Reply #85: The little person can do nothing about this as long as people respond more

[Ron Green]

immediately and viscerally to FEAR, which is just what the RW noise machine has figured out. Our message is not a fearmongering message (and by fearmongering I mean all facets of "breathless reportage" and entertainment-style "news" about Scott Petersen or the Swift Boat Vets or what have you.) Unless our progressive message is delivered in the sound-bite format which has become the standard in ALL media across the nation, we will not be heard, because consumers will not buy it and sponsors won't pay for it.

Since we cannot change human nature, I don't see how we can ever compete with the RW machine. People DON'T want to sit still and listen to reason, when they can be excited and scared by bullshit.