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Playinghardball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 01:54 PM Original message |
Occupy Boston’ protesters gather outside ‘fascist’ Fox affiliate |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm just curious. Do we call everything we don't like as Democrats, |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Fascism = corporate/money control of politics/government. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. No we don't. We fight over everything. |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. So, is Fox News, or MSNBC for that matter, a governmental system led by a dictator |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. No, but FOX fits that almost to a T. So, while it's hyperbole, I'm |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Have you seen what this administration has done reference access by the press? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. "You won't have a shutdown of news in modern America - it is not possible." |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The quote below could be applied to many administrations, both conservative and progressive. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. At minimum, the press could once sort out a teapot dome, a watergate. |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I understand your points and am in general agreement. But I would certainly |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. In my eyes, Viet Nam was badly done. But there were elements. |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. A viewpoint and argument to consider |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. While not having a "dictator" per se, the Republican Party |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. They have no more or less amount of power to persuade than MSNBC or CNN. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Yeah, like they did from 2001-2008. |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Is Farben AG a dictator? |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Not really. And running around waving your hands in the air saying so |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Citation? |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Is Merriam-Webster a good enough cite for you? |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Cherry picking. |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Don't like that I correctly defined it, so you bring in all the 1900's anachronisms. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-11 07:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. This warms my heart |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's very odd . . . |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. I understand what you're saying when you say |
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IndyPragmatist (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Actually, this station is owned by NewsCorp |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Many Fox affiliates are owned by the infamous Sinclair Broadcasting |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have been waiting for them.. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. In a year or so, they'll storm it, take it over, and force Fox And Friends |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-05-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yeah! |
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