|
we were asleep for so long, comforted in the knowledge that we had the majority of Americans more on our side than the "crazies" (freepers, Xians, religious right, whatever) that we all believed to be a fringe element. Reagan scared us a little when he pandered to the Falwells and their ilk, but he didn't DO that much. Shrub is far more scary... he doesn't just pander to the religious right, he IS a card carrying member. And the rest of the country, a majority of which ARE STILL NOT part of them, are tolerating their rule.
Never have our freedoms been in such peril as now, never has the rule of a minority so overwhelmed the majority... at least here in the US... but the Nazis in Germany, or the Communists in revolutionary Russia, have been in the same place as the RW is today in our country. They are ruling us through fear, every anti Kerry commercial is about appealing to fear.
We are at war within the US, a political, cultural and religious war. Will we continue to be a free and tolerant people, looking for the best in others, wanting to trust other nations... or will we give in the fear mongers, give up our freedoms, and become the "evil empire" that Reagan believed the Soviets to be.
|