I don't get it. Do you really think talk radio has that much of an impact? Do you really think that the people listening aren't aware of the entertainment value it also carries?
It's all about rage, and it feeds people's rage and makes it bigger. And it programs people. I hear people repeating these ridiculous slogans and catchphrases all the time, or spewing out an argument they obviously just heard 100 times on the "Yell at People" show.
Dooode.... it's just a super vague statement. I fuckin' hate it when people talk about how stupid the masses are... and that's presicly how that statment hit me. WTF... I don't get to play too?
I didn't say that that masses were stupid. I said that talk radio was a bad influence. Surely you don't believe that mass media don't have influence? If you care about what the schools teach, or what gets printed in the newspaper, then you should care about what goes on in talk radio too.
People listen all day long to chauvinistic, bigoted, self-justifying, entitled jerks who tell them that their worst impulses are really awesome and should be celebrated. They then repeat that crap to each other. And they act on it, and vote like it.
::Huff:: neverrrrrmind...... I really didn't mean to start a fight... was just asking for elaboration on things.... thought it was kinna fun, for a while.
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Date: 2006-01-26 06:17 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-01-26 06:26 am (UTC)Sooo....
Date: 2006-01-26 06:31 am (UTC)Re: Sooo....
Date: 2006-01-26 06:38 am (UTC)You're really on my ass now, and I know why. Why not be honest about it?
Re: Sooo....
Date: 2006-01-26 06:42 am (UTC)Re: Sooo....
Date: 2006-01-26 07:13 am (UTC)People listen all day long to chauvinistic, bigoted, self-justifying, entitled jerks who tell them that their worst impulses are really awesome and should be celebrated. They then repeat that crap to each other. And they act on it, and vote like it.
Re: Sooo....
Date: 2006-01-26 07:45 am (UTC)neverrrrrmind......
I really didn't mean to start a fight...
was just asking for elaboration on things....
thought it was kinna fun, for a while.