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At 03:23 PM 1/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>----- Original Message -----<br>
From: "Michael Perelman"
<michael@ecst.csuchico.edu><br><br>
>The quantity of listeners is not of primary importance. More
important is<br>
>to get radical minority views aired.<br><br>
Who cares if minority view are aired if nobody listens?
</blockquote><br>
those are the only choices? either entertain or
<i>nobody</i> listens?<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>The point is to get the most
radical viewpoints aired to the maximum number of people. <br>
I agree with Doug that you could get many non-leftists listening if the
presentation<br>
is entertaining. </blockquote><br>
of course, people go for entertainment. guess the reason i
don't listen to rush limbaugh, it al, is that i just can't stand being
entertained.<br><br>
according to business interests, sex and violence is entertaining and
gets lots of attention from the public. maybe pacifica should
throw a little of that into the mix.<br><br>
what's entertaining about most radical viewpoints?
<br><br>
how would you package them?!<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>A lot of non-rightwing people
listen to talk radio for<br>
that very reason, but it gives those rightwingers a chance to
propagandize<br>
every day.</blockquote><br>
is there a left wing equivalent of the entertaining phrase
"feminazi"?<br><br>
why hasn't all that available entertainment converted you and doug,
nathan? or has it?<br><br>
R<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>-- Nathan
Newman</blockquote></html>