The Science of Fox News: Why Its Viewers are the Most Misinformed

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Free Thinker, Apr 16, 2012.

  1. Brass

    Brass

    In fact, they ran their regimes in a very much authoritarian Right Wing fashion. They did so under the guise of Left Wing ideology, which they did not really enact but used as a premise to appease the people. It's all falsehood and propaganda. Judge these dictators by what they did rather than what they said. Whereas Mussolini and Hitler never advocated worker ownership of the means of production, Stalin and Mao paid mere lip service to the notion. Therefore, how could they be anywhere near Left Wing in practice? Further, all four of these totalitarian regimes were all about social and economic hierarchy, which is the antithesis of Left Wing.

    Maybe you should watch the video again.

    Oh, and Max is an idiot.
     
    #21     Apr 16, 2012
  2. Tom B

    Tom B

    Almost everything in the video is dishonest. An authoritarian can be left-wing or right-wing.

    Authoritarianism is a form of social organization characterized by submission to authority. It is usually opposed to individualism and libertarianism. In politics, an authoritarian government is one in which political authority is concentrated in a small group of politicians.



    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism

    The assertion that social and economic hierarchy is unique to right-wing is also FALSE. It is NOT the antithesis of left-wing. In fact, in every left-wing communist state there is a social and economic hierarchy. The "elites" or Communist Party members belong to one hierarchy. They enjoy lavish economic and social lifestyles. Every one else belongs to lower hierarchy. They generally have a low standard of living, with no hope of bettering themselves.

    Can you name a communist/ socialist country that is not under authoritarian rule?
     
    #22     Apr 16, 2012
  3. Wow that is some evidence u got there lol. Did u not see the video posted a few weeks ago about obama voters, who didn't have a any fucking clue why they were voting for him? Now, I don't think that simple video with such a small sample speaks for everyone, but that is essentially what this article does.. and they did draw their conclusions from these surveys. For all we know they got their sample of participants exclusively from trailer parks full of ignorant people. This line is funny "Stewart’s statement was factually accurate, as we’ll see..." where exactly are the 'facts' in this article that PROVE his statement factually accurate?

    More importantly, all of these issues were/are highly debated, and there are unknowns involved in each issue.. but this post seems to claim certain views as 'fact'. For example approx 500 warheads/canisters of sarin and mustard gas were found in Iraq. these agents are considered chemical wmd's, that is not my opinion but an actual fact. Also we did engage al-qaeda in iraq and it is still debated whether or not they were there prior to US invasion. What we know for sure is that our Congress, privy to much more intelligence than we are, voted for the resolution authorizing war. This included a significant % of dem congressman/women and the majority of dem senators, again a straight up fact. And when it went bad they jumped on board with the "Bush LIED to us" nonsense. they saw what he saw and they voted for the fucking war.

    Also, have u or anyone else on this site read every page of the 2700 pg healthcare bill? If not then how do you or John Stewart KNOW what is in there. Speaking of healthcare, the individual mandate is a prime example of authoritarianism, and it was passed by a dem controlled congress and a dem president. Whether it is based on this presidents twisted idea of fairness or not is irrelevant. Forcing individuals to buy something is forcing them to submit to authority. More regulation and tax code are also authoritarian policies, and are opposed to the ideals of freedom and individualism. If you support the individual mandate, then you support authoritarianism. It isn't possible to be pro individual rights and support this mandate.
     
    #23     Apr 16, 2012
  4. Max E.

    Max E.

    Straight from the wikipedia entry you listed...Once again BrASS shows just how much of a bumbling idiot he is....



    The Vietnamese communist regime in Hanoi is also considered to be authoritarian. Vietnam is ruled by the Vietnamese Communist Party, the only legal political party in the country, whose rule is unbroken ever since 1946 in North Vietnam,

     
    #24     Apr 16, 2012
  5. Brass

    Brass

    Seriously? Please tell me, for all intents and purposes, what are the practical operating distinctions between and among any of the four regimes mentioned? How do you distinguish, say, between Mao's regime and Hitler's? Mussolini's and Stalin's? What set them apart from one another in day-to-day life? NOTHING.
     
    #25     Apr 16, 2012
  6. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    People like pee drinker don't want the sheeple to know why they're voting for Odumbo, so long as they vote for Odumbo.
     
    #26     Apr 16, 2012
  7. Converse to propaganda , authoritarian regimes come most readily from the left and those who entertain collectivist idiot-ologies.

    What is it about libertarians (belief in the sanctity of individual rights , property, free market capitalism )that get you so bent?

    The libertarian is always in direct opposition to totalitarianism and other collectvist idiot-ologies.
     
    #27     Apr 16, 2012
  8. They are all collectivist idiot-ologies to one degree or another, and that is exactly what they all share in common with leftist drivel.
     
    #28     Apr 16, 2012
  9. Tom B

    Tom B

    They were all authoritarian regimes with different ideologies.

    The assertion that social and economic hierarchy is unique to right-wing is also FALSE. It is NOT the antithesis of left-wing. In fact, in every left-wing communist state there is a social and economic hierarchy. The "elites" or Communist Party members belong to one hierarchy. They enjoy lavish economic and social lifestyles. Every one else belongs to lower hierarchy. They generally have a low standard of living, with no hope of bettering themselves.

    Can you name a left-wing communist country that is not under authoritarian rule?
     
    #29     Apr 16, 2012
  10. brass can't name any communist countries past or present that he doesn't like.
     
    #30     Apr 16, 2012