"On the other hand, they are so batshit gibbering insane that I suspect they're influencing only the fringe groups like Stormfront."
I wish I could agree with you on that. I think great swathes of the public swallow this nonsense whole -- and, worse, regard the underlying illogic as rational discourse. There's a good piece here (http://bradhicks.livejournal.com/409183.html) about how it's the emotive garbage that gets the applause . . . and the votes.
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Date: 2008-08-24 01:16 am (UTC)"On the other hand, they are so batshit gibbering insane that I suspect they're influencing only the fringe groups like Stormfront."
I wish I could agree with you on that. I think great swathes of the public swallow this nonsense whole -- and, worse, regard the underlying illogic as rational discourse. There's a good piece here (http://bradhicks.livejournal.com/409183.html) about how it's the emotive garbage that gets the applause . . . and the votes.