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Talking to people who religiously watch Fox News is better than space travel. You get to see what life is like on another planet without the risk of explosive decompression. But if youre a Fox News devotee and insist that the rest of the world is crazy, this list is for you. Please, get help.
You might be watching too much Fox News if:
1. You are OUTRAGED at how Obama has shredded the Constitution but cant name any rights youve lost since January 20, 2009.
2. You think record breaking cold weather in the middle of winter disproves Global Warming.
3. You think record breaking cold weather in the middle of winter disproves Global Warming but record breaking heat waves in the summer are just a fluke.
4. You hate Obama for the almost 1700 American lives lost in Afghanistan under his watch but have no idea how many died in Iraq before he took office (Hint: more than 4000).
5. You call Afghanistan Obamas War but ignore the entire first eight years of it.
6. You think theres no way Chris Christie knew about the scandal unfolding in his own office but Obama clearly knew what a small IRS office in Cincinnati was up to.
7. You think 4 Americans dying in Benghazi is the worst tragedy since 9/11.
8. You denounce Bill Clinton as an adulterer but give a pass to David Vitter and Mark Sanford because they apologized.
9. You are both convinced Obama is a secret Muslim and still go into a frenzy when someone mention Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
The other 41 at link: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/01/27/50-signs-watch-much-fox-news/
Atman
(31,464 posts)40. You think being asked to drink an extra glass of water a day is tyranny.
41. You think being asked to do more community service is tyranny.
42. You think being asked to help the poor get health insurance is tyranny.
43. You think being asked to let women choose to use birth control is tyranny.
44. You think being asked to respect other religions is tyranny.
45. You think being asked to leave homosexuals alone is tyranny.
46. You think being publicly shamed for your racism is tyranny.
47. You think not allowing criminals and the mentally ill to buy guns is tyranny.
48. You think allowing everyone to vote is tyranny.
49. You think Obama exercising his constitutional authorities is tyranny.
50. You grew up in America and think you actually understand what real tyranny is.
nxylas
(6,440 posts)Fox Noise viewers don't get flu shots, because Obama is using them to implant microchips that will allow him to track our every move. Seriously.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Always thought this (2011) was a good article.
Fourteen Propaganda Techniques Fox "News" Uses to Brainwash Americans
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/1964:fourteen-propaganda-techniques-fox-news-uses-to-brainwash-americans
marble falls
(56,029 posts)GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)meow2u3
(24,738 posts)If they want to manipulate the masses into fear, two can play that game. In other words, if rethugs want a propaganda war, we ought to give them a propaganda war.
You can't play by Marquis of Queensbury rules when your adversaries are playing by Marquis de Sade rules. There's too much at stake for us to play nice while rethugs keep playing dirty pool.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Always amazes me how very strong a person President Obama and many other good & decent people are, to have to govern and live happy, vs a trillion(s?) dollar Juggernaut of RW & religious crap.
meow2u3
(24,738 posts)We have to resist the temptation to rattle off facts and debunk rethug lies using reason alone. Brainwashed people don't respond to reason; that's how come we have to appeal to their fears of losing democracy, freedom of movement, and subjugation by corporate rule to bypass their conscious minds.
For instance, we can come up with the idea that rethugs want to install hidden cameras in every bedroom so they can spy on married couples during their most intimate moments. Not that they would do that, just a hypothesis.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)that IS america now. DU is a breath of fresh air in a fetid and foul atmosphere of hate, homophobia and racism that is america NOW!
gerogie2
(450 posts)and think the recent freak snow storm was a secret plot by the government to poison you.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)bobclark86
(1,415 posts)In short, the first video was made by somebody who knows nothing about snow, let alone basic chemistry...
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)mwb970
(11,287 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,605 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)RW new republicans are ALL a bunch of Leeroy Jenkins
bobclark86
(1,415 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)!!!
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)You nailed it. I sent this to a few far righters I know, and it describes them to the T.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)thesquanderer
(11,937 posts)except Bush used them, too. So only if you happen to be black. Or only if you happen to be a black president.
Stargazer09
(2,131 posts)Especially the last one.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)grahamhgreen
(15,741 posts)liberal N proud
(60,289 posts)And you are poor!
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)Great list.
applegrove
(117,885 posts)nykym
(3,063 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)1. You are OUTRAGED at how Obama has shredded the Constitution but cant name any rights youve lost since January 20, 2009.
I can name a few rights we all have lost, but starting on Sept 12, with the passage of the USPA... and Obama did not reverse course. That would be my rights to privacy while online.
Blanks
(4,835 posts)36. You claim evolution is a liberal hoax but still take your kids of their yearly flu shot.