[BC] could someone explain this to me?

[gRAdy Moates]

I fear that the recent events that gave rise to Homeland Security
issues have moved a lot of people's mindsets back into an
us-them mentality.  In order to de-humanize the faction you fear,
you use labels and name-calling.

It stands to reason that many folks who start listening to something
like this don't like some of the extreme language, but they hang
around anyway to try to glean some useful content from the dreck.
As time goes by, and as the fear factor settles in, more and more
people become inured to this kind of thing, and then hate-mongers
use it as a tool to further their own agendas.

Or it could be sample-wobble.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Halper" <dlh at donnahalper.com>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] could someone explain this to me?


>
>>it was asked--
>>
>>I've heard him from time to time (and usually only for a short time), but 
>>I
>>don't recall anything that fits in the bigoted category. What is that he's
>>said that fits this description?
>
> Well, constantly asserting that liberals are people who are  both godless 
> and mentally ill doesn't strike me as constructive, nor does calling 
> Supreme court justices with whom he disagrees Communists, or referring to 
> foreign countries as Turd World countries, or his famous rants about gay 
> people...  I understand the need for hyperbole on a talk show, and again I 
> am saying there are extremes on BOTH sides of the spectrum.  But I was 
> curious about how a controversial host who basically rants for 3 hours has 
> his ratings go up so much *recently*.
>
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