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certainot

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14. what would you say happened in this country the last 30 years?

Wed Jul 19, 2017, 04:09 PM

Jul 2017

looks to me like we've regressed - just ask any foreign observer.

seems to me we've gone backwards since reagan. it's not cyclical unless you believe in astrology and money and media are SYMPTOMS of not being able to fix those problems. the main reason is americans who have ignored talk radio while it was used over and over to short circuit democratic feedback with a few hundred pro liars on 1200 radio stations.

if you're young you've grown up in a talk radio america.

consider that ALEX could hardly do shit until early nineties when talk radio kicked in. that's also when r-cons finally took the house. and when record partisanship started. why do you think fox is even possible? or bush, palin, and trump?

talk radio is the ONLY major medium with NO countering alternative on the left.

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This is the Best Explanation of Why White People Cant Recognize or Accept the Reality of Racism [View all] MrScorpio Jul 2017 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author drray23 Jul 2017 #1

All humanity suffers from the effects of racism randr Jul 2017 #2

While I agree with some of what you say, this is wrong. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #8

yeah and once you took heaven05 Jul 2017 #17

hippie shaming was a thing because it was based on values: JHan Jul 2017 #18

i grew up integrated + i loved it. little white me. i always felt racism + sensed it, but now i pansypoo53219 Jul 2017 #3

black people don't understand the biggest source/excuser of racism because certainot Jul 2017 #4

No. Invisible systemic zentrum Jul 2017 #5

no, there's a really idiotic situation where 1200 radio stations are used certainot Jul 2017 #6

i disagree, people who listen to that crap are already racist and listen to it because they agree JI7 Jul 2017 #7

Exactly. Rush or Sean or Trump appeal to people who Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #9

rw radio is a PSYOPS and the racists may be part of the primary target but certainot Jul 2017 #11

Not at all, for instance when a certain progressive radio host and a certain Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #13

there are a shitload of people getting it passively along with news traffic weather etc who certainot Jul 2017 #15

in most parts of the country there are no free easy alts for politics and news certainot Jul 2017 #10

I'd love to see some objective numbers which support your premise alone. LanternWaste Jul 2017 #12

what would you say happened in this country the last 30 years? certainot Jul 2017 #14

We had a black president. What we are seeing now is a backlash against the progress we made JI7 Jul 2017 #16

what fuels the backlash? certainot Jul 2017 #19

Talk radio appeals to them because it says what they want to believe JI7 Jul 2017 #20

so you're saying it's a 95% monopoly because that's what americans want? certainot Jul 2017 #21

Not all. Just the racists. JI7 Jul 2017 #22

racism isn't the only reason they listen certainot Jul 2017 #23

you think racism is genetic and environment doesn't matter then certainot Jul 2017 #24

Because being a racist is something that you either are or are not, obviously, with no in-between. YoungDemCA Jul 2017 #28

Yes there is in between but when one supports trump its very clear JI7 Jul 2017 #30

You claim correlation between cause and effect as an absolute, and offer zero evidence. LanternWaste Jul 2017 #25

your sister's a whore, your brother a thief, and you're a traitor certainot Jul 2017 #27

Black people deal with bigotry throughout their lives. Even more so decades ago JI7 Jul 2017 #29

White people stopped supporting democrats before Reagan. They stopped after lbj signed civil rights JI7 Jul 2017 #31

there's a huge spectrum of degrees of racism based on life experience, education, certainot Jul 2017 #32

they aren't living in north korea. and right wingers in boston and philadelphia also spew the racist JI7 Jul 2017 #33

never mind, you either didn't read or won't believe that certainot Jul 2017 #34

Here's a test for those of us who are white- Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2017 #26