Reply #36: Sounds Like A Textbook Case [View All]

Of overexposure to Hate Radio and right-wing agit-prop. There are people who I get into these discussions with, and as soon as they drop little, cloying bits of invective or lingo, I know it's pretty much useless- because every single answer will be a regurgitation of one of about 10 "talking points" that these various sources are all putting out, constantly.

Everything is "liberal media this" and "Kerry is an anti-american flip-flopper" and "George Bush is a patriot who is keeping us safe". Never mind that these assertions bear no relationship, whatsoever, to reality... They are self-evident, axiomatic truths in AM Radio land, like the idea that most Merkins' hard earned tax dollars are lining the pockets of bon-bon eating welfare queens, and not, say, Halliburton Execs.

She may be a lost cause, unless you can get her plugged into some alternate sources of information.