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Initech

(100,070 posts)
Thu Feb 2, 2023, 11:40 PM Feb 2023

The biggest threat currently facing America isn't in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Last edited Fri Feb 3, 2023, 10:44 AM - Edit history (1)

The biggest threat currently facing America resides in New York City and it's being broadcast to millions of homes every night. That's right - it's America's most watched news network, Fox News. Fox News actively engages every night in something called "stochastic terrorism". It's when people use a carefully coordinated series of images and words designed to scramble a person's brain and cause them to act out in ways not limited to and even including violence and death. Think of it like that brainwashing scene in Stanley Kubrick's classic flick A Clockwork Orange, except that it's not forced on you. People voluntarily choose to watch this crap.

Fox News is owned by Australian billionaire Rupert Murdoch who has a grudge against any and all progressively run countries. Rupert is in the process of retiring and leaving the company to his son Lachlan Murdoch, who is steering things into embracing dictators and religious fascism that borders on Neo-Nazism. Free thinking and well educated populaces aren't for him. He wants things dumbed down to the maximum extent and things spiraling out of control. It's good for ratings. Fox News is actively brainwashing your friends, family, even Nana and Pop-pop and turning their brains into mush by actively using what I like to call "fear porn" - images of death and destruction combined with headlines like "SAN FRANCISCO IS BEING DESTROYED BY ANTIFA!!!!!" every single night. And it's an addiction for some folks who have this shit being fed into their brains 24 hours a day.

Fox News is also the opposite of everything good and anything that might indicate actual progress is being made on an issue. A ban on gas stoves? Preposterous! Crank those gas stoves up to 11 and inhale the fumes! Doesn't matter if you burn your whole neighborhood down or get killed in an explosion or die of asphyxiation, you're owning the libs! Ha ha ha ha ha! Mass shootings at an all time high? Don't ban guns, buy the biggest guns you can possibly buy! No silencers or safety measures either! Because exploding things is fun! Your truck that's the size of a house polluting the environment? Don't listen to liberal pressure! Break that diesel filter and let the smoke fly in the faces of your Prius driving friends! You see where I'm going with this.

Thanks to Fox News, it's emboldened your average Joes and Janes who think they can run school boards and city councils. But they can't and they're causing nothing but chaos. Which is absolutely intentional because they listen to Fox. And these subhumans are currently banning books that contain words and phrases that may inspire critical and independent thought, and any mention of something called Critical Race Theory, but they couldn't tell you what CRT is. Hell even their elected representatives couldn't tell you what CRT is. Other than it makes white people stupid because it teaches about America's racist past. Hell if German kids can learn about the Holocaust, American kids can learn about racism. This is why the GOP is morphing into the cult that it is. Independent thought isn't good for Fox's ratings.

Fox News is also inspiring violence across the country. Remember that horrifying mass shooting in Buffalo last year? The shooter directly named Tucker Carlson as one of his inspirations for doing what he did. Tucker Carlson also has had stochastic terrorist Chaya Raichick as a frequent guest on his program, who goes by the social media handle @libsoftiktok. Chaya Raichik was readily and very easily identified as an Insurrection participant. After appearing on his show, her followers threatened to blow up hospitals and murder doctors over trans care for children and some insane internet conspiracy theories, which were later not proven true.

Fox News is also embracing fascist authoritarianism all around the globe. Brexit? It was a product of Sky News. Which - drum roll - is an affiliate of News Corporation. Even Prince Harry in his recent autobiography knew that the Murdochs were bad news. Tucker Carlson loves him some authoritarianism. He loves the ideals of Viktor Orban and Tayyip Erdogan. When the GOP has their annual convention in a country that embraces authoritarian dictators and has said dictators speak at their convention, shouldn't that be a massive wake up call that something is really fucked up?

So if you wonder about this country's slide into the abyss, don't blame the terrorists in Iraq or Afghanistan because they'll probably never set foot on American soil. Fox News has also turned people mean and angry. You ever wonder why your friends are turning against you? Well again it's because they watch Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, and Greg Gutfeld, who have no sense of humor whatsoever. Thanks to Fox, we have our own home grown terrorists - the Proud Boys (ISIS), the III%ers (Al'Qaeda), and the Oath Keepers (Taliban). If you're looking for someone to blame, instead blame the Tucker Carlsons and Sean Hannitys and Maria Baritromos and Jeannie Pirros residing at 1211 Avenue Of The Americas in New York City. Stochastic terrorism is very real and it's very profitable, and it's a booming business right now. They're the real threat facing America today.

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The biggest threat currently facing America isn't in Iraq or Afghanistan. (Original Post) Initech Feb 2023 OP
And this is their self-proclaimed criminal-intent identity: Justice matters. Feb 2023 #1
+1 dalton99a Feb 2023 #2
k&r! Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2023 #3
I think you're giving Fox too much credit. Elessar Zappa Feb 2023 #4
They have influence beyond those watching. summer_in_TX Feb 2023 #7
I agree that Elessar Zappa Feb 2023 #15
Oh I know people who are tuned into Fox 24 hours a day. Initech Feb 2023 #10
I understand. Elessar Zappa Feb 2023 #14
There are too many people in this country who watch, thinking this is actual "news!" Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #5
Their business model is feeding racists and bigots anger and fear. Mr. Evil Feb 2023 #6
Completely agree and have said it for a decade since. eom LittleGirl Feb 2023 #8
I've been saying it since they called Florida for Bush! Initech Feb 2023 #11
right. I didn't vote in that election LittleGirl Feb 2023 #12
Your average Janes and Joes are just using FOX as confirmation and cover for their own true feelings Samrob Feb 2023 #9
My family in Florida Tickle Feb 2023 #13
Peril and murder are part of the American fabric now. ananda Feb 2023 #16
Fox News isn't the most watched news network Kaleva Feb 2023 #17

Elessar Zappa

(13,991 posts)
4. I think you're giving Fox too much credit.
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 01:09 AM
Feb 2023

On any given Fox News show, only a couple million Americans are watching.

summer_in_TX

(2,738 posts)
7. They have influence beyond those watching.
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 01:33 AM
Feb 2023

I was shocked to see how influential the right wing personalities are on Twitter. The best known left wing folks seem to have thousands of followers. Those on the right have multiple millions of followers.

And that's just one social medium.

And then there's conservative talk radio. 1500 talk radio stations across the country and often the main media in many communities. Some of the same personalities. Definitely the same modus operandi.

Elessar Zappa

(13,991 posts)
15. I agree that
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 11:36 AM
Feb 2023

overall, there’s a huge amount of right wing propaganda being consumed. I’m just saying that Fox is only a small part of it.

Initech

(100,070 posts)
10. Oh I know people who are tuned into Fox 24 hours a day.
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 02:29 AM
Feb 2023

They are definitely addicted to the right wing propaganda sphere.

Elessar Zappa

(13,991 posts)
14. I understand.
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 11:35 AM
Feb 2023

I’m just saying that only a few million watch even their most popular program, Tucker Carlson.

Rhiannon12866

(205,320 posts)
5. There are too many people in this country who watch, thinking this is actual "news!"
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 01:13 AM
Feb 2023

Turns out I know a couple of them, women who I thought were smarter than that.

Mr. Evil

(2,844 posts)
6. Their business model is feeding racists and bigots anger and fear.
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 01:28 AM
Feb 2023

They love to hear what they believe on TV. It reinforces them.

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LittleGirl

(8,287 posts)
12. right. I didn't vote in that election
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 02:49 AM
Feb 2023

I didn't get involved in politics after Carter lost as I felt so bad that such a good man was not voted in.
then Reagan raised my waitress taxes and I hated him. I didn't get involved until Obama came on the scene.
He was amazing and that's when I learned all about gov't and civics and started voting every election.

Samrob

(4,298 posts)
9. Your average Janes and Joes are just using FOX as confirmation and cover for their own true feelings
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 02:28 AM
Feb 2023

Yeah, FOX is awful but it's the average, white Janes and Joes who enable them to be what they are.

Tickle

(2,520 posts)
13. My family in Florida
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 11:02 AM
Feb 2023

only watches Fox News and they swear by it. They also pay for it through an application.

I do remind them that Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Greg Gutfeld are commentators not news people. I think that is how they get away with some of the most ridiculous things I hear from my brother.

For the record I have tried watching Tucker but his voice and the way he moves his body makes me sick and I can only last maybe 3 minutes. Greg Gutfeld is a practicing comedian. Not a particularly good one but that's what he is. the other guy just turns my stomach and now I'll have nightmares tonight

Kaleva

(36,298 posts)
17. Fox News isn't the most watched news network
Fri Feb 3, 2023, 11:44 AM
Feb 2023

CBS News, ABC News, and NBC News each crush Fox News in the ratings

Fox News is the most watched cable news network. About 3-5% of adults in this country watch Fox News. CNN and MSNBC combined have about as many viewers as Fox.

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