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1 posted on 03/04/2017 4:09:43 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
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>>academic Thomas B. Edsall blaming the Internet for the collapse of establishment authority.

I wonder if he even took the “Question Authority” sticker off his Prius before writing this?

A way for the power to be taken from the establishment and given to the people was the dream of Leftists since the late 1960s. Now they have it and discover to their dismay that the people don’t agree with THEM and we are taking our power elsewhere.


26 posted on 03/04/2017 4:30:20 PM PST by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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Can’t have the peasants thinking for themselves, can we comrade?


27 posted on 03/04/2017 4:30:39 PM PST by Arm_Bears (Rope. Tree. Politician/Journalist. Some assembly required.)
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Basically Trump is going right past the media to get his message out. Like today’s story of Obama wire tapping Trump Towers. The media hates it. Hahahahaha


30 posted on 03/04/2017 4:32:31 PM PST by Parley Baer
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“WE’RE LOSING CONTROL!!!”


31 posted on 03/04/2017 4:33:14 PM PST by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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Edsall openly concedes that he believes the freedom unleashed by the Internet to be a threat to the establishment; to its norms and language codes

Does "language codes" refer to the MSM power to refer to things exactly as they want? Case in point: They are "pro-choice" but we are "anti-abortion." They do not use the term "pro-life." Oh how I laugh when I think that the left invented the term FAKEnews themselves, not even realizing that it meant themselves.

32 posted on 03/04/2017 4:36:10 PM PST by Freee-dame (Best election ever.)
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The media has lost most of their power.... and they know it!

They threw everything they had at Trump and then some, yet he was still elected President.


33 posted on 03/04/2017 4:36:16 PM PST by Conserv
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Time for a confession, Mr. Edsall: DIRE STRAITS: Man's Too Strong
35 posted on 03/04/2017 4:41:16 PM PST by aspasia
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This is a joke, right? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!


36 posted on 03/04/2017 4:46:14 PM PST by dforest
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So the establishment class determines? And just who is the establishment class and who designates who’s in it?


38 posted on 03/04/2017 4:46:23 PM PST by SkyDancer (Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ9ce-yMEfc

Mika Brez-Nazi: Our job is to control what people think..


40 posted on 03/04/2017 4:48:39 PM PST by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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I think they have the establishment class confused with the establishment clause.


43 posted on 03/04/2017 4:54:23 PM PST by Fai Mao (I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
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45 posted on 03/04/2017 5:07:36 PM PST by TigersEye (We all have a stake in MAGA! We all need to contribute our efforts.)
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46 posted on 03/04/2017 5:09:43 PM PST by Vlad The Inhaler ("Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory." --Miguel de Cervantes)
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The Overlords get really upset when us uppity peasants quit listening to their hired talking heads.


47 posted on 03/04/2017 5:31:09 PM PST by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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They have disrupted and destroyed institutional constraints on what can be said, when and where it can be said and who can say it.

Yes, the thought police have lost control of our minds. It is a terrible thing.

49 posted on 03/04/2017 5:56:13 PM PST by AndyJackson
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The media’s gone limp and viagra does no good. Ha, ha!


52 posted on 03/04/2017 6:06:33 PM PST by W. (Deny the infiltrating lazy scum who only want a free ride admission to the USA!)
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“Democracy” means rule by the people. In the author’s mind, only the ruling class are the people.


54 posted on 03/04/2017 6:18:58 PM PST by rightwingcrazy
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The freedom of expression in the corner of Hyde Park does pretty much the same thing without the internet.

Boo Hoo...


57 posted on 03/04/2017 7:04:34 PM PST by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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We had better listen to our “Betters”, or elae.


58 posted on 03/04/2017 7:57:17 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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I think Lucille should have a little chat with Tommy Edsall...


59 posted on 03/04/2017 8:55:15 PM PST by kiryandil (Will Hillary's BrownShirt Media thugs demand that The Deplorables all wear six-pointed Orange Stars?)
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