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Madeline Janis wrote an op-ed article in August  18, 2013 LA Times that described how her father became a fan of Rush Limbaugh and how that created strife in her relationship with her father.  There were many postings and a follow on set of editorials that showed that others also had a similar experience with their older parents:

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My wife's father, Henry, also had the same thing happen to him.  He was always an outdoorsman, and an environmentalist.  However, after listening to Rush, he was gradually won over.  Listening to Rush was almost like an obsession.  His conversations always seemed to move to political subjects and positions that Rush took.  He suddenly became bigoted against women, other races, and gays.  In fact, he wrote an editorial that was published in his local newspaper that condemned gays.  That article offended his wife's son and daughter-in-law who have a gay son, and they no longer spoke to Henry for his final 10 years of life.



I always wondered how the well-educated and informed citizens of Japan or Germany could have fallen for the right-wing positions taken by their politicians prior to World War II.  It seems impossible for me to comprehend how both countries which were based upon peace-loving religions could become blood-thirsty killing machines.  But it happened.  Now I can see!  With very careful control of media, a radical right-wing ideology can spread, and blind people to reason.  I worry that Rush Limbaugh and his types, combined with the enormous power of Rupert Murdoch's media empire could push the US into a similar situation.