Re: Why is a sizable chunk of the GOP behaving like liberals?

Subject	Re: Why is a sizable chunk of the GOP behaving like liberals?
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From	Dänk 42Ø <dank@nugget.com>
Organization	Moonijuana
Date	2016-03-20 05:25 +0000
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On 18/03/16 19:09, DoD wrote:
> http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/18/gop-smart-set-plots-blacklist-of-trump-supporters/
>
>
> As far as I can tell, they are complaining that Donald Trump is not a
> "true conservative" yet they are adopting
> every dirty trick in the liberal playbook including blacklisting
> people.... Two years ago, if I heard the word
> blacklisted, they first thing that would have come to my mind would have
> been liberal hollywood punishing
> conservatives...

The original Hollywood blacklisting was an outcome of McCarthyism, named
after the paranoid Republican senator from Wisconsin who believed that
Communists had infiltrated the U.S. government, media and entertainment,
and were hiding under every bed in America.

But you are correct that these days Hollywood blacklists rightists.  But
unlike the original McCarthyism, which targeted leftists, there does not
seem to be any government pressure to do so.  Hollywood and the rest of
the American infotainment industry, advertising industry, etc. wields
far more power over public opinion than government.  The current
presidential election resembles a cross between the "Jerry Springer"
show and "Bum Fights."  The "blacklisted" actors are being punished
less for their personal ideological beliefs than their refusal to
play the role they've been assigned in a fake reality show.

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Why is a sizable chunk of the GOP behaving like liberals? "DoD" <danskisanjar@gmail.com> - 2016-03-18 14:09 -0500
  Re: Why is a sizable chunk of the GOP behaving like liberals? First Post <Liberals-Have-No-Point-If-They-Can't-Lie-About-It@DumbassedDemocrats.com> - 2016-03-18 16:10 -0500
    Re: Why is a sizable chunk of the GOP behaving like liberals? "DoD" <danskisanjar@gmail.com> - 2016-03-19 01:56 -0500
  Re: Why is a sizable chunk of the GOP behaving like liberals? ¡Jones <¡Jones@fubahor.com> - 2016-03-18 23:08 -0500
    Re: Why is a sizable chunk of the GOP behaving like liberals? "DoD" <danskisanjar@gmail.com> - 2016-03-19 01:51 -0500
      Re: Why is a sizable chunk of the GOP behaving like liberals? ¡Jones <¡Jones@fubahor.com> - 2016-03-19 11:47 -0500
  Re: Why is a sizable chunk of the GOP behaving like liberals? Mr. B1ack <nowhere@nada.net> - 2016-03-19 22:21 -0400
  Re: Why is a sizable chunk of the GOP behaving like liberals? Dänk 42Ø <dank@nugget.com> - 2016-03-20 05:25 +0000

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