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[quote=zk][quote=FlyerInHi]This what happens when news outlets like the Sun enable the pitchfork peasants.[/quote]
And Trump wouldn’t be where he is without Fox et.al. encouraging America’s pitchfork peasants….
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This is another pompous statement. Fox News is on cable (and satellite) TV. One can’t get Fox News in their home in my area of SD County unless they sign up for a minimum $53.50 TV pkg (+ telecommunications tax and incl box rental) with a cable or satellite provider (just TWO providers to choose from around here). OR … spend hundreds setting up their own antenna system where they still would have a monthly fee of $15-$20. And $53.50 month presumes the customer already has high-speed internet service with that same provider! If they don’t (and just want to order TV service only), the price to get Fox News is $65-$70 month.
“Pitchfork peasants” can’t afford that expense every month. They are lucky if they have a rabbit-ear antenna which can still pick up local TV channels for free … that is, IF their local area broadcasting has not yet gone “all digital” (as it has in most areas of SD County). [/quote]
What I wrote was, “Fox et. al.” As you know, that means, “and others.” AM radio is full of right-wing propaganda, and I’d estimate that over 99% of voting-age Americans have access to AM radio. And probably the vast majority of working-class and lower-middle-class Americans have access to the internet, where they can get Fox News and, of course, all the right-wing propaganda their hearts desire.
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The above comments are just another example of a broad brushstroke of the electorate painted by Piggs who are obviously wrapped up in their own fantastical delusions of how wonderful their own political views and ideologies are.[/quote]
Saying that the right-wing noise machine has put Trump where he is has nothing to do with my political views or ideologies. Saying that “pitchfork peasants” put Trump where he is is just facts. “Peasant,” in this context, means “a usually uneducated person of low social status.” (Miriam Webster). Take away uneducated voters, and Trump wouldn’t be where he is today.
