleave happened in the sixties through early seventies. Sen. Walter Sobchak Oct 2016 #20

Racism GulfCoast66 Oct 2016 #21

civil rights JI7 Oct 2016 #22