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Torchlight

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6. Hatred and division proved to be an effective profit-generating tool

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:07 AM

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while also delivering short-term political benefits. It persuaded hate-radio and podcast consumers that anyone who challenged a preferred narrative was somehow defective, engaging in seditious and un-American propaganda. This "in for a penny, in for a pound" crowd allowed even the most absurd claims from numerous hate-driven media personalities to shape their views, hence the bumper-sticker level issue-oriented dialogues we have reduced ourselves to over the past 30 years.

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I get that there are extreme differences between the two political parties [View all] MIButterfly Tuesday OP

Hate radio, hate internet, and hate TV Blues Heron Tuesday #1

That's a big part of it. bearsfootball516 Tuesday #3

Correct - many decades of gas lighting Cosmocat Tuesday #10

This. progressoid Tuesday #11

Reading this NIH article on the differences in liberal vs conservative brain structure should answer your questions SheltieLover Tuesday #2

Questions like these can always be answered by "racism," fwiw. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #4

You can add in sexism and homophobia for good measure EdmondDantes_ Tuesday #8

you can, but it's superfluous WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #12

When you are dealing with authoritarians or wanna-be authoritarians, it's not enough Ocelot II Tuesday #5

Hatred and division proved to be an effective profit-generating tool Torchlight Tuesday #6

More perfect union dickthegrouch Tuesday #7

these people take the rapture seriously rampartd Tuesday #9

The Newt Gingrich Method helped a great deal: betsuni Tuesday #13

Pox (deliberate typo) News The Wizard Tuesday #14