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What's with the appeal and sway that "professional asshole" pundits like Rush Limbaugh, Vaush and Christopher Hitchens over so many people's views?
You’re asking why they were/are successful?Money puts them out there, they attract similar minded people This isn’t even about literature
>>20570007>This isn’t even about literatureThey write books, so yes it is
The masses like to hear fat guys onesidedly rant evidently. Entertainment
limbaugh was fired from his job. he would have to ask his rich parents for money to pay the mortgage on his new house.he was watching world wide wrestling, trying to figure out why it was so popularthen he got an idea for a new radio show. it would be a political talk show with republicans as the heroes and democrats as the villainsfor content, he scanned social media to see what his fans were talking aboutthen he would repeat this on the radiohis fans ate it up. they loved limbaugh
>>20570082>for content, he scanned social media to see what his fans were talking aboutSocial media didn't exist when Rush started.
>>20570039>Rush not in disguise when even his horse is>Rush time travelled to Plymouth just before the pilgrims landedWhat a dick
>>20570126About 31 years ago, back in February 1985, one of the first virtual communities — and now the oldest, continually run virtual community — launched. It was called the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, otherwise known as The WELLearly social media. people posted. other's read their posts and replied
>>20570039>They write books, so yes it iskys trannyYou're not even wanting to discuzs their books. You're wanting to have a /pol/ thread about the people who praise them.
>>20569906>over so many people's views?Being over the top gets misattributed with being correct.It's classic "confidence man" psychology."They seem really confident, I guess they must be right"