I've got to call major-league Bullshit on this one. During my workday, I typically have cable t.v. on in the background just so I can keep track of what the teevee bobbleheads are lying about lately. It's interesting to note that even with a Democratic, landslide winning President in office and the GOP taking a curb-stomping beating in the last election, I can peruse the cable and news channels all day long and consistently find a majority of center-right and right wing bloviators opinionizing on my television screen - any day of any week - ALL DAY LONG.
Liberal/progressive voices are far and few between on cable tv and news shows. It's even worse on AM talk radio. Just try finding a prime-time/drive-time liberal/progressive host on AM talk radio in any major city in this country -- DOES NOT EXIST! And the dying newspaper industry? It's dying because people are tired of reading the corporate sponsored propaganda instead of the truth. It's time we finally put a rusty fucking dagger into the heart of this "liberal media" lie. I love debate, but the next time anyone pulls the "media is liberal" argument on me I'm going to call you out on your know-nothing horseshit.
Basically what the "honorable" Republican Senator and the Fox Noize hack are saying in this video clip is that anyone who dares exercise their constitutional right and civic duty to speak up and dissent (particularly evil liberals like me) against the demonstrably failed, GOP, right-wing worldview is a traitor and a threat to America. And of course they piggy-back their charge on the back of the hoary old, albeit wholly debunked, liberal media myth.
For this reason, this tiny little blog (and millions other like it) exist. On one hand there's a prideful feeling being part of an ad hoc citizen/journalism movement that strike's fear into the shriveled hearts of the right-wing establishment. However, that good feeling is tempered by knowing that the type of fascism and theocratic authoritarianism espoused by the Republican leaders (not so much the Boehners and McConnells, but the Limbaughs, Hannitys, Gingriches and Dobsons) is always bubbling under the surface, just waiting for an opportunity to gain political power and instill their perverse version of "democracy" in America.
"We must dare to think "unthinkable" thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about "unthinkable things" because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless."
J. William Fulbright, March 27, 1964
US politician (1905 - 1995)
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