Yes, it's got an American slant to it, but this is worth a read, particularly this passage:
Perhaps both these phenomena are at least partially attributable to the rise of conservative ideological media networks that enable their consumers and producers alike to live in a parallel universe that is largely impervious to adverse information.
Shorter Wanker-sphere: "Don't you be bringing your biased liberal 'facts' in here!"
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"...living in a parallel universe that is largely impervious to adverse information."
Ooh, I DO LIKE that. Ever so much more elegant than "stupid".
If they ever got comfortable with "stupid," we'd be deprived of the endless analyses of just what the conservative "movement" is about or what is ailing it.
Read this the other day: "There are no stupid questions, only inquisitive idiots."
Thanks for that, CC. An interesting read, especially in the light of the Conservatard bunfest going on. Stevie last night tried to characterize the Cons as 'Canada's party'.
Delusional? You betcha!
Hop over to Impolitical:
http://impolitical.blogspot.com/2008/11/canadas-party.html
(Sorry if this is a double post. Still getting the hang of this. . .)
There is a term for what people like the BTs suffer from: information disease.
Basically, the human mind takes in new information through the prism of the information already in there. When a mind suffers a surfeit of damaged information it literally becomes impossible to interpret or even perceive new information. The mind won't allow it.
Very sad.
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