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In reply to the discussion: A Major New Study Shows That Political Polarization Is Mainly A Right-Wing Phenomenon [View all]JHan
(10,173 posts)12. Democratic themes or not just plain ole fact?
Republicans have lost the argument on a bunch of issues.
Let's remember that during the 60's, the Birchers sought to fight against what they saw as a take over by leftists who framed the narrative on issues like civil rights, the environment, etc. Conservative foundations and institutes, and think tanks, sprung up to combat "leftist ideas" , the goal being to assault an increasing awareness about all the isms in society which exposed ugly truths the Birchers had no interest in confronting.
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A Major New Study Shows That Political Polarization Is Mainly A Right-Wing Phenomenon [View all]
JHan
Mar 2017
OP
True! But where does it go? Hopefully we will not descend into outright Nazism.
Fast Walker 52
Mar 2017
#43
Free speech rights don't include fraud. Right-wing media trick people into voting against their ...
JEFF9K
Mar 2017
#4
A large part of the problem is that alot of the people that follow Breitbart and similar media
cstanleytech
Mar 2017
#5
many news organizations that supported Republicans in the past did not support Trump
JI7
Mar 2017
#9
Umm ... no, because media's job is reporting on actual 'truth', not made-up bullshit ...
mr_lebowski
Mar 2017
#10
The MSM doesnt' always report truth though and that's part of the problem too
DemocraticSocialist8
Mar 2017
#41
You're blaming "liberal media" for driving Republicans into the arms of extremist ideologues?
VOX
Mar 2017
#26
this is true-- I know that true lefty media can never seem to get going because of a lack of funding
Fast Walker 52
Mar 2017
#45
THere is another factor I've noticed. We can identify sources as being left, right, center, etc.
Amaryllis
Mar 2017
#23
what is truly fucking idiotic is that there is probably no factoring for the main player
certainot
Mar 2017
#25
Whut??? You're telling me that centuries worth of data from every accredited
lambchopp59
Mar 2017
#32
thanks for posting-- I was just going to post this myself but figured someone else beat me to it
Fast Walker 52
Mar 2017
#42