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I lean traditional[1], not Conservative (TM), and I find Breitbart just as insufferable as MSNBC or CNN. They’re all using the same formula of eliciting emotion
by User23 5y ago
I lean traditional[1], not Conservative (TM), and I find Breitbart just as insufferable as MSNBC or CNN. They’re all using the same formula of eliciting emotional responses and using them to assign and cement opinions to their victims.
I don’t agree with their political beliefs, but I find Taibbi and Greenwald readable. It’s hard to put a finger on what it is exactly, but you can tell they have far more intellectual respect for their readers than the mainstream propagandists do.
[1] Think Chesterton’s Fence applied to politics.
- leephillips 5y ago“Think Chesterton’s Fence applied to politics.” I like this. I may have to adapt this somehow. “Where do you stand on....” “I’m on the fence—the Chesterton fence.”