Every once in a while I'll mention the 'Fairness Doctrine' and someone who never lived through it will commnet that it sounds horrifying.
They spent so much time in propaganda world that actual objectivity is a dangerous concept.
Dagwood222
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Watch the movie 'Network,' and realize that it went from cutting edge satire to quaint docu-drama in real time.
I look at Connections as a history show more than a science show.
This is a classic.
Shows how changes cause more changes and interactions. For instance; coffee is imported into England;coffee shops in London were a popular place to do business before modern office building came around; investors began looking for ways to make the ships they were bankrolling safer; pine tar was a great way to keep ships watertight...
https://youtu.be/XetplHcM7aQ?list=PLf02uWXhaGRng_YzH-Ser_VEV4lGSLX_1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink
Also, places like Pittsburgh were running coal burning factories 24/7, plus there were still plenty of working horses doing deliveries.
They took a negative and turned it into a rallying cry.
Same as with "Yankee Doodle." Yankee was a derogatory term for Americans, because many were of Dutch origin. "Jan" was a popular Dutch name. Doodle mean, well doo-doo.
Funny how some derogatory terms get embraced and others don't.
Nerd used to be a big insult. So was 'porn.'
It didn't make the Top Ten grossing movies the year it came out [2006]
If 25% of the population knows it that means 75% doesn't.
Most people in America have no idea who Guy Fawkes was.
A while back, someone suggested that only women should be allowed to own handguns, and that the guns should all be painted baby pink.
The strain was too much, man.
I saw that coming a mile away.
"But what if a Flat Earther decided that they deserved 'equal time?' "
Literally got that comment.