RE: Only in America
August 17, 2011 at 3:55 pm
(This post was last modified: August 17, 2011 at 3:59 pm by Faith No More.)
(August 17, 2011 at 9:09 am)Rhythm Wrote: Faith, they already believed that sort of shit was true before Fox News came to be. Pandering to a demographic. Without Fox they would be exactly who they are, just different talking points.
Well, my father in law was raised by an old school Catholic mom who taught her kids not like anything different. I can tell that he's coming to the realization that a lot of what he was brought up to believe is wrong, and if he would watch something other than Fox News, he would be aligned differently in his political views.
Of course, he comes from a large family where 'liberal' is a dirty word and he would never be open about it. You'll just have to trust me on this one that the propaganda machine has a strangle hold on him.
(August 17, 2011 at 11:25 am)frankiej Wrote: That is nothing... we have David Cameron to put up with...
From what I can tell from the little I've read about him, he is a tree hugging hippie compared to American conservatives.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
