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In response to "TTIS: Is there a political source for the "right-wing" like Dailykos is for the "left-wing"......" by Walt_Disney

and what exactly is this "red meat" they keep talking about (i have an idea but want to be sure) -- nm

Posted by zork Sep 4 '08, 09:25

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I read it as specific issues and things the other guys have done that can be picked at and blown out of proportion to get the base riled up -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 09:30 8
- Oh, and it works for both parties, not just the GOP. (different use of the word "red", you see) -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 09:33 4
  - i figured that it would be blue meat for them. I'm still weirded out by the way the colours are reversed between the US and Canada - mara's boss Sep 4, 09:36 3
    - until 2000, they weren't fixed. Blue was the incumbent party, red was the challenger. -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 09:40 1
      - Now it's bluebloods vs. the rednecks! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 4, 09:41
    - SFAN (although I did blank that field, I'm sure) -- nm - zork Sep 4, 09:38
- this is what I had been assuming. -- nm - zork Sep 4, 09:32 2
  - Don't you get good and angry hearing hatey stuff you agree with? That's the idea. :-) -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 09:34 1
    - Or more precisely, it gives you ammo and reminds you of reasons why you're supposed to hate the other guy -- nm - con_carne Sep 4, 09:36
Happy talk to the peasant carnivores. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Sep 4, 09:30
rhetorical arguments that do nothing but play to your supporters' pre-existing prejudices. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:29
"We are the greatest! Those guys suck and said you look like jerks!" -- nm - Reagen Sep 4, 09:27

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