Please! Stop Calling RW Talk Shows!

[liberalpress]

You'll only be made a foll and that will not help the cause.

I don't care how reasoned your argument is, how many facts you have to back it up and how calm you remain.

The deck is stacked against you. You have a better chance of becoming president tomorrow at 6am than of winning an argument with a right wing talk host. I hve heard far to many of us get cut to shreds on the radio. Do not let it happen again! Please!


OK rant off! I feel much better now

[RufusEarl]

1. Damn dude hit the spell check!

[bpilgrim]

2. disagree

we need to flood all the M$M with our voices even if they laugh at us.

i usually get them pissed on air :evilgrin:

peace

[liberalpress]

5. The problem is...

their laughing at us only makes us look weak and ineffective. It is a far better strategy to win hearts and minds one by one, face to face. Then hope the cheerleaders eventually ask the questions. Concentrate on winning elections by a margin big enough to beat the black boxes.

[bpilgrim]

10. can they laugh at everyone?

let's get'm to try :evilgrin:


more...
http://GLobalFreePress.com

stop worry'n bout 'our' image... the reTHUGs need to worry about theirs.

peace

[stepnw1f]

3. LOL... Like They Won't Call Us That Anyways... ok

Grow some balls/ovaries.

[LSparkle]

4. Disagree also

Just take some deep breaths, write a script, whatever to keep calm, but we MUST get our voices out there -- silence only makes the RWNJs think they really ARE in the majority.

[liberalpress]

7. None of that is effective.

Getting our voicecs heard in that arena is a complete waste of time. Kind of like going into a biker bar and calling the assembled crowd a bunch of pussies. All you do is get beat up for no reason.

[LSparkle]

13. Not physical slings and arrows, though ... Home of the BRAVE my ass

If we don't stand up to these Thugs, we get what we deserve -- a dismissive, dictatorial government. It's essential to fight back, even if it's a losing battle, just to prove that WE EXIST and do NOT support what this administration is doing.

[John Q. Citizen]

6. Which right wing shows put liberals on the air?

[liberalpress]

8. All of them.. (at least in my experience)

... at least once or twice a day. It calms the sociopaths... like pulling wings off flies or setting fire to puppies.

[Drewskie]

25. I've heard Hannity do it.(nt)

[bliss_eternal]

9. I don't even listen to them--

so no problem here! :hi:

[Mabus]

14. No kidding

we even go so far as to boycott sponsors AND then call let the sponsors know the reason we are boycotting them.

[bliss_eternal]

17. Good for you!

That's definitely worthwhile!

Which isn't to say that those that listen and call in to comment aren't...just that I can't stomach their crap long enough to listen.

[Mabus]

20. I have to credit my fellow KS/MO DU'ers

they post who the sponsors are on our state forums. Working together does wonders. :hi:

[bliss_eternal]

23. That's GREAT!

Way to go, KS/MO! :applause:

:yourock:

[Pam-Moby]

11. It is the individuals choice!

So let the repubs spew without any opposition. I think not, It is getting the word out on the lies.

[Canuckistanian]

12. I listen to self proclaimed "liberals" and cringe

They never get their facts straight, they are too easily pulled off message by the host and they're much too deferential.

I always get more steamed at the liberal callers who screw up and let the host feel more superior.

[Initech]

15. I agree, it's just adding more lighter fluid to their fire

[EvolveOrConvolve]

16. I agree with you

Like some of the other posters have pointed out, we shouldn't be backing down from these sleazebags. However, it does no good to call with opinions contrary to a right-wing-radio-whore. They generally only let those liberals on air who are bumbling fumbling idiots. The sort of people that DO NOT help our cause, and have a hard time putting a coherent sentence together using good argumentative mechanics. A well spoken liberal backed by facts and reason has very little chance of making it on air.

The best thing to do is to STOP listening to the dolts. In some markets, conservative radio listenership is almost %50 nonconservative. Kill a show's ratings, and they're forced to either change their style or go out of business.

[liberalpress]

18. Bing! More effective than calling.

[Mabus]

19. Boycotting the sponsors is always a good thing

but you have to remember to call the sponsors and tell them.

[liberalpress]

21. also effective

... send product back to manufacturer that you already purchased.. even if you've used a portion of it. A lot of times they don't believe you if you say your going to do something. More important: show them!

[bpilgrim]

22. you shouldn't call in with just opinions

call in with FACTS and be cheerful =)

the more we FLOOD their airways with FACTS the less useful they are at trying to HIDE them.

burying your head in the sand isn't going to make them go away... remember how we got here!

peace

[liberalpress]

24. No facts don't work...

RW talk show hosts discredit the sources. Unless you get it from the Drudge report, they'll claim it is bogus.

[bpilgrim]

26. facts always work - just gotta get them out there

you aren't talking to the host you are talking to the listeners, it really doesn't matter what the fool says.

peace

[liberalpress]

27. Problem is, the host runs the show.

Let's say your fact is from "The New York times" -- a liberal, hate America paper pushing its own pro-terrorist agenda.

How about a liberal blog? -- Oh, please... it's just part of a the Michael Moore Barabra Streisand Hollywood loving Bush bashing, hate-America crowd.


If the listeners were even tempted to "believe" your fact.. the last thing they hear before you are cut off, is how big of a lie your fact was. They win, we lose.

[B Calm]

28. Who in their right mind even listens to RW radio?

[liberalpress]

33. Exactly why we shouldn't call

Seriously, bet the rent money in Vegas, you have a better chance of winning

[NMMNG]

29. I'd never listen to one of those pieces of swill, let alone call into one.

:puke:

[alphafemale]

30. ...Unless.

You are really good enough to sneak a thought bomb by the 8 second drop button.

It has happened. But not often.

In most cases it's not worth the effort or grief.

But IF you make the attempt, sound like somewhat of an idiot to the screener.
Otherwise you'll never even get a chance.

You think they'll knowingly let an articulate Liberal on the air? HA!

[DanCa]

31. I am not telling anyone what to do. But who'd want to talk to Hannity?

Honestly he exploited a woman on her death bed. I wouldn't want his evil vermin anywhere within five of me. You guys can do what you want, but I dread they day if I ever meet him face to face.I have rage issues and a big bad bat.

[NuttyFluffers]

32. life's too short and fun to waste my time listening to them.

i never understood the appeal others derived from listening and calling in to RW clap trap, but whatever. if they think sticking a hot poker in their ass is fun too, who am i to say they should stop? laissez le bon temps roulez, no? :shrug:

[Libby2]

34. Maybe not listening to them would help too.

[liberalpress]

35. It's my job..

.. tho I don't listen as much as I can

[Ikonoklast]

36. I don't listen. I don't call.

I write down a list of sponsors that each show has. I write a letter to those advertisers that they are trying to sell their product/services on a program that also sells hate and intolerance. I then tell them that I will not use their products as long as they support right-wing hate.

I send copies to the Limpballs, O'Liellys, Faux, Beck, whoever.


Even an axe made out of paper will cut down the mightiest tree, if used long enough.

[Cocoa]

37. I heard a caller kick Laura Ingraham's ass yesterday

Laura seriously lost her cool and lost the argument, had to go to commercial and was still shaken when she came back.