tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post3025602966885026820..comments2024-03-28T12:18:49.592-04:00Comments on Hackwhackers: Saturday Morning Readinghackwhackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904133306530977699noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-90245950310669711692017-11-11T10:25:43.832-05:002017-11-11T10:25:43.832-05:00There's no doubt the right- wing media complex...There's no doubt the right- wing media complex, which has always been with us but has been supercharged in the last few decades by the likes of Fox, Breitbart, and the hate radio networks, has created an environment unlike any we've experienced in the past. The Nelson Rockefellers and George Romneys of today would be identified as Democrats for the most part; what used to be the "liberal wing" of the Republican Party dried up and blew away years ago. As long as we have right- wing media fueling resentment and umbrage, we'll have people exhibiting resentment and umbrage - a condition that I think is here to stay.<br /><br />Go Blue!W. Hackwhackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3818578330277648986.post-54865001769029821972017-11-11T09:42:51.282-05:002017-11-11T09:42:51.282-05:00Another interesting question that we already know ...Another interesting question that we already know the answer to is, what are the conditions that exist today that prevent a party of Nelson Rockefellers and George Romneys from existing? It's the right wing media complex and donors like the Kochs and Mercers that are mostly to blame (I think), but it is interesting that such forces were non-existent or fringe circa 1940-1964. Like you say, resistance to racial and economic equality (and racial resentment) made it possible to bring those fringe elements to the mainstreamSilver Spring Bureau Chiefnoreply@blogger.com