Bill Moyers goes off deep end in feminist tirade against Trump

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2016-06-17 16:38

Article here. It'd be funny if there weren't so many idiots ready to believe it. I actually LOL'd as I read it. Excerpt:

'So how does a Controlling Man operate? First, according to Amnesty International’s chart on the “methods of coercion,” he isolates the victim. That’s easy enough to do if the victim is a prisoner or wife. You’d think it would be harder if the controlling figure is running for president and targeting millions of voters, but television reaches into homes, in effect isolating individuals. Each of them voluntarily attends to the words and antics of the clownish performer who, with his orangey bouffant do and dangling red tie, stands out so flamboyantly from all the bland suits. Those prospective voters may have tuned in seeking information about the candidates (or even for entertainment), but what they let themselves in for is a blast of head-on Trumpian coercion.
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All of this Trumpianism can be electrifying, exhausting and undoubtedly mentally debilitating, which not so coincidentally is the third coercive tactic on Amnesty International’s list. The relentlessness and incoherence of the controller’s harangues tend to weaken a victim’s (or viewer’s) will to resist, and thanks to the media, Trump is everywhere — the big man at the podium always talking at us, always looking at us, always watching us.'

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... the evil TRUMP Controlling Man is invading your mind, causing you to bend to his insidious will, charming you into giving him control of your mind 'til one day he'll show up at your own home and ABUSE you senseless, arrrggghhh!!!

Moyers has lost it.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2016-06-17 19:21

Oh, I don't like him. I doubt I would enjoy his company if we ever ended up in a small room together. I think he is shallow and immature. However, I do think he is the "lesser evil" so to speak, and I do think (or at least hope) that he will make a better president compared to the other top 3 choices. It would be great if I liked the person I was voting for, but I don't consider it a requirement.

I could vote for the person who I truly want for president, but that person is no longer in the race and I think if I want my vote to count I either need to cast it for Trump, Hillary or Bernie.

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Submitted by Kris on Fri, 2016-06-17 21:01

... the lesser of evils. Trump is the lesser of evils.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2016-06-17 21:40

I tried to comment on Moyer's site but they banned me. My last shred of respect for the man is gone. It seems to me years ago he used to be a somewhat reasonable, though liberal, voice. I've been noticing on his program on NPR over the last few years, that he's become increasingly strident, bleeding heart and nonsensical. Now he's censoring people?

It's funny how someone's failings later in life can taint their whole body of work. I'm thinking about another person I'm a fan of right now, the great English rock star Mark E Smith. He was once a genius, but now seems more like a raving lunatic drunk. It makes you wonder if he wasn't always just a raving lunatic and you mistook that for genius.

Anyway that's how I feel about Moyers. He seemed like a nice guy but it's all been an act?

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Submitted by fibtastic on Sat, 2016-06-18 05:32