[lbo-talk] Why are the US-ers such assholes?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Nov 1 11:03:39 PST 2005


Mark Bennett wrote:


>My mother does as well: it's EXTREMELY strange. The first thing she
>does in the morning is turn on the radio to hear the local Limbaugh
>clone rail and blither. Then the syndicated shows come on, and in the
>afternoon the television is tuned to Fox to catch Hannity, Matthews, or
>whomever. Of course, the radio stays on all this time. And so it goes
>until she retires for the day. The woman willingly submerges herself in
>propaganda every waking minute of every day. It's absolutely bizarre -
>Goebbels must be shaking his head in whatever part of the infernal
>regions he currently inhabits.

Hatred is energizing, esp when you feel marginal & powerless. We need to make it work for us!

Doug



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