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gtar100

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19. Insanity. Just like the way they reported Iraqis the US military killed.
Thu Jul 10, 2014, 11:10 PM
Jul 2014

In the right wing black and white world view, they have to pick sides even when *sides* are precisely what is wrong with their perspective. What's so difficult about seeing everyone as human? Not difficult for you and me but for those who seek to gain at the expense of others, they have to do all they can to marginalize and dehumanize those they hurt. One would think being on the hurt end of persecution might give perspective and promote empathy. But apparently not.

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Israel is lucky to have anti-missle defense yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #27
I think the media cater to the 1%, but they are not the 1%. More the handmaidens of the 1% ellenrr Jul 2014 #2
The media are the tools of their owners, who are the .001%. Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #3
They essentially own both the US mass media and the politicians cprise Jul 2014 #14
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I'm afraid if you can't make sense of it...... DeSwiss Jul 2014 #6
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Well good. DeSwiss Jul 2014 #9
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Here's the other side: DeSwiss Jul 2014 #12
Excellent, DeSwiss...101 courses might ballyhoo Jul 2014 #15
I hear what you're saying about the people WORKING for the media - those who PatrickforO Jul 2014 #20
well-put nt ellenrr Jul 2014 #24
Controlled Media Snoopy 7 Jul 2014 #22
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Damn you Norway!!!! DeSwiss Jul 2014 #7
I think it's more like one Australian American--Rupert Murdoch. tclambert Jul 2014 #11
Because ABC's Diane Sawyer LIED! And the MASSES who WATCH HER...SUCKED IT UP...Here: KoKo Jul 2014 #13
Probably the same reason they don't care about dead Americans. TygrBright Jul 2014 #16
Because God chose the Jews.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #26
Okay,...someone SAID it was in a book,......somewhere. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #28
They are poor. The poor do not count. They are fodder. McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #18
You've got that right. As a nation, America is quite exceptional at two things: PatrickforO Jul 2014 #21
What passes for "analysis" of TPTB in our media cprise Jul 2014 #25
Insanity. Just like the way they reported Iraqis the US military killed. gtar100 Jul 2014 #19
Wasn't it the US that said 'you're with us or against us?' cprise Jul 2014 #23
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