r/clevercomebacks 4d ago

Crazy how that works!

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u/HobbieK 4d ago

The difference between now and then is that there wasn’t an army of internet grifters making money off of griping about it

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u/a_trane13 3d ago

There was an army of TV, radio, and newspaper grifters making money griping about it

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u/HobbieK 3d ago

Yeah but that was mostly contained to the right-wing ecosystem. Now YouTube and Twitter and twitch feed you hate. Fox News blasts it across America.

It wasn’t just some random quack like it was in the 90s. It’s a coordinated effort on a massive scale.

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u/elbenji 3d ago

the thing was if you avoided AM radio and certain editorials/channels you could absolutely ignore them