Reply #14: They Were Rare Then; They Own the Place Now [View All]

[Hidden Stillness]

There was Joe Pyne, ranting against hippies protesting against the war in Viet Nam, I remember vaguely as a kid. Interestingly, Joe Pyne was considered an extreme right-wing nut case who did not have popular mainstream support, and was not quoted by even regular moderate Republicans. It wasn't until the days of totally multinational-corporate-owned media, and "D"LC, Inc. sabotaging real Democrats, that anyone would've even tried to put forth this nonsense that archconservatism is "mainstream" or "centrist." They used to be called what they are--and Pyne was considered an asshole and an angry nut, and not pretended to be normal or mainstream, as they do now with the illegal-drug addict and the rest.

Coughlin I remember my Mom talking about. A Catholic Priest with a radio program during the '30s, a horrible bastard, who not only gave out with some of the vilest, slanderous lying propaganda against Roosevelt--a favorite target, the Greatest President Ever--real spitting hate, but unbelievable anti-Semitism that was scary to listen to. Again, these rare archcon hysterics were not considered "respectable," did not influence real, serious politics, and were not mainstream. They did not own the media then, and so their numbers reflected their numbers in the actual society, that is, just about nothing.

This was not treated as "fun entertainment" then, and as another poster mentioned, the broadcasting regulations, Fairness Doctrine, etc., protected the audience and our society from this poison, as it does not now.