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Is the Far Left as obnoxious as the Far Right?

Is the Far Left as obnoxious as the Far Right?

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The thing that pops into my mind when thinking about the Far Right and obnoxiousness is Limbaugh's joke:

Columnist Molly Ivins reported (Arizona Republic 10/17/93) this incident from Limbaugh's TV show--"Here is a Limbaugh joke: Everyone knows the Clintons have a cat. Socks is the White House cat. But did you know there is a White House dog?" And he puts up a picture of Chelsea Clinton. Chelsea Clinton is 13 years old.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1895

So, we've got Limbaugh, O'Reilly, etc. on one side and Franken, Moore etc on the other. Is the Left really as obnoxious as the Right? Or not?

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The thing that pops into my mind when thinking about the Far Right and obnoxiousness is Limbaugh's joke:

[b]Columnist Molly Ivins reported (Arizona Republic 10/17/93) this incident from Limbaugh's TV show--"Here is a Limbaugh joke: Everyone knows the Clintons have a cat. Socks is the White House cat. But did you know there is a White House dog? ...[text shortened]... side and Franken, Moore etc on the other. Is the Left really as obnoxious as the Right? Or not?
Who in the hell is spending time reading crap that Molly Ivins wrote 12 years ago???? The Left can never be as obnoxious as the Right because the Left has no definition for obnoxious.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The thing that pops into my mind when thinking about the Far Right and obnoxiousness is Limbaugh's joke:

[b]Columnist Molly Ivins reported (Arizona Republic 10/17/93) this incident from Limbaugh's TV show--"Here is a Limbaugh joke: Everyone knows the Clintons have a cat. Socks is the White House cat. But did you know there is a White House dog? ...[text shortened]... side and Franken, Moore etc on the other. Is the Left really as obnoxious as the Right? Or not?
Not as obnoxious, but Moore approaches the limit. And Chris Mathews is pretty annoying too. I don't have a problem with Franken though.

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I actually saw that Limbaugh episode, back in the days when I watched TV. The "joke" fell pretty flat though, and I recall him getting more groans and boos than laughter from his studio audience.

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Michael Moore could do so much more for the world if he looked up the definition of "objectivity". I like what he is trying to do, but his extremism sucks out his credibility.

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Originally posted by Pullhard
Michael Moore could do so much more for the world if he looked up the definition of "objectivity". I like what he is trying to do, but his extremism sucks out his credibility.
If he was more objective people wouldnt get the message. He is using the same tactics modern media uses on everyone else. Sensationalism and bias. Good on him i say.

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Originally posted by Delmer
Who in the hell is spending time reading crap that Molly Ivins wrote 12 years ago???? The Left can never be as obnoxious as the Right because the Left has no definition for obnoxious.
Al Franken wrote about it in one of his books and I looked it up on Google, ok?!

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I used to think not. Then I began discussing economics with some communists. They were every bit as annoying as the Austrian school Libertarians.

Still if it's the Republican Right that you're talking about, then no. Even if the Far Left is annoying at least deep down they care. The Far Republican Right would just as soon blow your knee cap off with a shotgun as give you change for the pay phone.

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Michael Moore is on the Far Left? Since when did someone who sends his kids to private school merit that qualification? He's a talented phony, nothing more, nothing less.

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Originally posted by Amaurote
Michael Moore is on the Far Left? Since when did someone who sends his kids to private school merit that qualification? He's a talented phony, nothing more, nothing less.
um, where does that leave Clinton and Gore? didn't their kids go to private school in D.C.? are there any congressmen with kids in public D.C. schools?

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Moore, Clinton and Gore can't possibly be described as far left.

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Originally posted by Redmike
Moore, Clinton and Gore can't possibly be described as far left.
That just gives you a sense of the sorry state US politics is in when someone who is really a centrist is described as "far left." That's how far to the right the pendulum has swung in this country. Someone who is really from the far left would send them into a state of apoplexy.

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Originally posted by rwingett
That just gives you a sense of the sorry state US politics is in when someone who is really a centrist is described as "far left." That's how far to the right the pendulum has swung in this country. Someone who is really from the far left would send them into a state of apoplexy.
This lengthy and complex essay starts with the EU and then takes on US Populism. It suggests that both the far right and the far left are out of touch with the electorate, that they know that, and that they deliberately manipulate what they believe to be public opinion...

http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CABCA.htm

"...In the Sixties, critics of populism pointed the finger at 'hard hats' and 'materialist' working people. Today in the USA, such attitudes are expressed through terms like 'Nascar Dads', 'Valley Girls, 'Joe six-pack' or 'rednecks'. Lakoff claims that Bush's popularity with the Nascar dads is due to their common identification with strict father values. The Old Cold War thesis of the 'authoritarian working class' has been recycled to helps liberals rationalise their sense of isolation from everyday society. The pathological roots of backward attitudes is to be found in the poor quality of parenting experienced by Lakoff's stereotype conservative.

In the UK, Nascar dads have a different name. They are dismissed as 'chavs', 'white van men', 'Worcester Women' or 'tabloid readers'. Since these are people who cannot be mobilised for progressive causes, the best course of action is to try to isolate them and minimise their influence upon society.

...democracy only exists when people are prepared to make their voices heard."

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Originally posted by widget
This lengthy and complex essay starts with the EU and then takes on US Populism. It suggests that both the far right and the far left are out of touch with the electorate, that they know that, and that they deliberately manipulate what they believe to be public opinion...

http://www.spiked-online.com/Articles/0000000CABCA.htm

"...In the Sixties, crit ...[text shortened]... pon society.

...democracy only exists when people are prepared to make their voices heard."
So the USA is run by a bunch of chavs? Jesus & Herakleitos held hands and wept.

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
So the USA is run by a bunch of chavs? Jesus & Herakleitos held hands and wept.
No... apparently the UK is populated by chavs! Neds, etc...

The Excited States is populated by rednecks, etc.... Valley Girls & Boys...

Reading the finely thought-out print:
it is a moneyed elite who manipulate them and actually run the transglobal corporate conspiracy.

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