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Corona688 · 05-30-2003, 03:31 PM

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Originally posted by abe smith
My Baby Brother the 60-y.o. retired grandpa listens to Rush Limbaugh (it appears) very frequently if not habitually and says he (BB) really abhors RL's everything. I tried to get an expl from Brother, "Why then do you listen to this schmuck?" (whom indeed I've never heard.) But Bro is reluctant to explain his fascination, and I don't know WHY he's so-much addicted.... Interesting...

Perhaps because there is a strange fascination in being right... listening to someone you disagree with, and mentally refuting everything they say, reinforces this feeling of being right.

That's half the reason I came to the iidb, anyway - to read the fundines spouting off and know that I'm right.

emphryio · 06-01-2003, 01:19 AM

I thought the whole point of discussion boards was for people to expel massive quantities of hot air with barely a clue what in the world they were actually talking about?

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06-01-2003, 01:19 AM	#32
emphryio Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: WV Posts: 4,369	I thought the whole point of discussion boards was for people to expel massive quantities of hot air with barely a clue what in the world they were actually talking about?

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