# Angertainment as a political driving force

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 28, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angertainment-as-a-political-driving-force/980500 "2023-02-28T18:21:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angertainment-as-a-political-driving-force/980500/6 "2023-02-28T19:22:27Z")

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Perhaps you may be unaware, but a bunch of us have been compiling a list of these issues, @Czarcasm, which you can find here:

> [@Freakouts of the Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/473):
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> The current list: 
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> > **Click**
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> > Number Item Year (appx) New Link 1 People being ineffective is OK as long as it is a white man. Bush 2. Trump. 1789 2 Immigrants will make America Poorer and dirtier 1844 3 Communism 1919 4 Socialism 1919 5 Movie X is inciting violence/sex/drugs 1934 6 Music X is inciting violence/sex/drugs 1955 7 Islam 1959 8 Socialized medicine has incredible wait times! 1961 9 Liberal Media 1965 10 Jane Fonda 1972 11 Gun fetishism 1974 12…

There are over 300 of them so far, they come right after the other (especially since 2012, but it wasn’t a new problem then- it just accelerated) as if these controversies are industrially manufactured to cause said outrage.

In the thread I go into the ‘rules’ for inclusion which go into some of the issues mentioned in the OP:

> [@Freakouts of the Right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freakouts-of-the-right/963631/492):
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> - It’s not policy debate. This rule is “iffy” as some of the things on the list… like 2A… can be considered policy.
> - It’s not a proposal by someone in power to make that proposal (or a candidate). For example, Trump buying Greenland. Stupid, yes, but as President, it was his to propose. (Shades of my James Watt/Beach Boys call)
> - The freakout should be about something completely irrelevant to anyone except very few people. Terry Schiavo. The Mr Potato Head freakout. Big Bird. IOW, culture-war shit.
> - (And this is big) It must be driven by the rw infotainment machine.

Anyway, yes, your OP is spot on.

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