http://www.catapult-creative.com/2009/08/20/the-gop-is-going-downhill-news-meme-of-the-week/ worldwide (web) whatnot Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:43:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.catapult-creative.com/2009/08/20/the-gop-is-going-downhill-news-meme-of-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Richard Catron Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:00:14 +0000 http://www.catapult-creative.com/2009/08/20/the-gop-is-going-downhill-news-meme-of-the-week/#comment-43 It is especially scary when the zombies are from among one's own kin. Usually, the arguments that filter down through the various media to the level of tea party revelers lack even the comparative sheen of Egoism. I don't think the cult analogy is too far off the mark. It may be more helpful to think of it as a sort of massive, memetic call and response hymn in which a few simple buzzwords are capable of eliciting a predictable set of ululations from the zealous flock. It is especially scary when the zombies are from among one’s own kin. Usually, the arguments that filter down through the various media to the level of tea party revelers lack even the comparative sheen of Egoism. I don’t think the cult analogy is too far off the mark. It may be more helpful to think of it as a sort of massive, memetic call and response hymn in which a few simple buzzwords are capable of eliciting a predictable set of ululations from the zealous flock.

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