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- From: gus3@ellis.uchicago.edu (Christian Gustafson)
- Subject: Re: Rush on Donahue
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.170722.7051@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- References: <Bzp6Bz.4EF@vcd.hp.com> <nate.978@psygate.psych.indiana.edu>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:07:22 GMT
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- In article <nate.978@psygate.psych.indiana.edu> nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle) writes:
- >thatcher@vcd.hp.com (Garen Thatcher) writes:
- >>Has everyone seen todays Donahue show yet?
- >>[...]
- > I didn't see that show but I saw some clips on last night's RL the TV
- >show. I'm not sure it's the same Donahue show, though. Is this the one in
- >which they took a call from a girl who said repeatedly that she thought
- >Rush was a pig and got a rousing ovation from Phil's audience? I know
- >that she's entitled to her opinion and she doesn't have to love Rush, but
- >the fact that the audience gave such a positive response to such a weak,
- >non-substantive personal attack [...]
-
- Oh, God, yes this clip made my skin crawl. Was, then, the entire show
- carried on in this manner? Rush sure has guts to venture into a hornets
- nest like that; it gave creedence to G. LeBon's observation of the sheer
- mindlessness of crowds. Only LeBon was concerned about how groups like
- juries, with some intelligent and respectable members, could be deceived and
- led about nonetheless - to see a crowd composed entirely of idiots,
- Donahue's studio audience, is absolutely terrifying. I presume that by
- going on a show like that Rush wanted to counter the misconception that
- he is not open to debate, by venturing into an alien forum. Maybe he should
- try out Larry King...
-
- Donahue's audience is mostly female - I presume that they were hostile to
- Rush because their husbands/boyfriends/etc. are loyal fans!
- cg
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