The Dumbing Down Of Fox Channel Viewers Continues

[Tennesseer]

Fox Nation’s Lara Logan Suggests Theory of Evolution Is a Hoax Funded by Jews

It wasn’t long ago that Lara Logan was a correspondent for CBS News, which is a little hard to believe considering the types of conspiracy theories she’s been pushing since she left the network. The latest came during an appearance on the right-wing podcast “And We Know,” during which Logan suggested that the theory of evolution is the result of a wealthy Jewish family paying Charles Darwin to devise an explanation for what gave rise to humanity.

“Does anyone know who employed Darwin, where Darwinism comes from?” Logan, now with Fox News’ streaming service Fox Nation, asked. “Look it up: The Rothschilds. It goes back to 10 Downing Street. The same people who employed Darwin, and his theory of evolution and so on and so on. I’m not saying that none of that is true. I’m just saying Darwin was hired by someone to come up with a theory — based on evidence, OK, fine.”

Logan rambled for a bit longer, but her point was that evolution is a “chicken or the egg” debate and “you can’t answer it scientifically” and, while we’re here, Jews are trying to control the world with their money. Media Matters caught the claim on Monday:

The Rothschilds, who Logan says is responsible for the theory of evolution, are a Jewish family that often shows up in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) famously wrote on Facebook that the Rothschilds funded a space laser that started the California wildfires.

Logan and Greene share more in common than anti-Semitic comments. Both the Fox Nation host and the bigoted, virulent conspiracy theorist lawmaker have pushed Russian propaganda since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine last month. Greene has blamed Ukraine for the invasion, while suggesting the nation’s military is rife with Nazis. Greene, however, at least made some sort of superficial effort to insist she’s not a Putin supporter. Logan made no such effort.

“Whether you like Putin or don’t like him, Putin is not willing to be a part of whatever global governing structure is coming our way,” Logan said last week on a right-wing podcast. “Vladimir Putin has been very calculating, he’s been very careful … he’s said for 15 years that he would not tolerate NATO expansion.”

“He’s the man standing between us and this New World Order,” she added after rambling about Ukrainian biolabs funded by Hunter Biden.

The idea of a “New World Order” constructed by Jews is a trope of anti-Semitic rhetoric. We’re starting to notice a pattern in Logan’s conspiracy theorizing.

Fox Nation’s Lara Logan Suggests Theory of Evolution Is a Hoax Funded by Jews

[chiver78]

good fucking lord. I remember her from CBS, she didn't strike me as a complete nut. wow. 

[Opti]

Very weird. Putin said he was going to get Nazi's as a cover story. That's the opposite of being anti-Jew. Does Putin own part of Fox? Is this why a bunch of their on-air personalities are sucking up to him?

[happyhoix]

Why would it be worthwhile for Jewish people to pay a naturalist to come up with a bogus scientific theory?

And did they also pay off every other scientist since Darwin to also pretend to go along with this theory? To what end?

I feel ripped off. I took evolutionary biology in college and no one paid me a dime to go along with it.

[azucena]

Pretty sure the Torah starts with Genesis, right?  and thereby starts with the creation story.  My head hurts at this level of stupidity.

[NastyWoman]

Mar 29, 2022 10:07:34 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Why would it be worthwhile for Jewish people to pay a naturalist to come up with a bogus scientific theory?

And did they also pay off every other scientist since Darwin to also pretend to go along with this theory? To what end?

I feel ripped off. I took evolutionary biology in college and no one paid me a dime to go along with it.

You don't really think the Jewish people spend that much money on the false evolution theory now do you? It was a cover to hide the spending on the development of the Space Laser 


credit  to be given for this paraphrased statement to Indepedance Day

[happyhoix]

Mar 29, 2022 21:33:42 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

Mar 29, 2022 10:07:34 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Why would it be worthwhile for Jewish people to pay a naturalist to come up with a bogus scientific theory?

And did they also pay off every other scientist since Darwin to also pretend to go along with this theory? To what end?

I feel ripped off. I took evolutionary biology in college and no one paid me a dime to go along with it.

You don't really think the Jewish people spend that much money on the false evolution theory now do you? It was a cover to hide the spending on the development of the Space Laser 


credit  to be given for this paraphrased statement to Indepedance Day

Wow, no wonder the Deep State is so powerful- they knew about space lasers back when we were struggling along in little wooden boats. 😀

[djAdvocate]

Mar 29, 2022 9:08:53 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Fox Nation’s Lara Logan Suggests Theory of Evolution Is a Hoax Funded by Jews

It wasn’t long ago that Lara Logan was a correspondent for CBS News, which is a little hard to believe considering the types of conspiracy theories she’s been pushing since she left the network. The latest came during an appearance on the right-wing podcast “And We Know,” during which Logan suggested that the theory of evolution is the result of a wealthy Jewish family paying Charles Darwin to devise an explanation for what gave rise to humanity.

“Does anyone know who employed Darwin, where Darwinism comes from?” Logan, now with Fox News’ streaming service Fox Nation, asked. “Look it up: The Rothschilds. It goes back to 10 Downing Street. The same people who employed Darwin, and his theory of evolution and so on and so on. I’m not saying that none of that is true. I’m just saying Darwin was hired by someone to come up with a theory — based on evidence, OK, fine.”

Logan rambled for a bit longer, but her point was that evolution is a “chicken or the egg” debate and “you can’t answer it scientifically” and, while we’re here, Jews are trying to control the world with their money. Media Matters caught the claim on Monday:

The Rothschilds, who Logan says is responsible for the theory of evolution, are a Jewish family that often shows up in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) famously wrote on Facebook that the Rothschilds funded a space laser that started the California wildfires.

Logan and Greene share more in common than anti-Semitic comments. Both the Fox Nation host and the bigoted, virulent conspiracy theorist lawmaker have pushed Russian propaganda since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine last month. Greene has blamed Ukraine for the invasion, while suggesting the nation’s military is rife with Nazis. Greene, however, at least made some sort of superficial effort to insist she’s not a Putin supporter. Logan made no such effort.

“Whether you like Putin or don’t like him, Putin is not willing to be a part of whatever global governing structure is coming our way,” Logan said last week on a right-wing podcast. “Vladimir Putin has been very calculating, he’s been very careful … he’s said for 15 years that he would not tolerate NATO expansion.”

“He’s the man standing between us and this New World Order,” she added after rambling about Ukrainian biolabs funded by Hunter Biden.

The idea of a “New World Order” constructed by Jews is a trope of anti-Semitic rhetoric. We’re starting to notice a pattern in Logan’s conspiracy theorizing.

Fox Nation’s Lara Logan Suggests Theory of Evolution Is a Hoax Funded by Jews

um...if Putin gets his way, he IS world government.

jesus.  what a moron.

oh, and by the way, evolution is perhaps the most proven scientific theory in the history of science.  you really have to be a complete idiot not to accept it.  there are literally thousands of data points that prove it, and only a handful of questionable exceptions.

[Tennesseer]

Mar 30, 2022 10:57:35 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Mar 29, 2022 9:08:53 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Fox Nation’s Lara Logan Suggests Theory of Evolution Is a Hoax Funded by Jews

It wasn’t long ago that Lara Logan was a correspondent for CBS News, which is a little hard to believe considering the types of conspiracy theories she’s been pushing since she left the network. The latest came during an appearance on the right-wing podcast “And We Know,” during which Logan suggested that the theory of evolution is the result of a wealthy Jewish family paying Charles Darwin to devise an explanation for what gave rise to humanity.

“Does anyone know who employed Darwin, where Darwinism comes from?” Logan, now with Fox News’ streaming service Fox Nation, asked. “Look it up: The Rothschilds. It goes back to 10 Downing Street. The same people who employed Darwin, and his theory of evolution and so on and so on. I’m not saying that none of that is true. I’m just saying Darwin was hired by someone to come up with a theory — based on evidence, OK, fine.”

Logan rambled for a bit longer, but her point was that evolution is a “chicken or the egg” debate and “you can’t answer it scientifically” and, while we’re here, Jews are trying to control the world with their money. Media Matters caught the claim on Monday:

The Rothschilds, who Logan says is responsible for the theory of evolution, are a Jewish family that often shows up in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) famously wrote on Facebook that the Rothschilds funded a space laser that started the California wildfires.

Logan and Greene share more in common than anti-Semitic comments. Both the Fox Nation host and the bigoted, virulent conspiracy theorist lawmaker have pushed Russian propaganda since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine last month. Greene has blamed Ukraine for the invasion, while suggesting the nation’s military is rife with Nazis. Greene, however, at least made some sort of superficial effort to insist she’s not a Putin supporter. Logan made no such effort.

“Whether you like Putin or don’t like him, Putin is not willing to be a part of whatever global governing structure is coming our way,” Logan said last week on a right-wing podcast. “Vladimir Putin has been very calculating, he’s been very careful … he’s said for 15 years that he would not tolerate NATO expansion.”

“He’s the man standing between us and this New World Order,” she added after rambling about Ukrainian biolabs funded by Hunter Biden.

The idea of a “New World Order” constructed by Jews is a trope of anti-Semitic rhetoric. We’re starting to notice a pattern in Logan’s conspiracy theorizing.

Fox Nation’s Lara Logan Suggests Theory of Evolution Is a Hoax Funded by Jews

um...if Putin gets his way, he IS world government.

jesus.  what a moron.

oh, and by the way, evolution is perhaps the most proven scientific theory in the history of science.  you really have to be a complete idiot not to accept it.  there are literally thousands of data points that prove it, and only a handful of questionable exceptions.

I do get tired of non-believers in evolution always state evolution cannot be true because it states humans came from apes.

Evolution does not state that.

[djAdvocate]

Mar 30, 2022 11:28:30 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Mar 30, 2022 10:57:35 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

um...if Putin gets his way, he IS world government.

jesus.  what a moron.

oh, and by the way, evolution is perhaps the most proven scientific theory in the history of science.  you really have to be a complete idiot not to accept it.  there are literally thousands of data points that prove it, and only a handful of questionable exceptions.

I do get tired of non-believers in evolution always state evolution cannot be true because it states humans came from apes.

Evolution does not state that.

they also don't get that different portions of the evolutionary chain can coexist, even though that HAS to be the case in order for evolution to actually "work".  one species has to succeed over another.

there is a readily available example, that every single human on Earth is aware of right now.  the Coronavirus.  several VARIANTS exist at the same time, as of today.  those VARIANTS are evolutionary.  

i am getting really tired of the lack of tracking the obvious.

[happyhoix]

Mar 30, 2022 10:57:35 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Mar 29, 2022 9:08:53 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Fox Nation’s Lara Logan Suggests Theory of Evolution Is a Hoax Funded by Jews

It wasn’t long ago that Lara Logan was a correspondent for CBS News, which is a little hard to believe considering the types of conspiracy theories she’s been pushing since she left the network. The latest came during an appearance on the right-wing podcast “And We Know,” during which Logan suggested that the theory of evolution is the result of a wealthy Jewish family paying Charles Darwin to devise an explanation for what gave rise to humanity.

“Does anyone know who employed Darwin, where Darwinism comes from?” Logan, now with Fox News’ streaming service Fox Nation, asked. “Look it up: The Rothschilds. It goes back to 10 Downing Street. The same people who employed Darwin, and his theory of evolution and so on and so on. I’m not saying that none of that is true. I’m just saying Darwin was hired by someone to come up with a theory — based on evidence, OK, fine.”

Logan rambled for a bit longer, but her point was that evolution is a “chicken or the egg” debate and “you can’t answer it scientifically” and, while we’re here, Jews are trying to control the world with their money. Media Matters caught the claim on Monday:

The Rothschilds, who Logan says is responsible for the theory of evolution, are a Jewish family that often shows up in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) famously wrote on Facebook that the Rothschilds funded a space laser that started the California wildfires.

Logan and Greene share more in common than anti-Semitic comments. Both the Fox Nation host and the bigoted, virulent conspiracy theorist lawmaker have pushed Russian propaganda since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine last month. Greene has blamed Ukraine for the invasion, while suggesting the nation’s military is rife with Nazis. Greene, however, at least made some sort of superficial effort to insist she’s not a Putin supporter. Logan made no such effort.

“Whether you like Putin or don’t like him, Putin is not willing to be a part of whatever global governing structure is coming our way,” Logan said last week on a right-wing podcast. “Vladimir Putin has been very calculating, he’s been very careful … he’s said for 15 years that he would not tolerate NATO expansion.”

“He’s the man standing between us and this New World Order,” she added after rambling about Ukrainian biolabs funded by Hunter Biden.

The idea of a “New World Order” constructed by Jews is a trope of anti-Semitic rhetoric. We’re starting to notice a pattern in Logan’s conspiracy theorizing.

Fox Nation’s Lara Logan Suggests Theory of Evolution Is a Hoax Funded by Jews

um...if Putin gets his way, he IS world government.

jesus.  what a moron.

oh, and by the way, evolution is perhaps the most proven scientific theory in the history of science.  you really have to be a complete idiot not to accept it.  there are literally thousands of data points that prove it, and only a handful of questionable exceptions.

True. Even if you don’t want to rely on the fossil record (gods jokes, apparently) there are studies that show how insects change within a few generations to adapt to changing environmental conditions.

Hard to argue otherwise.

[djAdvocate]

Mar 30, 2022 11:44:03 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Mar 30, 2022 10:57:35 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

um...if Putin gets his way, he IS world government.

jesus.  what a moron.

oh, and by the way, evolution is perhaps the most proven scientific theory in the history of science.  you really have to be a complete idiot not to accept it.  there are literally thousands of data points that prove it, and only a handful of questionable exceptions.

True. Even if you don’t want to rely on the fossil record (gods jokes, apparently) there are studies that show how insects change within a few generations to adapt to changing environmental conditions.

Hard to argue otherwise.

the God Trick argument is really dumb.  why?  to make us doubt God?  why would we do that, when WE made up this stupid myth about the planet being 5000 years old?  

i loved Carl Sagan because he dispensed with all of the non-science in the Bible and believed in God anyway.  that is cool.  i wish more religiosos were like him.

[Tennesseer]

The unique, damaging role Fox News plays in American media

Sometimes news is newsworthy not because it is particularly revelatory but because it confirms something obvious that lacked confirmation or because it provides something broadly understood with a sense of scale. This certainly applies to the revelation — uncovered by the New York Times’s Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns and reported by CNN’s Brian Stelter — that President Biden views Rupert Murdoch, founder of Fox News, as “the most dangerous man in the world.”

Obvious in broad strokes but now confirmed and with a sense of scale.

But this top-line assessment of the face most associated with the right-wing cable network misses an important secondary assessment included in the Martin-Burns reporting. Fox News, the president feels, is “one of the most destructive forces in the United States,” as the reporters put it. This is the more important revelation as it recognizes the breadth of Fox News’s influence even beyond the elder Murdoch.

There are four elements outside of Murdoch that make Fox News a uniquely damaging part of the American news landscape: its strength on the political right, the demonstrated way in which it shapes its viewers’ beliefs, its grip on Republican power and the views of its leadership.

Fox News has a unique partisan power
In December, The Washington Post and University of Maryland conducted a national poll that included an assessment of where people get their news about politics and government. Among Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents, a variety of sources — CNN, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, NPR, the Times, The Post — were identified as a main source of news by at least 3 in 10. Among Republicans, though, only two were: local television and Fox News.

This has always been the reason that Fox News wins the ratings battle. Cable-news viewership skews toward demographics that are more Republican in the first place, and CNN and MSNBC are fighting for a similar base of viewers — viewers who also partake of news from other outlets. Fox News’s strength with 43 percent of the country (the percentage that is Republican or Republican-leaning independent, according to Gallup) gives it a distinct advantage in ratings.

Most Americans don’t care about ratings, of course. So it’s important to put this in a more useful context: Fox News has a larger audience than its competitors — an audience that is largely politically homogeneous. And new research reinforces that this homogeneity is not solely a function of Republicans choosing Fox News but of the network filtering what it shows its viewers.

The network shapes how its viewers see the world
On Sunday, David E. Broockman of the University of California at Berkeley and Joshua L. Kalla of Yale University published a paper documenting a years-long experiment focused on measuring the effects of cable-news coverage and Fox News in particular. In September 2020, the researchers paid Fox News viewers to watch CNN, measuring compliance with a series of quizzes about what they’d seen. At the end of the month, they measured the difference in how those viewers understood news events with how a control group of Fox News viewers did.

The experiment “found evidence of manifold effects on viewers’ attitudes about current events, policy preferences, and evaluations of key political figures and parties,” Broockman and Kalla write. “For example, we found large effects on attitudes and policy preferences about COVID-19. We also found changes in evaluations of Donald Trump and Republican candidates and elected officials.” Participants in the experiment even grew to recognize the way in which Fox News presents reality: “group participants became more likely to agree that if Donald Trump made a mistake, Fox News would not cover it — i.e., that Fox News engages in partisan coverage filtering.”

The thrust of the paper is to introduce a different understanding for how the media shapes understanding of the world. It’s not just about framing (how news is presented) but also filtering (what news is shown).

It was an interesting month in which to conduct the experiment. The researchers found that what CNN viewers saw was largely coverage about the coronavirus pandemic and Trump’s failures on limiting the virus’s spread. It also covered the security of mail-in voting, in contrast to what Trump was touting as he prepared for his likely reelection defeat. On Fox, the main coverage was about how the left embraced an “extreme” racial ideology and downplaying the pandemic. There was also a chunk of programming centered on the purported risks of mail balloting. Much of what Fox News showed, in other words, was exaggerated or untrue.

CNN didn’t escape criticism; the researchers found that “Fox News was far more likely to report facts favorable to Republicans while CNN was far more likely to do the same for Democrats.” But they also found that exposing Fox News viewers to an alternate viewpoint, while promoting recognition about Fox’s bias, was nonetheless short-lived. The impacts of the experiment “largely receded as treated participants primarily returned to their prior viewership habits.” This is a particular skill of Fox News: When reality intrudes, the network quickly neutralizes it.

Rest of article here: The unique, damaging role Fox News plays in American media

[Tennesseer]

Researchers Paid Fox News Viewers to Watch CNN - and Many Changed Their Minds on COVID, Mail-in Ballots and More

A new study published Sunday found that American viewers are likely to change their political views based on the media outlets from which they get their information.

David E. Broockman of the University of California, Berkeley and Joshua Kalla of Yale spent five years researching the effect of partisan media on people's political views. They tested their theory by gathering a sample of Fox News viewers, some of whom were paid to watch CNN for about seven hours a per week during the month of September 2020. The control group, comprised of the rest of the participants, continued to watch Fox News.

At the end of the testing period, the groups took three rounds of news surveys. Two significant findings emerged from the results: Fox and CNN covered different topics during the survey period, and the Fox-to-CNN group changed their attitudes about several issues.

For instance, those in the switcher group emerged 5 percent more likely to believe in the existence of long COVID. They were also 6 percentage points more likely to think that other countries handled the virus better than the U.S. did.

There was also evidence of change regarding attitudes about the 2020 election, as participants were 7 points more likely to support voting by mail.

The most notable differences revolved around race and President Biden. Participants were 10 points less likely to think that supporters of Biden were glad when police officers got shot, and 13 points less likely to think the number of police who get shot by Black Lives Matter protesters would increase if he were to be elected. They were also 11 points less inclined to say Biden should focus on controlling violent protesters than COVID.

Although the experiment isn't likely to permanently or drastically alter the subjects' political leanings - only 24 percent said they supported mail-in ballots, and 46 percent remained convinced that Biden was happy about police shootings - the findings are significant. There's proof in their revised stances on Fox News, as "treated participants concluded that Fox concealed negative information about President Trump."

The abstract concluded with the statement, "Partisan media does not only present its side an electoral advantage--it may present a challenge for democratic accountability."

Complete article here: Researchers Paid Fox News Viewers to Watch CNN - and Many Changed Their Minds on COVID, Mail-in Ballots and More

Link to study in article.

[Opti]

I read that earlier. Unfortunately, most also went back to their old viewing habits once they were no longer paid.

[djAdvocate]

it shows that the FCC should probably renounce the FOX broadcast license.

[dondub]

Apr 7, 2022 10:57:33 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

it shows that the FCC should probably renounce the FOX broadcast license.

That would be the government interfering with free speech. Not acceptable.

[djAdvocate]

Apr 7, 2022 11:13:45 GMT -5 dondub said:

Apr 7, 2022 10:57:33 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

it shows that the FCC should probably renounce the FOX broadcast license.

That would be the government interfering with free speech. Not acceptable.

let me ask you something.  and please no that is NOT me disagreeing with you:

we have PUBLIC airways that should serve the PUBLIC interest.
do you believe that was FOX does is in the PUBLIC interest?

[hurley1980]

Mar 30, 2022 11:44:03 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

Mar 30, 2022 10:57:35 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

um...if Putin gets his way, he IS world government.

jesus.  what a moron.

oh, and by the way, evolution is perhaps the most proven scientific theory in the history of science.  you really have to be a complete idiot not to accept it.  there are literally thousands of data points that prove it, and only a handful of questionable exceptions.

True. Even if you don’t want to rely on the fossil record (gods jokes, apparently) there are studies that show how insects change within a few generations to adapt to changing environmental conditions.

Hard to argue otherwise.

Lol I once had an acquaintance argue that the dinosaurs weren't real.  I asked him where the fossils and bones came from. He told me they were planted by the devil to make us doubt gods existence.  The shit those people come up with never ceases to amaze me!

[djAdvocate]

Apr 7, 2022 12:46:54 GMT -5 hurley1980 said:

Mar 30, 2022 11:44:03 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

True. Even if you don’t want to rely on the fossil record (gods jokes, apparently) there are studies that show how insects change within a few generations to adapt to changing environmental conditions.

Hard to argue otherwise.

Lol I once had an acquaintance argue that the dinosaurs weren't real.  I asked him where the fossils and bones came from. He told me they were planted by the devil to make us doubt gods existence.  The shit those people come up with never ceases to amaze me!

well ,if the Devil was a comet that hit 65M years ago, it worked.

[Cheesy FL-Vol]

Apr 7, 2022 13:06:13 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Apr 7, 2022 12:46:54 GMT -5 hurley1980 said:

Lol I once had an acquaintance argue that the dinosaurs weren't real.  I asked him where the fossils and bones came from. He told me they were planted by the devil to make us doubt gods existence.  The shit those people come up with never ceases to amaze me!

well ,if the Devil was a comet that hit 65M years ago, it worked.

Don't be silly, the earth is not that old! 

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Apr 7, 2022 12:46:54 GMT -5 hurley1980 said:

Mar 30, 2022 11:44:03 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

True. Even if you don’t want to rely on the fossil record (gods jokes, apparently) there are studies that show how insects change within a few generations to adapt to changing environmental conditions.

Hard to argue otherwise.

Lol I once had an acquaintance argue that the dinosaurs weren't real.  I asked him where the fossils and bones came from. He told me they were planted by the devil to make us doubt gods existence.  The shit those people come up with never ceases to amaze me!

I can do you one better, I saw a booth at the Iowa State Fair that said just that.  An entire booth devoted to Anti-evolution.  My dad practically had to sit on me to keep me from going over there.

Don't know why wasn't like I was going to go over there and challenge every single  idea they had and do so VERY loudly. 

[Tennesseer]

Apr 7, 2022 12:46:54 GMT -5 hurley1980 said:

Mar 30, 2022 11:44:03 GMT -5 happyhoix said:

True. Even if you don’t want to rely on the fossil record (gods jokes, apparently) there are studies that show how insects change within a few generations to adapt to changing environmental conditions.

Hard to argue otherwise.

Lol I once had an acquaintance argue that the dinosaurs weren't real.  I asked him where the fossils and bones came from. He told me they were planted by the devil to make us doubt gods existence.  The shit those people come up with never ceases to amaze me!

But after their brother and sister-in-law requested that the original poster and their husband watch their children for a weekend, those awkward instances boiled over into a larger argument.

"My bro and SIL asked if we would be willing to watch their kids for a weekend in April so that they could go on a long weekend trip," they wrote. "My husband and I agreed and they thanked us and we all agreed we would discuss details later."

"SIL sent an email a couple days ago...she outlined what time they would be dropping the kids off, their itinerary and contact info, when they expected to be back, etc.," they continued. "But it also had an odd 'request.'"

"She asked that we remove all dinosaur toys (because in her religion they believe dinosaurs didn't exist)," they added. "My oldest has a lot of them and last time they were over it led to a lot of questions from her kids."

Responding to their sister-in-law's email, the original poster said she was adamant she would not remove her child's dinosaur toys, and reiterated that message to her brother in a later phone call.

"I told her that I don't care about her religious beliefs, but in my home the Earth is round, the sky is blue and dinosaurs existed," they wrote. "I told her if that makes her uncomfortable...she is free to find other options for watching her kids."

"Later that night, my brother called me and brought it up again," they added. "I told him that I am not going to cater to his wife's religious beliefs...and they don't get to dictate the terms of what goes on in our house."

'Dinosaurs Existed': Parent Backed in Refusal to 'Cater' to Sister-in-Law

[djAdvocate]

Apr 7, 2022 14:24:44 GMT -5 Cheesy FL-Vol said:

Apr 7, 2022 13:06:13 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

well ,if the Devil was a comet that hit 65M years ago, it worked.

Don't be silly, the earth is not that old! 

it's nice that someone gets my sense of humor.

[dondub]

Apr 7, 2022 11:20:08 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Apr 7, 2022 11:13:45 GMT -5 dondub said:

That would be the government interfering with free speech. Not acceptable.

let me ask you something.  and please no that is NOT me disagreeing with you:

we have PUBLIC airways that should serve the PUBLIC interest.
do you believe that was FOX does is in the PUBLIC interest?

Not MY public interest, no.

[djAdvocate]

Apr 7, 2022 20:18:34 GMT -5 dondub said:

Apr 7, 2022 11:20:08 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

let me ask you something.  and please no that is NOT me disagreeing with you:

we have PUBLIC airways that should serve the PUBLIC interest.
do you believe that was FOX does is in the PUBLIC interest?

Not MY public interest, no.

you are not "the public", don.

would you like to take a second stab?

i think you can safely answer yes to this.  i am just wondering if you wil.

[dondub]

Apr 7, 2022 20:23:39 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Apr 7, 2022 20:18:34 GMT -5 dondub said:

Not MY public interest, no.

you are not "the public", don.

would you like to take a second stab?

i think you can safely answer yes to this.  i am just wondering if you wil.

I do believe there are those that would say ‘yes, it does serve the public interest’. So why do you want to censor them and violate the First Amendment?

[djAdvocate]

Apr 7, 2022 21:00:07 GMT -5 dondub said:

Apr 7, 2022 20:23:39 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

you are not "the public", don.

would you like to take a second stab?

i think you can safely answer yes to this.  i am just wondering if you wil.

I do believe there are those that would say ‘yes, it does serve the public interest’. So why do you want to censor them and violate the First Amendment?

i don't appreciate the "like" on that post, bills.  you will not find a more staunch proponent of the 1st amendment on this board.  but it is important for everyone to understand what that means in the context of this discussion.

i am asking this question for a reason.

there are several reasons that a station should lose it's license.  one of them would likely be inciting a revolution.  i take it that you don't believe that FOX has, and continues to do that.

a more direct reply than "some people think so" would be helpful.  i am uninterested in what "some people" think.  some people think that evolution is wrong, and that black people are inferior.  what do YOU think?

[billisonboard]

Apr 8, 2022 3:33:59 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Apr 7, 2022 21:00:07 GMT -5 dondub said:

I do believe there are those that would say ‘yes, it does serve the public interest’. So why do you want to censor them and violate the First Amendment?

i don't appreciate the "like" on that post, bills.  you will not find a more staunch proponent of the 1st amendment on this board.  but it is important for everyone to understand what that means in the context of this discussion.

i am asking this question for a reason.

there are several reasons that a station should lose it's license.  one of them would likely be inciting a revolution.  i take it that you don't believe that FOX has, and continues to do that.

a more direct reply than "some people think so" would be helpful.  i am uninterested in what "some people" think.  some people think that evolution is wrong, and that black people are inferior.  what do YOU think?

I am not whole heartedly anti-revolution. There is a part of me that thinks that it is necessary. Like Tommy J said:

God forbid we should ever be 20. years without such a rebellion. The people can not be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions it is a lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. We have had 13. states independant 11. years. There has been one rebellion. That comes to one rebellion in a century and a half for each state. What country before ever existed a century and half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. link