I agree. One thing the far right does well is emotional appeals to fear. At the root of the problem is a lack of critical thinking and an increased receptivity to bullshit. But it's human nature. I see it as an inevitable result of the ability of anyone to use the internet as a platform coupled with the way we have been trained to express observations by a press that knows fear and sells. We are trained in catastrophic thinking by a news that makes violence and murder appear commonplace and teaches that our world is ultimately threatening. So people cling to an identity delineated by an "other" that will violently take what they have. And the far right appeals to this because it is based upon it. The propagandists like Rush probably feel this acutely and respond from that place with extreme emotion and fear. Besides "selling" for them, it's also what they believe. I am quite sure that Rush, in his heart of hearts, truly believes he is doing the public a service. In a way, I pity him. Feeling so much constant hate and fear must be horrible. Sadly, people listen to him and act in service of his hate, which paints him with the darkest guilt.

Florida is, no doubt, a crazy state. Maybe because you have everything from the crackers, to the Cubans, and finally all the transplants from the Northeast. Such a varied group of cultures and ideologies. Like Cali, it's very diverse.

My twin sister gets her talking points from fox and oann. We live 3,000 miles apart, we chat only when she is headed somewhere in the car. It's a dysfunctional relationship and while she agrees trump is immoral and not a Christian - she is a believer - her strong right ideals probably did not allow her to vote for Biden. I get off the phone and feel I need to go into recovery.
I use to listen to the local AM radio for Seattle Mariners or Seahawks games but if a game is not on it's far right Rush and a bunch of others who have NO plan but are sure the left is out to get them and their guns.
That is what a lot of the people who live in my area listen too. Months I contacted the station and told them I will no longer be listening (right before the baseball season was canceled/altered) to the broadcast of games due to their lack of factual information they continue to put out to the public. Hate speech, trashing everyone who does not agree with the right but providing NO plan of their own is a disservice to us all.
My check in for the right is the National Review. We process hearing versus reading differently, it is easier on my fragile left/progressive/humanist spirit to read what they are thinking than to listen.

I can get the same effect by hitting myself over the head with a hardcover copy of the book "A Very Stable Genius". It's actually less painful in the long run.

Well, I'll admit.... I too have a Fox pre-set button on my radio. Need to know what the enemy is saying. But it's like #20. For 5-minutes every day or so I listen in. That's my limit. Indeed, it's amazing. How do people listen to that crap? And some actually believe it!