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Monday, October 29, 2018

"Disease" Is the New "Terrorism"

Looks like Fox has fixed on its new meme in the run-up to the election so that voters will focus on the threat to national security of women and children seeking refuge rather than health care, domestic terrorism, and the like. First off, one of the most despicable people on the airwaves, neo-Nazi poster girl Laura Ingraham:

After days of venom aimed at the helpless and terrified people walking in the caravan to the southern border of the United States, Ingraham is now directly saying that these innocent people are unvaccinated (how do they know this?) and infested with diseases, like rabies and typhoid.


Ingraham has given the category "disgusting people" a whole new meaning -- I don't know where they found this "doctor," but she's obviously right on board with Fox's agenda: just haul out every ailment you can think of. I do recommend you watch as much of the video as you can stomach -- it's really amazing that anyone could deliver such a load of bullshit with a straight face -- and I trained as an actor.

And of course, "Fox and Friends" is right up there -- after all, got to make sure Trump gets the message so he can tweet about it:

During a Monday morning discussion of the caravan, Kilmeade warned about “entire populations coming here” and then questioned whether we wanted to let them in because of the “diseases” that they could bring in.

“What about diseases?” he asked. “There’s a reason you can’t bring your kid to school unless he’s inoculated. There’s things in this country — we already give 40 to 50 percent of our taxable income in this country to the government for social programs. Is it too much to say that we can’t have countries — entire populations — come in here without being seen as hard-hearted?”

Guest Dan Bongino similarly told Fox viewers that they needed to be terrified of what the caravan will bring to the country.

"Entire populations"? Seriously? And does anyone in this county pay 40 to 50 percent of their taxable income to the government? For anything?

Watch this one -- it's short, and it's totally over the top:



One comment on Kilmeade's comment about illegal entry: Under American law, anyone can present themselves at an entry point and request asylum, at which point the asylum process begins. They are not "illegal". That's the law.

Sounds to me like someone is really, really worried about the midterms. And especially in the wake of the increase in hate crimes and domestic terrorism lately (perpetrated by, let me remind you, white guys), Fox has really got to get their audience to refocus on the real danger: Brown people.


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