tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post4356509991695889137..comments2024-03-22T20:34:13.792-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: A Conversation with Keli Dailey About Comedy, Politics, and Her Online Show 'News Hangover' Lady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-478248746691407882015-04-27T21:30:30.466-05:002015-04-27T21:30:30.466-05:00Really enjoyed your talk. Skipped the Star Wars, t...Really enjoyed your talk. Skipped the Star Wars, to avoid spoilers. So I'm really glad your next program includes Max Brooks. <br /><br /><br />One correction, Father Coughlin was not just a priest who was on the radio a lot. He was an anti-semite whose radio advocacy was responsible for a great deal of the resistance to Jewish immigration to the United States and the general isolationism of the 1930's. The Holocaust Museum has a short post on him <a href="http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005516" rel="nofollow">here.</a> It doesn't sound like he had much of a public platform during and after the war. <br /><br /><br />I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that Rush Limbaugh studied his programs, but the bragging adds a whole additional layer of disgust.TenarDarellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-21597525047175179232015-04-26T09:02:52.941-05:002015-04-26T09:02:52.941-05:00Gingrich is a most sophisticated spokesman for the...Gingrich is a most sophisticated spokesman for the Contract for (on) America, and the word lists and dog whistles issued by GOPAC are brilliantly disingenuous. I have a problem with substituting "progressive" for "liberal" because the "fin de siecle" Progressive Movement was decidedly racist. Similarly, "womanist" ignores the 100 year history of feminism. Note the political devolution from communist to socialist, to social democrat, to liberal, to neoliberal, to conservative to fascist.joe manningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-32118613373371599772015-04-26T02:40:22.865-05:002015-04-26T02:40:22.865-05:00Manufactured language...because well all language ...Manufactured language...because well all language is manufactured?<br /><br /><br />Did you ever read the primer on language that Newt Gringich circulated to his minions some years ago?chauncey devegahttp://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-70753055183302536142015-04-24T12:25:56.958-05:002015-04-24T12:25:56.958-05:00A component of Goebbelization entails turning good...A component of Goebbelization entails turning good words into bad ones. Like communist, socialist, liberal, feminist. I think its best to stick with the original word rather than try to substitute a less effective synonym, i.e. socialist for communist, progressive for liberal. Feminism has been subjected to a 70 year campaign of ridicule yet it still has great resonance.joe manningnoreply@blogger.com