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- From: joltman@cookie-crisp.ai.mit.edu (T. Andy Frakes)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
- Subject: Re: Here Are The Undeniable Truths of Life
- Date: 23 Nov 1992 21:36:20 GMT
- Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
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- In article <105.2B0F4883@business.fidonet.org>, Andy.Soucy@f166.n363.z1.fidonet.org (Andy Soucy) writes:
- |> It appears to me that some of you missed the boat or fell off....
- |> rush may appear to be one sided at times,,,,ok a lot of times,but
- |> all he is trying to do is to balance to scale (the liberal media
- |> scale) His point of his shows is to make us think for our selves
- |> not believe the propaganda they want to believe.whether its rep.or
- |> dem. they want us to believe there side and not the other.
- |> bulllllhocky I say .
- |> the issue is , is it right or is it wrong .who will benifit.
- |> Is it right to put thousands of people out of work and put them on
- |> welfare because of a bird or a fish that can relocate on their own.?
- |> we all pay in the llong run.....
- |> --
- |> Andy Soucy - via FidoNet Node: 1:363/42
- |> UUCP: - ...tarpit!tous!business!166!Andy.Soucy
- |> ARPA: - Andy.Soucy@f166.n363.z1.fidonet.org
-
- Yeah, Rush makes it SOUND like he wants everyone to think for
- ourselves, but what he ACTUALLY does is present a barrage of
- twisted and fragmented 'facts' and then says "Ok, NOW go make your
- own decision." Few people have the time to research his sources
- and see how badly he twists things around. He'll say something like
- "so-and-so said/wrote: [insert fact/partial fact, here] so that means
- that he/she believes: [insert any of Rush's opinions/lies cleverly
- disguised as facts/obvious deductions, here]." Some of these
- deductions about what the person 'believes' are so ludicrous that
- you don't even need to check them because it is obvious that no one
- in their right mind would actually believe such nonsense.
-
- I don't know why you say that Rush is one-sided. According to him,
- HE IS EQUAL TIME. Who's telling the truth? You or Rush?
-
- Rush knows that it is human nature for people to oppose the views
- of someone who is really vocal about them. That's how you decide
- if you believe someone's views. You try to find an argument against
- the views. If you can't, then you'll either make one up (if you're
- closed-minded) or accept the idea. This is why Rush doesn't try to
- directly impose his ideas upon his listeners. Instead, he presents
- others' ideas and makes them sound ludicrous so that you'll
- naturally oppose it and end up on Rush's side. This method also
- allows him to say "See, I'm not trying to impress any beliefs on
- anyone! I just present 'facts' and let you make your own decision!"
-
- He likes using the name 'Slick Willy,' but it's sort of a case of
- the pot calling the kettle black. I suggest that people start
- calling Rush, "SLICK LIMBY."
-
- -Andy
-
- --
- T. Andy Frakes (joltman@ai.mit.edu)
-