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- From: rowland@zorba7.larc.nasa.gov (Michael W. Rowland)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
- Subject: Re: Rush on Donahue
- Date: 4 Jan 1993 01:24:34 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681 USA
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- References: <1992Dec23.170722.7051@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Reply-To: rowland@zorba7.larc.nasa.gov (Michael W. Rowland)
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- In article <1992Dec23.170722.7051@midway.uchicago.edu>,
- gus3@ellis.uchicago.edu (Christian Gustafson) writes:
- > In article <nate.978@psygate.psych.indiana.edu>
- nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu
- > (Nathan Engle) writes:
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- ..stuff deleted
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- > 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...
- >
- ..stuff deleted> --
-
- That scene reminded me of the situation in "The World According to Garp"
- when Garp was caught attending that "Ellen ???" meeting (the ones who
- cut their toungs out), and the attendees turned rabid against him!
-
- Just a thought...mike
-
- Mike Rowland (Contractor), MS 475
- NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton VA 23681
- internet: rowland@zorba7.larc.nasa.gov
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