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One of the first truths that the Christian church learned was
the value of terror.
Make the suckers afraid.
Convince them
that some boogyman will get them.
Tell them that they need the
Christian mythology to protect them from the danger.
Presto,
the sucker buys into the lie, pays his money and surrenders his
freedom to the all-knowing church.
Terror has proven to be the best way to get people to give up their liberties and independence. The Republicans learned from Christian mythology. They invent devils and then present themselves as the only effective protection from the supposed threat. The classic example was the "Red Menace." The Republican fanatic, Joe McCarthy, preached that the dread Communists had infiltrated the government. If Americans didn't look out, the Reds would steal our minds, our souls, our American way of life. It was all lies, of course. Republicans rely on dishonesty. ["Oh, look, they have weapons of mass destructions just like us. We'll have to kill them!"] The Republicans especially hated the Communists because, in theory at least, the Reds promised to share the wealth with ordinary persons. Republicans are the wealthy, big business, big oil, military martinets. The last thing that bunched wanted, or wants today, is for ordinary people to share their billions or share the power that money buys. Republicans have effectively used terror since Lincoln precipitated the unnecessary Civil War. They've invented a string of demons for us to fear and for them to save us from. Without bad guys, why would we give away our freedoms? The Christian mythology stared by preaching fear of Romans. Quickly they graduated to fear of spooks, ghosts, devils and science. The most effective terror tactics proved to be fear of sex (the great majority of Christians were/are frigid women) and fear of death. Following the same strategy, the Republicans graduated from terror of the Reds to fear of illegal aliens, Arabs, Moslems and a big one is "socialized healthcare," drugs from Canada and airplanes. The real risk to you of being hurt or killed by a "terrorist" (whatever that may mean) is miniscule, about the same as being struck by lightning. America is illegal aliens! The old ones simply want to keep everything for themselves by making you afraid of the new ones. When a Republican politician tells you how much danger you're in, don't you believe it! As front for right-wing extremists, the bigot channel, Fox "News," has proven effective in two areas. It preaches fear and hate, the Christian staples. They are an effective smoke screen hiding the real problems of the country: social injustice and inequity. They want you to worry about a slut drown in Aruba or a child murdered in Idaho. While such things are terrible tragedies, they are extremely rare. You'll win the lottery three times before it happens to you. Be afraid, VERY afraid. Be afraid of the Christian crazies and of the Republicans and their Christian agenda. Otherwise, I extol FDR's axiom of freedom from fear.
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