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In reply to the discussion: No, younger Democrats, this isn't like Nixon. This is like Nixon on crack. [View all]Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)was.... the left knew stuff about secret CIA operations, the fact that the gulf of tonkin resolution was based on a lie... and various other arcane details of the war that the general population didnt know, but I honestly dont think anyone in the left media , or the mainstream media was making stuff up. All the atrocities of the war were in living color on tv every night...there was actually investigative reporting most notably Bernstein/woodward. There was conservative media but just publications, a few commentators maybe.... nothing like the vast propaganda machine it now is. The John Birch society (closest in philsophy to the far right wing of the repub party and white nationalists of today) was considered wayyy fringe loony right wing whackos.
All this plays into whether "we the people" will be able to hold the crooks accountable.... or not. I still remember my Repub-voting dad one day telling me "maybe he (Nixon) ought to resign" simply based on the evidence he was reading in the newspaper. Im not optimistic that this stubborn 30-40% or so who believe the propaganda are going to see the light - theres enough of them to cause trouble andlive in their self contained universe and perpetuate their fantasy view of reality.
Have yall listened to RW radio lately?