My late, die-hard liberal Nana used to watch his show religiously just to have an excuse to swear at him. She was in her late 80s, shorter than me (and I'm four foot ten), with this super-thick French accent, screaming at the TV when he came on.
I think the problem is that you get some people who honestly believe that anyone on the TV or radio is an authority figure and therefore must know what they are talking about. We've had to have multiple talks with my grandmother about not believing Rush Limbaugh because her response is always "well, if what he says isn't true, why is he on the radio?". Thankfully she only has the very barebones basic cable package, which does not include Fox News.
We've had to have multiple talks with my grandmother about not believing Rush Limbaugh because her response is always "well, if what he says isn't true, why is he on the radio?".
My stepmother will believe anything, as long as it's nonsensical and completely divorced from evidence and/or reality. Magnets cure arthritis? Yep! All Chinese restaurants are run by the Chinese Mafia? They sure are! High Fructose Corn Syrup is bad for you? Oh, no, that can't be true, because there are commercials on TV (paid for by the Corn Growers' Lobby) that say it's perfectly healthy, and they couldn't put that on television if it weren't true!
Hm.....well, my dad is a Limbaugh and Hannity fan, so I've listened to them on the radio for years. There was at one point a local radio person more lunatic than both of them put together, but he's no longer on the air. I never believed Limbaugh just because I heard him talk, I thought he was a douchebag of epic proportions. Hannity.....sounds affable until you listen to what he's saying.
That people believe people just because they hear voices on the radio.....that's a damned terrifying thought. Don't those people actually *listen* to what's being said?
This. It's comforting confirmation of their prejudices and biases instead of being told the way they think is wrong, that they are hurting others, and need to change.
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We've had to have multiple talks with my grandmother about not believing Rush Limbaugh because her response is always "well, if what he says isn't true, why is he on the radio?".
My stepmother will believe anything, as long as it's nonsensical and completely divorced from evidence and/or reality. Magnets cure arthritis? Yep! All Chinese restaurants are run by the Chinese Mafia? They sure are! High Fructose Corn Syrup is bad for you? Oh, no, that can't be true, because there are commercials on TV (paid for by the Corn Growers' Lobby) that say it's perfectly healthy, and they couldn't put that on television if it weren't true!
*headdesk*
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"Oh, here's my date. He's a French model. I met him on the internet."
The first time I saw that commercial (State Farm) I looked at my cats and just said "And of course, she's blonde."
O'Reilly could pull a gun and shoot someone, and my father would accept it.
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"Oh, here's my date. He's a French model. I met him on the internet."
The first time I saw that commercial (State Farm) I looked at my cats and just said "And of course, she's blonde."
I've never seen that commercial (and I'm very glad about that!), but LOL anyway!
O'Reilly could pull a gun and shoot someone, and my father would accept it.
Him and tons of other people, sadly.
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That people believe people just because they hear voices on the radio.....that's a damned terrifying thought. Don't those people actually *listen* to what's being said?
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