What are you so afraid of?

[LWolf]

a Morford home run:

http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/morford/

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Oh my God but we are one terrified nation.
Fear is in. Fear is the new black. Spritz it on your face and neck, walk around the world all quivering and tremulous, waiting to be crushed by some dark massive throbbing wall of evil at any moment.

Fear is everywhere. Classrooms, water coolers, truck commercials. Fear is our government's raison d'etre, the calling card of the GOP. It will be the prime motivator in this year's presidential election, as Karl Rove will command that Dubya beat the drum of fear loud and hard and nonstop, smirking all the way.

Fear of terrorists fear of gay marriage fear of women and foreigners and the poor and environmentalists and progressives and Janet Jackson and hippies and commies and gul-dang liberals who want to take away your guns and make you think for yourself. We cannot have that.

Vote for us, the GOP will scream, and we will make sure to slaughter all those evil hippie demons, all while keeping your fear at a fever pitch via a never-ending parade of freshly minted evils that threaten your numbed McDonald's-gorged diabetic asthmatic children who can't breathe due to all the air-quality laws we've gouged. Shhh.

[onebigbadwulf]

1. Given the alternatives.... fear or think...

the average american would rather fear. It takes less thinking. ;-)

[LWolf]

2. You nailed it.

Here's to thinking.

:toast:

[ixion]

3. the link to this has changed... here is the new link

Yet another spot on rant. Moford is one of the best out there today, IMO.



http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2004/02/13/notes021304.DTL

[LWolf]

4. He sure is.

Thanks for the new link.

[zonmoy]

5. Perhaps

but the republicans have given the people fears to distract them while the things that really need to be feared (peak oil, cabals of college secret society members trying to take over the world) are being ignored.