100% right. That's why pointing out their hypocrisy doesn't give them pause. Like she said they want to establish that the rules apply to you but not to them because that gives them power.The only rhetorical strategy to beating fascists is mocking them.
The only rhetorical strategy to beating fascists is mocking them.
That's true. Fascists thrive on being taken seriously. Take that away and they're just a bunch of wackadoos.It's hard not to take them seriously when they run the government, the largest social media and news media networks and the Supreme Court.
It's hard not to take them seriously when they run the government, the largest social media and news media networks and the Supreme Court.
People tried disregarding facists for decades and it brought us Donald Trump winning the popular vote and mass capiliation from everyone in power
Fascists got power because people (thanks mainly due to the media) started taking them seriously. "The Republicans are a major party so everything they say has merit and we have to compromise with them." "Donald Trump is a famous business guy who's been on TV so he must know what he's talking about."Which is why they hated being dismissed as 'weird'.
Fascists got power because people (thanks mainly due to the media) started taking them seriously. "The Republicans are a major party so everything they say has merit and we have to compromise with them." "Donald Trump is a famous business guy who's been on TV so he must know what he's talking about."No, fascists got power because it was clear decades ago they were seeking to take power, and nobody did a fucking thing about it.
Reagan eliminates the Fairness Doctrine, within a decade we've got our first tried and true propaganda network in america: Faux "News".
That absolutely got us started down that road, don't give me that. Did it not apply to AM radio too? You know, another place where massive amounts of right wing indoctrination go on?
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jun/18/instagram-posts/dont-blame-ronald-reagan-for-fox-news-the-fairness/
The only rhetorical strategy to beating fascists is mocking them.Not mocking them. Hurting their purse. The more you bleed them, the more they back off
That absolutely got us started down that road, don't give me that. Did it not apply to AM radio too? You know, another place where massive amounts of right wing indoctrination go on?Yeah, the explosion of conservative talk radio, guys like Rush Limbaugh, absolutely did come about because of the elimination of the Fairness Doctrine. And that style of talk radio pretty directly informed what Fox News would be.
Heritage Foundation-backed Reagan eliminates impartiality and fairness in news broadcasting and Murdoch-backed Faux News just happens to spring right up in it's wake within a decade? Puh-lease.
Idk. Trump's tarrifs financially hurt them, to a great degree, and they still love him.No. He used that to make deals for his friends. That's him bleeding the citizens and no revolt.
Not sure if anything would work.
Calling it "mostly false" to claim that eliminating the Fairness Doctrine led to Fox News seems harsh and maybe even a little unfair to me. I wouldn't say it's untrue, just an oversimplification.Fact checkers do this all the time, because otherwise their jobs would consist entirely of calling out Republican lies, and that would undercut the Great Both Sides Lie.