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Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Who are The Brownwood Brownshirts ?

October 15, 2004

Where Did These Conservatives Come From ?

The Brownshirting of America

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS

" Show hosts, who advertise themselves as truth-tellers in a no-spin zone, quickly figured out that success depends upon constantly confronting listeners with bogymen to be exposed and denounced: war protesters and America-bashers, the French, marrying homosexuals, the liberal media, turncoats, Democrats, and the ACLU.

Talk radio's "news stories" do not need to be true. Their importance lies in inflaming resentments and confirming that America's implacable enemies are working resolutely to destroy us."

source: http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts10152004.html