{"id":10998,"date":"2013-11-28T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10998"},"modified":"2015-11-26T10:02:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T18:02:03","slug":"a-very-fox-news-thanksgiving-bash-your-stupid-obnoxious-liberal-relatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=10998","title":{"rendered":"A Very Fox News Thanksgiving: Bash Your Stupid, Obnoxious, Liberal Relatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this traditional day of unity, family, and the fellowship of all people, Fox News has embarked on a media blitz more in keeping with the hostility and boorishness that is the hallmark of American conservatism.<\/p>\n<p>On the Fox News community website, Fox Nation, they have taken great umbrage at reports that a Democratic organization is encouraging people to take the opportunity during Thanksgiving to have conversations with their friends and family about the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) and rebut the many myths they may have picked up from dishonest sources like Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>The Fox Nationalists featured a headline story criticizing Organizing For America&#8217;s lighthearted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/health-care-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>&#8220;Have the Talk&#8221;<\/em><\/a> website for <em>&#8220;pushing turkey table talking points.&#8221;<\/em> However, they must have forgotten their own efforts to do the very same thing, only more often, more politicized, and more insulting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/UPoI6a\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/FoxNation\/foxnation-thanksgiving.jpg\" alt=\"Fox Nation\" width=\"500\" height=\"515\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10999\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<center>If you haven&#8217;t already got your copy of the acclaimed ebook,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/UPoI6a\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Nation vs. Reality<\/a>, this might be a good time.<\/center><\/p>\n<p>The OFA campaign is merely a suggestion that people discuss matters of importance in a civilized way. They emphasize that the point is to convey that you care about the health of those you love. Contrast that with the tone of Fox News conservatives who portray liberal relatives as stupid, obnoxious, and something you must <em>&#8220;survive.&#8221;<\/em> The language in the articles includes additional vile and childish statements that demean their supposedly loved ones who <em>&#8220;won&#8217;t stop spouting vapid Democratic talking points,&#8221;<\/em> and who should <em>&#8220;keep your stupid mouth shut,&#8221;<\/em> because <em>&#8220;they aren&#8217;t buying OFA&#8217;s ObamaCare baloney.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, isn&#8217;t that in keeping with the spirit of the season? And somehow, these hate-filled right-wingers think that they have a monopoly on patriotism, traditional holidays, and family values.<\/p>\n<p>The hypocrisy of the right continues to demonstrate that it has no bounds. They will shamelessly smear their perceived enemies for sins they themselves commit repeatedly. They even show contempt for their own families. And while invoking the name of God on holidays that they regard as sacred, they brazenly lie, disparage their neighbors, and seek to divide the nation on the one day that most epitomizes its mission of unity. Happy Holidays from Fox News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this traditional day of unity, family, and the fellowship of all people, Fox News has embarked on a media blitz more in keeping with the hostility and boorishness that is the hallmark of American conservatism. On the Fox News community website, Fox Nation, they have taken great umbrage at reports that a Democratic organization [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A Very Fox News Thanksgiving: Bash Your Liberal Relatives","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,361],"tags":[527,1066],"class_list":["post-10998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-healthcare","tag-fox-nation","tag-obamacare"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/foxnation-thanksgiving-e1448560911907.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-2Ro","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11178,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=11178","url_meta":{"origin":10998,"position":0},"title":"Fox Nation vs. Reality: Misquoting Michael Moore: ObamaCare Is An Awful Godsend","author":"Mark NC","date":"1\/2\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the favorite methods of distorting the truth that Fox News uses frequently, is to quote liberals out of context or to leave out significant portions of their statements in order to create the false impression that they have abandoned their liberal allies and\/or their principles. 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