tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post2632592966397856672..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Glenn Beck on the Arizona ShootingsPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-48186210323755799422011-01-16T21:35:54.976+00:002011-01-16T21:35:54.976+00:00Well reminded, Boffy. Gives me an idea for a quick...Well reminded, Boffy. Gives me an idea for a quick blog post when I'm too knackered to write ote when I get in from work this week.<br /><br />I think that sociologist is on the right lines. We live in an increasingly mediated world, but what will be interesting is the extent the coming of social media (with its capacity for (limited) agency) shapes how the media shapes us. <br /><br />I'd agree with that, Mike. Funny how the ruling class of the greatest imperial power the world has ever seen, a class that has never faced off against a serious contender for power since independence has spawned such a violent and paranoid culture. I guess that's what being top dog does to you.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-68371274540015138192011-01-16T21:29:22.794+00:002011-01-16T21:29:22.794+00:00Daniel - what Asquith said. I imagine most of the ...Daniel - what Asquith said. I imagine most of the people who watch this ranting idiot in this country do so for a laugh and/or out of a sense of smug superiority. I know I have done!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-10322544220680100742011-01-13T16:14:14.069+00:002011-01-13T16:14:14.069+00:00"In the first five months of 2010 his TV audi..."In the first five months of 2010 his TV audience figures halved." He's also been losing a lot of sponsors lately which in American media is the real determinant of a successful career over audience shares.<br /><br />I personally feel that this toxic politics has been endemic in America for years, The founding of the Republic with muskets and bayonets as ensured a healthy respect for the ordinary man taking a stand against tyranny, its a more violent version of the American dream.<br /><br />As for the whole exposing the evil agenda of the "un-American left" thats been fashionable since the 1920'sand the first Red Scare, its been extremely fashionable to hint that your opponents appear to travel in the same circles as the Reds, or the Anarchists.<br /><br />The Civil Rights movement and the anti war movement where both smeared by the establishment as being Moscow backed Fifth Columnists for example.<br /><br />FOX news is just a glittery HD version of the same trends.Red Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00553505839836886797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-23688238262333951742011-01-12T14:44:45.678+00:002011-01-12T14:44:45.678+00:00I was watching quite an interesting documentary on...I was watching quite an interesting documentary on <a href="http://rt.com/usa/news/violence-usa-giffords-arizona-guns/" rel="nofollow">Russia TV</a> last night. It was looking at the role of media. Surveys have been done that show that people who watch a lot of TV tend to be much more fearful than those that do not, and also to beleive that crime, violence etc. are at much higher levels than they are.<br /><br />It argued that the simplistic notions about violent films etc. leading to violence didn't stack up, but that in a society like the US, it is the overall media presentation that is important. One US socioligist was featured who had a theory about this, termed something like absorption theory, in which all aspect6s of media interacts to reinforce a particular world view.<br /><br />Its likely that the US shooting will lead on the one hand to calls for gun control, but its also likely to lead to people demanding the right to hold guns to protect themselves. Gifford herself seems to have held such a position. Its often portrayed as defence of the Second Amendment on the right to bear arms, which Marxists have generally supported. But, the second amendment talks about that right in the context of a "Well- Regulated Militia", a phrase that the gun lobby always leave out.Boffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157650969929097569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-70571821925821965782011-01-12T13:53:16.000+00:002011-01-12T13:53:16.000+00:00Not only that, but how many of the tosser's li...Not only that, but how many of the tosser's listeners are liberals with some compulsion to wind themselves up? The number of people who take him seriously can't necessarily be judged by his listeners/viewers because they might not all be like-minded.asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-54445885504607685152011-01-12T11:56:35.708+00:002011-01-12T11:56:35.708+00:00I've blogged on this myself today.
My feeling...I've blogged on this myself today.<br /><br />My feeling was that I give up on America, it hurts too much to care so much about them killing themselves to live.Daniel Hoffmann-Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531802987223516482noreply@blogger.com