The Glass Teat

One thing about both progressives and Freepers (and I do not mean to equate the two - progressive applies to a much larger and less extreme philosophical subset than does Freeper) is that neither likes the status quo. Thus, neither likes television, which lulls the masses into a sense of complacency.

But when a thread comes along about television's liberal bias, you get some fireworks of crazy.

6SJ7 has done the conservative thing:

Canceled my cable TV about 3 years ago and got Netflix. Never looked back.

That's the way to keep that liberal television at bay.

Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa) offers some analysis:

The situation is just on your TV.

The next generation is currently texting, ipod-ing, and surfing the net. They care about what's on their own MySpace page, not what old geezers on 60 Minutes are showing on some ancient contraption called TV.

Those kids are also radically more conservative than Baby Boomers. For instance, kids today abhor abortion and can't imagine a video game without a gun.

Each day, TV stations/channels lose marketshare and audience. Each day, newspapers lose circulation.

Young people are conservative are they? Daily Show, anyone? Obama's campaign, anyone? Just because your kids are conservative doesn't mean...

And then it goes off the deep end lamenting the loss of the conservative movement again.
Old Sarge (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!) starts the tiresome ritual:

Conservatives are being marginalized and dismissed.

Already have been.

Has everyone, besides us, given up?

Yes.

When will the madness end?

It has only just begun.

Aand we're back at the civil war/apocolypse place where Free Republic can't help but go these days.

The only thing I see that can wake this country up is something I hope never happens. A nuclear attack on one of our cities by the Islamo-terrorists.

Liberalism and political correctness will become anachronisms. The military will become very popular again. Liberals and other fools and useful idiots of the left will no longer be tolerated. Leaking classified information in major national newspapers will no longer be tolerated. And an American city telling the USMC they are not welcome, will no longer be tolerated.

Hmmm, it doesn't sound like you actually hope that never happens, in your heart of hearts, Bobkk47. I'd call you crazy, except I know all the other freepers hope for it too.