Another entry of Dave Neiwert's excellent series on fascism.

Rush, Newspeak and Fascism, Part 9

Continuing the discussion of different kinds of "transmitters":

Media figures

As seemingly psychotic cranks go, Ann Coulter has carved out a nice little career for herself as an obsessive hater of all things liberal. Along the way Coulter, like many of her media compatriots on the right, first developed a significant role in transmitting memes from the extremist Clinton-hating right into the mainstream of conservatism, and since then has expanded into other fields. During that process, she's been important in bringing the two sectors even closer together.
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