A dearth of EMPATHY on Talk Radio

           WHJJ's " Independent Man " - like other talk show bullies -

    attracts like minded dimwits to his  program. TALK RADIO is dominated

    by the far right just as the universities are dominated by a daffy

    form of liberalism we call " political correctness ".

            At least this " liberalism " has heart. There is dearth of

    EMPATHY on talk radio.  Yesterday an immigrant lady in poor health

    and needing help with her heating bill was classified as the " scum

    of the earth " by a fan of the " Independent Man ", John Di Petro.

              Other callers -as they usually do with the desperate poor -

    focused on her character flaws.  I guess the difference between the

    haves and the have nots of the world can -quite simply- be explained

    by  CHARACTER.

                The false consciousness of America's neurotic- and INSECURE

    - white middle class can lead in the direction of Nazism.

             The American Hitler will get his start - his first big break-

    as a radio talk show host.  Somebody like DR. Phil who will preach

    TOUGH LOVE as a solution to our most embarrassing social problems.

               How dumb of God to create so many LOSERS !

             Don't believe most people when they say they just love

    FREEDOM.  As author Erich Fromm observed in his  classic " Escape

    from Freedom " , the authoritarian personality is very common in

    our capitalist society.

              Fromm believed that a whole social order can be judged

    INSANE. Something to think about anyway !