20 Years of Hateful Talk Radio Finally Comes a Cropper
The blatant hostility and contempt that John McCain displayed for his opponent in all three debates - and the rapid movement away from McCain in the polls afterwords – reveal a sea-change in our political culture. After 20 years of listening to non-stop rage and hate on the radio, it has suddenly become obvious that Republicans can no longer recognize the intensity of their own anger. More significantly, Republicans can no longer gauge how their over-boiling fury is experienced by fellow citizens who have not inured themselves to hate speech. They no longer appreciate that hate is socially inappropriate.
As with a growing addiction to porn or drugs, the effect of listening to milder forms of outrage wear off, and the addict craves ever-stronger doses of hate to "get off". Predictably, eventually, the hate addict becomes inured to all but the most violent rhetoric.
20 years of Rush, and Hannity, and Savage have brought us to the point that when a nut-case at a McCain/Palin rally boils over and bellows "TERRORIST!" or "KILL HIM!", many of the Republicans around that nut-case cheer and chant "USA! USA! USA!" And John McCain himself can't see the connection between claiming that the his opponent "pals around with terrorists", and the lynch-mob mentality that such statements have unleashed.
Just look at his face in this picture from the 3rd debate.
What would be said about Barack Obama if he ever allowed such a look to cross his face?
For decades Democrats and independents have been codependents to our hate-radio-addicted fellow citizens. But in these last weeks before the election our denial has at last broken. Americans are turning away from McCain, and his hate-filled ilk, in revulsion.
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