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Vinnie From Indy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 03:01 PM
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How To FIGHT Hate Radio Without Listening To the Shows!
If you want to have some fun with hate radio without listening to the shows, you should copy down the "call-in" numbers listed below and once or twice a week call the numbers to get on the air. You don't have to listen to the shows, but you do have to know when the shows are on so your call will get on the air. If your call is answered, it will be by a call screener. Their job is to "screen" calls to weed out intelligent opposition and pass through to the host those calls that support the host's views. They also will occasionally put on the air the most extreme, whacko Lefty they can find for the host to beat up for a few minutes. If your call is answered, you should immediately gush praise for the host and say that you are mad about what the liberals are trying to do to America. Don't specify a topic and hopefully the screener will ask you questions that you can use to clue in to what the topic is. Sometimes you will get a live feed of the show while waiting for the screener and that can help you identify the topic. Regardless, just continue to rail on liberals and if things look dicey, just mention that it is probably Ted Kennedy's fault and they will likely shoot you to the top of the call list. When you get on the air, START SLOW! Don't just blurt out your message. You can deliver quite alot of your message by gradually drawing in the host and then BLAMMO! Let 'em have it! The shows are on delay so if you just blurt out a naked message, you will be bleeped. If a few hundred people carry around the 800 numbers and call once or twice a week, it will make it more difficult for the shows to operate without hiring actors to pretend to be the audience. With cell phones you can call while in line at the grocery or waiting for your car to get washed or whenever you have a free moment.

Rush - Show Call-in Number 1-800-282-2882
Sean Hannity - 800-941-7326
Dr. Laura - 1-800-DR-LAURA
Boortz call-in number: (877) 310-2100
Michael "WEINER" Savage - 1-800-449-8255.
Laura Ingraham - Call-in number 1-800-876-4123
Bill O'Reilly - Call-in number 1-877-9-NO-SPIN

Vinnie
http://www.indynewsblog.com

The Freeway Blogger has a hilarious strategy for tying up hate radio and making the more volatile hosts lose control. He calls the shows and fools the screeners into thinking he will support the hosts views. When he gets on the air, he slowly starts to inject more and more truth and finally, he unloads the main message. He has a few examples of shows he has done. The snippet of his call to Savage is hilarious and worth a read.


http://www.freewayblogger.com/funwithhateradio.htm
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itzamirakul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 03:12 PM
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1. Great idea! LOL
I like your idea even if I am not the right person to do the calling...I would probably laugh or something and give myself away.

I am going to keep the info you supplied in case I get enough confidence to keep a straight face.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 03:21 PM
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3. the Freeway Blogger is hysterical!
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Vinnie From Indy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 04:53 PM
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5. His Model is great one for getting out a message! n/t
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recovering democrat Donating Member (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 03:18 PM
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2. "you are so smart"
I listen to them periodically just to appreciate what they are doing now. My all time favorite call-ins was a guy who called Hannity. He was one of the callers they put on from the "loony left" to let Hannity destroy them. He made really outrageous statements and them never let Hannity finish a sentence by talking and interrupting Hannity who of course tried to give the appearance of fairness, but just had to point out how badly this guy had it wrong. He repeated over and over again how smart Hannity must be and how intelligent he was to know all this important stuff, and he appreciated hiw show giving him the opportunity to discuss this. He threw Hannity completely off his "game" and he just finally "had to go to a commercial". Another caller did a similar routine on Boortz, and he had trouble dealing with it also, so he just hung up on the guy.

It just made them sound so mean-spirited without letting them overwhelm the caller with their talking points. Maybe another style to effectively fight them?
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 03:22 PM
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4. Great stuff.
I have at our local shows every so often.

Usually it's when they start talking about the 'Gay Agenda'.
I patiently explain to them and to their listeners that homosexuality was an evolutionary adjustment to ensure the success of the children when disasters occurred. (More non-reproducing adults to care for the young.)
Then I ask the host to try to remember when he 'decided' to be 'straight'. Usually they admit they cannot recall, and that I've made a good point. (They're relatively thoughtful conservatives.)

I'm usually a friendly Devil's Advocate though.
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-05 11:41 PM
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6. Funny n/t
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