Heard anyone decorate the phrase "politically correct" with an audible sneer lately? Sensed it when he or she said "PC" and wasn't referring to a personal computer? Then you've met a resident of the vast conservative echo chamber that calls itself Fox Nation. You know, cable-news junkies who get all their (mis)information from Rupert Murdoch's version of spin city, Fox News - or as some like to call it, Faux News.
We spent a few minutes not long ago listening to them slap each other on the back and compare horror stories about regulations run rampant and socialists in control of the country. Never mind that most of them couldn't pick out socialism on a two-choice multiple choice question... But anyway, we decided that they do have core principles (if you can call them "principles"), which require mindless adherence. By "mindless," we mean that any contradictory statement, no matter how well documented, is "a lie."
Without further ado, here are ten (there are probably more, but thinking about them made our head hurt):
We spent a few minutes not long ago listening to them slap each other on the back and compare horror stories about regulations run rampant and socialists in control of the country. Never mind that most of them couldn't pick out socialism on a two-choice multiple choice question... But anyway, we decided that they do have core principles (if you can call them "principles"), which require mindless adherence. By "mindless," we mean that any contradictory statement, no matter how well documented, is "a lie."
Without further ado, here are ten (there are probably more, but thinking about them made our head hurt):
- Barack Obama was born in Kenya and is secretly a Muslim
- Al Gore claims he invented the internet
- The mainstream media has a liberal bias
- Snow in April proves global warming is a hoax
- Actors have no right to talk about social issues, CEOs have every right to talk about social issues
- A rising tide lifts all yachts
- Ronald Reagan was a saint and the greatest president of all time - of any country!
- The three most beautiful women in the world are Ann Coulter, Megyn Kelly and Sarah Palin.
- The most evil billionaire in the world is George Soros. The rest of them are just peachy.
- It is possible to deport every undocumented person in the country, and it won't cost the taxpayers a thing.
Know anyone who believes all of those statements with all his heart? Well, you've just met a resident of Fox Nation.
