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[–] 49 points 5 months ago

Why might they be afraid of what an up-and-coming young Texas Democrat who pushes back on their co-opting of "Christian values" could potentially say? Gosh, what a mystery.

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  • [–] 39 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Watch this if you can. I had it at 1.35 speed and that was about right. This is what every red state democrat should be like and be doing.

    Warning: He's very Christian, but the good kind.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ7Pz_59A

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  • [–] 27 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Un-fucking-real. Can't believe we're watching one of the largest democracies in the world implode at such ridiculous speed.

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  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Interesting that the fcc decided to enforce this rule on this show but doesn’t for radio talk shows.

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    Yes, that's the biggest hypocrisy that can't really be explained without partisan intent. Talk radio is almost entirely right-wing and always has been. AM signals - too low quality for profitable music stations, but far-reaching and the natural home of low-cost talk networks - have always been heavily weighted to right-wing content.

    That wide reach is the chief reason why, despite the GOP always favoring the rich in their actual politics, they started heavily gaining support in all rural areas around the country from the 90s onward. In many rural areas, the AM station with Rush Limbaugh was the only - or one of only a few - they could tune into.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Selective enforcement. Watch, they’re coming for non-conservative podcasts next.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    That would be extremely difficult.

    Most of us don’t access podcasts through a publicly broadcast means, and similar regulations just don’t exist.

    Won’t stop them, sure, but there’s no regulatory framework to even start on podcasts.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    If the U.S. adopted the same rules that the UK have regarding the media and election, we’d shut up a lot of people.

    EDIT: To my understanding the media (primarily television) is barred from discussing elections on the day of an election.

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  • [+] -11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Democrats are to Pedolf Diddler what the Jews were to Adolf Hitler.

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