# Right wing ultra conservative radio has claimed someone that I know! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 16, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517 "2003-11-16T06:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/1 "2003-11-16T06:50:39Z")
Damn you, all the right wing wacko’s on the radio, thanks to all you idiots (and I am talking to both the local pervert and the nationwide dopehead here) my buddy (we will call him G) has lost the ability to discern news from (bad) entertainment. In the local elections here he took some positions that freaked me out and in our discussions since the election I have figured out that he is parroting back the ultra conservative spittle that he gets off of the radio. Can I help him?, is there someone I can take him to for deprogramming?. I’m scared, are they going to come for me next? unclviny ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/2 "2003-11-16T07:04:31Z")
Hmm. You don’t like your friend’s opinions, so you want to “deprogram” him. Can we say “control freak,” boys and girls? ---
**Author:** ![CaptBushido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@CaptBushido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBushido)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/3 "2003-11-16T07:09:37Z")
I agree, you’re going to have to give examples. How else are we going to tell which one of you is REALLY the brainwashed one? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/4 "2003-11-16T07:11:18Z")
If Rush, et al. are simply the idiots that you claim they are, then why do you get worked up when people actually find themselves agreeing with their opinions? Can it be that behind the rhetoric, they’re really not all that dumb? That they might actually just have a point of view that you disagree with that they couch with bravado and arrogance to provide a certain entertainment value? In any event, if you’re that worried about it, slap your friend around and steal his radio. That should fix things for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/5 "2003-11-16T10:58:27Z")
> [@](#): > > **Airman Doors** …Can it be that behind the rhetoric, they’re really not all that dumb? That they might actually just have a point of view that you disagree with that they couch with bravado and arrogance to provide a certain entertainment value? You really know how to scare the bejesus out of an old woman… ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/6 "2003-11-16T11:07:44Z")
Well, if you actually tell him what you’re trying to do, you’re probably going to get reactions like the ones above this one. I’d say, whenever he tells you something bizarre, talk about it with him as if you didn’t know it came from loony right-wing radio hosts. Argue gently and reasonably with him. Specifically, point out the factual inaccuracies that underlie “his” reasoning. (When people try too hard to oversimplify the reasons for holding a position in order to make it easier to explain on the radio, inaccuracy often crops up) Point out errors enough, and he’ll either learn to stop trusting right-wing radio hosts so easily, or he’ll learn to stop telling you this stuff. Both are generally positive outcomes. And if the radio people somehow happen to be right, then no harm done. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/7 "2003-11-16T11:57:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*You really know how to scare the bejesus out of an old woman… \*\* You really know how to scare easily. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/8 "2003-11-16T12:01:35Z")
This thread gives me the creeps, Shaggy! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/9 "2003-11-16T12:14:52Z")
Yeah, God forbid anyone should even _think_ that Limbaugh is something other than a complete moron, we might “scare an old lady.” :rolleyes: And I don’t even _like_ him. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/10 "2003-11-16T13:47:47Z")
The OpP’s relative shouildn;t have gone to sleep with an Ann Coulter book in the room. While he slept, the book extruded tendrils that absorbed the sleeper’s personality, so that the original human disappears and all that remains is a simulacrum that has lost the ability to think for himself. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/11 "2003-11-16T14:14:38Z")
Reading this board is a good antidote for extreme right and left wing views. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/12 "2003-11-16T14:48:43Z")
Very true. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/13 "2003-11-16T14:52:03Z")
More left than right, however. ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/14 "2003-11-16T16:29:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CnoteChris \* > \*\*More left than right, however. \*\* Yeah, but only when the right is in power. It’ll lean right next time the left is in power. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/15 "2003-11-16T17:04:46Z")
“Relax and enjoy your weekend, friends. I’ll do the hard work, studying the issues and telling you what to think so you don’t have to.” –Common Rush Limbaugh signoff phrase As for the OP, I suggest a double-barrel approach: throw copies of **The O’Really? Factor** and **Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them** at said friend. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/16 "2003-11-16T17:31:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*Reading this board is a good antidote for extreme right and left wing views. \*\* Uh… been here long? “Fighting Ignorance” they ain’t. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/17 "2003-11-16T17:36:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\*As for the OP, I suggest a double-barrel approach: throw copies of **The O’Really? Factor** and **Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them** at said friend. \*\* And risk him getting hurt? Never. 🙂 Like Al Franken is interested in anything but entertainment at the expense of others? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/18 "2003-11-16T17:43:51Z")
[Today’s Doonesbury](http://images.ucomics.com/comics/db/2003/db031116.gif). Gave me snickerfits… ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/19 "2003-11-16T18:12:44Z")
Take a chill pill, unclviny, and celebrate the fact that America allows people to hold differing views. There’s nothing wrong with his holding differing views. Try debating them with him, and if you can’t shake him, try seeing if your own views are in fact correct - shock horror he might be correct - or simply agree to disagree. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517/20 "2003-11-16T18:21:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by unclviny \* > Damn you, all the right wing wacko’s on the radio, thanks to all you idiots (and I am talking to both the local pervert and the nationwide dopehead here) my buddy (we will call him G) has lost the ability to discern news from (bad) entertainment. > > In the local elections here he took some positions that freaked me out and in our discussions since the election I have figured out that he is parroting back the ultra conservative spittle that he gets off of the radio. Typical left wing rant-- your friend was a “victim” of right wing radio.:rolleyes: Maybe your friend should be held personally responsible for his own decisions. Or maybe his new positions are, in fact, correct (or at least something that honest people can disagree on). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-ultra-conservative-radio-has-claimed-someone-that-i-know/213517.md?page=2)