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25. a major function of talk radio for 30 years was to make racism acceptable

Wed Apr 26, 2017, 03:41 AM

Apr 2017

talk radio is not just for bigoted viewers - it's everywhere and loud

it used and excused racism. it made excuses for racist cops killing unarmed black kids, made fun of the notion of white privilege, labeled those who called out racism "politically correct" while calling for and enforcing conformist conservative political views, using racism re immigration to sell voter suppression legislation, et.

racism is much more acceptable today because liberals ignored talk radio for 30 years, while racists yelled from every corner and stump in the country and liberals/dems/ left stuck their fingers in their ears

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"James Comey's Fear of Everyone Except Democrats Helped Donald Trump Upset Hillary Clinton" [View all] emulatorloo Apr 2017 OP

and is EXACTLY why DonCoquixote Apr 2017 #1

Yep, the whole "when they go low, we go high", while pretty, needs to be retired tavalon Apr 2017 #20

Hillary called them deplorables and got attacked for it worse than Trump did with his attacks JI7 Apr 2017 #23

Yes. Damned if you do, damned if you don't if you're a Democrat. betsuni Apr 2017 #31

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2017 #32

A candidate needs to attack her opponent, and not her potential voters. Crunchy Frog Apr 2017 #33

he attacked her voters also when he attacked hispanics, blacks, women etc JI7 Apr 2017 #34

TRMS is covering the story in much the same way. Comey's double standard. ffr Apr 2017 #2

Remember how DU was shut down by hackers around election time? /nt philly_bob Apr 2017 #4

k and r niyad Apr 2017 #3

The FBI never had a legitimate reason to be investigating her to begin with. (eom) StevieM Apr 2017 #5

The GOP are experts at working the refs. nt tblue37 Apr 2017 #6

And silencing the opposition. Initech Apr 2017 #7

They do well BigmanPigman Apr 2017 #15

Maybe we need to fight fire with fire. InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2017 #27

"In Comeys case, he thought maybe he was establishing his independence toward the person..." Perseus Apr 2017 #8

Spot on piece! Justice Apr 2017 #9

And one more thing Perseus Apr 2017 #10

If I wanted a *p u s s y* for an FBI director, I'd appoint my cat, Max meow2u3 Apr 2017 #44

4, he was afraid to reveal the investigation of Trump's connections to Putin and friends. nt July Apr 2017 #11

Is this just a quirk of his personality? SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2017 #12

and this gets right back to the incredible failure of democrats certainot Apr 2017 #13

it's not talk radio . talk radio attracts those who have bigoted views. the problem is not dealing JI7 Apr 2017 #22

a major function of talk radio for 30 years was to make racism acceptable certainot Apr 2017 #25

this is just not true. it might just be more open but things were just as bad back then JI7 Apr 2017 #26

your sister's a whore, your brother a thief, and you're a traitor certainot Apr 2017 #29

people were racist before this . don't make excuses for the racists. they have other news sources JI7 Apr 2017 #30

where the fuck do you get that i'm making excuses for racism certainot Apr 2017 #35

20 years ? this has been going on far longer than 20 years . and there were racists before JI7 Apr 2017 #36

blm says nothing about talk radio - they don't know it exists, while certainot Apr 2017 #37

i know what they say . talk radio attracts racists . just like fox news does JI7 Apr 2017 #39

you prove my point - you would never have heard of that stupidity certainot Apr 2017 #42

don't you think it would make a difference it there were certainot Apr 2017 #38

they wouldn't listen to it if that was the case. JI7 Apr 2017 #40

many of those are the loudest radio stations in the country and they listen to certainot Apr 2017 #43

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2017 #14

This is true SHRED Apr 2017 #16

+ 1 red dog 1 Apr 2017 #18

Fuck James Comey, Russian traitor, and Fuck the KGB led FBI. nt TeamPooka Apr 2017 #17

James Comey violated the Hatch Act by sending that letter 11 days before the election, red dog 1 Apr 2017 #19

it's not just Democrats. look at the Reaction to HIllary referring to those types as deplorables and JI7 Apr 2017 #21

i thought from the start it was Comey being pressured by other right wing types. fuck him . JI7 Apr 2017 #24

That's a good thing. Respect due to fear is not respect but fear. Nitram Apr 2017 #28

Ideally, you're right. But repukes don't show any respect meow2u3 Apr 2017 #45

Maybe Democrats.... Aviation Pro Apr 2017 #41