tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post7158663499336399746..comments2024-02-23T11:23:45.971-05:00Comments on Lost Motorcyclist: T-Shirts That Annoy MeLost Motorcyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-86686589722779636152010-08-20T08:52:24.119-04:002010-08-20T08:52:24.119-04:00Perhaps a bit off-topic, but still in keeping with...Perhaps a bit off-topic, but still in keeping with the subject of the results of generally disseminated propaganda.<br /><br />I was shocked and appalled this morning to read that the respected <a href="http://people-press.org/report/645/" rel="nofollow">Pew Research Centre</a> finds that, '<i>Roughly a third of conservative Republicans (34%) say Obama is a Muslim</i>'.<br /><br />That belief, of course, is simply absurd, and cannot arise from anything but the hate mongering of the right wing noise machine.<br /><br />Now, it's virtually impossible to demonstrate scientifically that these perceptions are a result of an ongoing propaganda campaign by the right wing, but it's worth digging into <a href="http://pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Issues/Politics_and_Elections/growingnumber-full-report.pdf" rel="nofollow">the details</a> of this PEW report. <br /><br />Question 58.a was open-ended and read, '<i>And how did you learn about Barack Obama’s religion?</i>.' The overwhelming response was some form of 'the media.'<br /><br />(No, no one appears to have indicated that they'd learned this from a t-shirt. ;-)Madeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593933575568389288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-62012957595527436062010-08-19T07:41:11.642-04:002010-08-19T07:41:11.642-04:00Love it!Love it!Nico'Thomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545341637523999433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-60837982026703239932010-08-19T07:27:40.244-04:002010-08-19T07:27:40.244-04:00T-shirts and bumper stickers ... the voice of poli...T-shirts and bumper stickers ... the voice of political 'dialog' these days :-(<br /><br />It strikes me that a lot of those people espousing those intolerant and simplistic platitudes must be very frightened souls indeed. I find it difficult to understand how someone who proclaims their need to 'Live free' can countenance the significant losses of civil liberties over the past decade.<br /><br />Perhaps <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill" rel="nofollow">John Stuart Mill</a> was pretty close to the mark when he wrote, '<i>Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservative.</i>'Madeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593933575568389288noreply@blogger.com