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Ebone4rock
SFN Regular
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 Posted - 04/19/2010 : 13:45:00 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Originally posted by Robb
He was clearly making fun if you listened to it. |
Yes. But...
Consider this: Rush's "Dittoheads" and Pat Robertson's believers share many characteristics. When Robertson says God is punishing Haiti for making a deal with the Devil, his audience tends to take this literally and believe it. Rush's Dittoheads are equally ignorant and bigoted. Rush may be joking, but most of his listeners take him literally. Rush gets to make an absurd theological/political point which is taken seriously, yet it is one he can (quasi-semi-honestly, in this case) later laugh off as a gag.
Limbaugh knows exactly the game he's playing. (He's the one who disparagingly and arrogantly named his own loyal fans "Dittoheads" in the first place.) Both Limbaugh and Robertson deal with ignorant and literal-minded followers who are far from subtle in their thought processes.
Maybe Limbaugh wants some of Robertson's evangelist BS action. This way, he gets to do that without looking quite the idiot that Robertson always does. Or maybe Rush just wants to laugh at his Dittoheads some more.
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Maybe Limbaugh is taking notes from the L. Ron Hubbard School of Foolery and seeing how many people he can get to believe ridiculous shit while he sits back and laughs. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 04/19/2010 : 17:26:14 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ebone4rock
Originally posted by HalfMooner
Originally posted by Robb
He was clearly making fun if you listened to it. |
Yes. But...
Consider this: Rush's "Dittoheads" and Pat Robertson's believers share many characteristics. When Robertson says God is punishing Haiti for making a deal with the Devil, his audience tends to take this literally and believe it. Rush's Dittoheads are equally ignorant and bigoted. Rush may be joking, but most of his listeners take him literally. Rush gets to make an absurd theological/political point which is taken seriously, yet it is one he can (quasi-semi-honestly, in this case) later laugh off as a gag.
Limbaugh knows exactly the game he's playing. (He's the one who disparagingly and arrogantly named his own loyal fans "Dittoheads" in the first place.) Both Limbaugh and Robertson deal with ignorant and literal-minded followers who are far from subtle in their thought processes.
Maybe Limbaugh wants some of Robertson's evangelist BS action. This way, he gets to do that without looking quite the idiot that Robertson always does. Or maybe Rush just wants to laugh at his Dittoheads some more.
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Maybe Limbaugh is taking notes from the L. Ron Hubbard School of Foolery and seeing how many people he can get to believe ridiculous shit while he sits back and laughs. |
I think you're on target. It's a personality thing with Limbaugh. It makes him feel smart and powerful to manipulate his audience. That he's chosen to use right-wing politics and made-up fantasies in so doing is just a matter of chance.
But since his audience takes him literally, people must respond to him literally as well. |
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moakley
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 04/20/2010 : 05:40:47 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Robb
He was clearly making fun if you listened to it.
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And Rush has stated on more than one occassion that everybody knows that his show is just entertainment. And O'Reilly admits that everyone knows that his show is just opinions. And Beck admits the he is just a commentator. Problem is there is no shortage of ignorant consumers eating their shit up.
edited to add: And even after stating the above I have had 2 die-hards still claim that I need to watch more Fox News.
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| Edited by - moakley on 04/20/2010 07:59:33 |
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