2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumI Couldn't Believe My Ears
In the car today flipping radio channels and happened upon the whining of hate radio jock Mark Levine. You probably have heard him and his hate shtick and would recognize his high-pitched nasal voice if you heard it.
Before I get to the main point, I have to say that when discussing McKinney Texas and the treatment of a teenage African American lady, from a cop a caller disagreed with Levine. Mark Levine immediately called him a fraud, talked over him and then hung up on the caller.
But, then Mark Levine, Mr. Revolution himself, the man who demands that we stand up to authority, especially federal government authority because "freedom" defended the policeman who saved McKinney TX from death and destruction from a 14 year old girl wearing a bikini for this reason.
The teenage girl in a bikini, and the other American teens who happened to be African-American had broken the Home Owners Association by-laws.
Yes, breaking the Home Owners Association by-laws justifies drawing guns, abusing a teenage girl and even more(!) if they don't behave and follow the rules!
I swear he said this and then there were several white men callers who were thrilled to be on hate radio, called Mark Levine sir, and gushed at his all knowing presence.
Seriously, this is what we're up against. White men, who are privileged anyway who can't grasp the contradiction of what took place and that is -
Revolution is needed when white people are required to behave especially at the federal level but...
Home Owners Association by-laws allegedly broken ( I say allegedly because they'll kill black folks over this) and Mark Levine, Mr. Revolution said that the McKinney teens should have not broken the by-laws. His reason was that you can't have freedom without law and order. I'm not making this up. That is what he said.
And the pasty, pudgy camo wearing white dudes who called in ate it up.
Yep, feds try to reign in banks, health care corps, and its time for revolution. But let a 14 year old African American girl talk back to a cop, and Mark Levine says jail her and them.
Kevin from WI
(184 posts)Mark Levine is a horrible human being. He exemplifies everything that is wrong with the GOP, the tea party, and talk radio. He stirs up his hateful listeners into a rage everyday and they tune in for more. Most listeners will die from heart attacks, because being that pissed off all the time is not healthy. I work with one of those listeners so I have to hear this BS from him all the time.
JustAnotherGen
(32,062 posts)I'll have to see if I can get a download of that. Would be great to take that with me while GOTV in 2016.
I.E. - This is those people - over there. They don't care about your daughter at all. It's funny to them if someone does that to her.
Then point out our nominee holds the keys to the SCOTUS . . .
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Of course, one of the problems with radio talk shows, and I believe it's intentional is lack of evidence of what they spew.
Then they deny they said it. Over and over again.
The copyright laws have been abused for this purpose, as well.
kimbutgar
(21,290 posts)Funny on right wing radio if you disagree with them they yell at you and hang up. On progressive radio they treat right wing callers like a cat around a mouse who plays with the mouse for awhile then eats it. They let them spew, then follow up with facts and let them get all upset that their fox talking points paradigms are crushed. I hear it on Stephanie Miller. Thom Hartmann, Michealangelo and Mark Thompson is the best. Rights wiing radio dj's are such wimps.