26. More broadly, Levant's characteristic pose (clown to larger public, martyr to the true-believing gulls) very similar to others on right
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27. If you press Levant/Limbaugh/Steyn on their racism or lies, they'll say, this is just entertainment & hyperbole.
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28. Yet business strategy of Levant/Limbaugh/Steyn based on core audience that treats their racism and lies as gospel truth.
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29. Levant's legal defense on libel is no one takes him “at face value” because they're “well aware of Levant’s outlandish comments.”
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30. The dual face of reactionary buffoonery (clown to big public, truth-teller to core) is a very deliberately crafted persona.
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31. This strategy of reactionary buffoonery has increasingly been creeping into real world politics: Gingrich, Palin, Rob and Doug Ford.
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32. To see Levant is isolated freak is comforting but a false consolation. He's part of something much larger than his own ridiculousness.
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@gdnickel Strongly disagree. Most of Canadian media already on right (most papers owned by Conrad Black at time) when Post started.
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