Posted on 12/14/2016 2:14:39 AM PST by Libloather
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A flyover state is the huge region between the coasts. As opposed to the eastern seaboard, northern post-industrial states and Pacific Ocean states. They’re overwhelmingly Republican, stanchly conservative, regressive right wing, evangelical Christian and working class, well, the loudest, most ill-informed of them are. The term wasn’t commonly used in a political manner until recently with the emergence of the Tea Party and the election of Obama.
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Since the inception of the term silent majority almost 50 years ago, and all of its iterations since, this block of voters was hardly a majority and never silent. This group has been exceedingly adept at dominating the narrative in virtually every election cycle. They’re proficient at dog-whistle propaganda, and since the mid-1980s, they’ve created their own media echo-chamber which exponentially multiplies the sound of their own voices, with no interference from outside sources. This was accomplished mainly with coast to coast a.m. radio stations broadcasting 24/7 right-wing indoctrination, to conservative patriot and alt-right conspiracy theory websites of the last 15 years which disseminate tragic half-truths and whole fake news.
The alleged silent majority is deafening and easily provoked. They reside in their own echo-chamber bubble of indignation about everything from "New York values" (urban, ethnic rights, LGBT, social justice), to the war on Christmas and Black Lives Matter. They mocked and derided all people’s protests from Occupy to #NoDAPL. Their old standbys are opposing a woman’s right to choose, reinstituting school prayer and eradicating "big government." They hate progress. Their idea of American values is straight from circa 1870.
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I recall Rush using the term in the very early 90’s.
The left owns mainstream media, academia, and the taxpayer-funded NPR, and they have the audacity to pretend that the right spins the narrative because we have talk radio on AM stations? Totalitarian pigs. At least we don’t force them to fund our media through taxes.
Probably where I heard it, too. First started listening to RL in 1988, just before GHWB’s election.
The left wants to hold the whole rest of America hostage to California and New York’s metropolitan areas, by doing away with the Electoral College. Doing that would mean that New York and California-to be precise, their metro areas-would choose the American President in perpetuity. That’s exactly what the left wants and believes should happen.
“Duane Townsend is a life-long resident of Detroit, Mich.”
Where half of the people can’t read!
This garbage is not journalism. Sixth graders are more mature than this buffoon, who has no idea what he is talking about.
LOL .. good thing that Santa Claus is coming to town then, ehh ? !
Ever notice the Indian Reservations vote mainly Democrat except for the Indians in Oklahoma!
It’s obvious that this clown really, REALLY hates Christians, who won’t just get with the program and deny their faith.
He’s projecting all over the place, but mainly in calling Christians “fascists,” when his brand of cultural fascism, trying to force us to accept his depraved worldview, is hypocrytically ignored.
Well, guess what? I’m uninterested in finding common ground with his a$$clownness too.
Many years ago I saw how the easterners looked at the farmers in the USA, between 1830 and 1870.
In 1830, the Farmer was the emblem of America. Good work ethic, Industrious, provided the food that made America strong, made a living wresting life from the ground, always on the advancing edge of civilization.
After the Civil War, and industrialization came in, the farmer was looked on as the backward ignorant “hayseed”, the rube, the redneck.
ALL LIBs need to “be held hostage”. They are lunatics who are anti-Free-America and anti-Free-American. They hate your and hate your Freedom. These seditionists should be held incommunicado until exiled. What completely malignant losers.
Ok Duane, where’s your plan for fixing the broken health insurance system, the massive trade deficits, Isis, Iran nukes, etc? Oh but the gays, the poor gays. Nobody gives a crap ok???
Ever notice the Indian Reservations vote mainly Democrat except for the Indians in Oklahoma!
You not right ... me Oklahoma Indian ... me always vote Democrat ... me no like Chief-elect with yellow hair like Custer ... him make war talk about granny squaw with high cheekbones ... Long Knife own casinos that compete with Red Brother ... him heap bad medicine!
We don’t even have Snark Kevin and Glenn Beck anymore
Rabid animals need to put down...
I’m still laughing at this writers comments. He wouldn’t last long in flyover country.
“America is held hostage by flyover states”
Best news all day!
TFB, Duane!
Pray without ceasing. These people are deluded, deranged, and bedevilled.
HATE SPEECH! Call Lowrental Lunch immediately! I’m sure her justice department is on this like white on rice! (Or is THAT hate speech now, too?) Rice lives matter!
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