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This succinctly explains my problem with the
« on: August 10, 2004, 10:16:21 AM »
"conservative" media.

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As any listener of a Clear Channel AM station can tell you, good radio today means keeping the Manicheans listening.  The format is:  reduce complex moral and geopolitical realities to simple black-and-white characterizations, throw in a few ad hominems, and damn the facts.


None of society's problems are simple black and white, and this format is severely affecting critical thought in this country.  We're breeding a whole new class of authoritarian personalities.
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This succinctly explains my problem with the
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2004, 11:41:11 AM »
*blinks*

Manicheans? I had no idea they were considered a radio audience...
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This succinctly explains my problem with the
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2004, 01:28:14 PM »
I think the author was using the second definition and the fundie christians are dualists because that's what they are told they are.
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This succinctly explains my problem with the
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2004, 01:30:35 PM »
Huh huh huh huh!  You said "succinctly".  :lol:
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This succinctly explains my problem with the
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2004, 05:18:25 PM »
I tried reading that article and just couldn't manage it. I'm not sure why, but I just couldn't focus on it.

Did it actually come to a point anywhere in there?
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