Common Man
02-16-2005, 11:00 AM
For years, middle class Americans have gotten up in the morning, gone to work, raised their families and rolled their eyes at the things in society that they did not like. They had a “can’t do much about it “attitude”. Over the last 10 years, however, this has changed a lot. Conservative talk radio, to a good extent pioneered by Limbaugh, started to bring the silent majority out of their silence. Today, organized by talk radio hosts and bloggers, these people have become a major political force in the US. Today’s main activists are middle and upper middle class right-of center people. For example, these folks scarred the NFL to death after last year’s Superbowl and they ran Dan Rather out of town. These people are affecting local, regional and national government. They are affecting school boards and curriculum. Intelligent Design?
If they set their sites on a local politician, they assassinate his or her character. These people are powerful. For example, look at the effect of Bill O’Reilly’s attack on Ward Churchill. At least 4 colleges have canceled lectures by this man after thousands of calls and emails from “the silent majority”. These people are out for blood and they have the power to get it. This country is on the verge reversing years of forward thinking. Take it seriously.
If they set their sites on a local politician, they assassinate his or her character. These people are powerful. For example, look at the effect of Bill O’Reilly’s attack on Ward Churchill. At least 4 colleges have canceled lectures by this man after thousands of calls and emails from “the silent majority”. These people are out for blood and they have the power to get it. This country is on the verge reversing years of forward thinking. Take it seriously.