What have we learned so far? We have learned that fear works.
Preaching fear got GW reelected. Preaching fear got us into Iraq. Preaching fear has worked for the HSUS and the PETA agenda.
Fear is working right now to kill the Obama health care reform initiative.
People fear the dismantling of their individual rights. People fear the Socialization of our Republic.
Wake up people -- that train has already left the station. The horse is already out of the barn folks.
There is an entire class of workers, not even citizens, that the working class American Citizen pays for and takes care of. We as Middle Class Tax Paying Citizens pay for and take care of all the social needs of illegal undocumented alien workers their entire lives here, thereby subsidizing the the true cost of wages paid by the Uberclass. It's time to wake up people. The Uberclass is robbing you blind. Now that it is their turn to pay their realistic fair share of the national health care burden, they've got the working class fighting among themselves. Fighting to preserve the economic edge the Uberclass currently enjoys. When it's finally the Uberclass' turn to pay their fair share in true economic terms they have successfully encouraged us to turn on ourselves in order to maintain the status quo, in order to preserve their economic edge. People -- you and I are already paying for the socialization of America. Been paying for it for years -- MAP, CHIP, Lone Star Cards, Anchor Babies, WIC, NGO's, Religious Charities, Blue Santa, Brown Santa, Coats for Kids, Emergency room care, Incarceration, Judicial, education, school supplies, the list goes on and on. The guys in the middle are doing all the paying and the people on both ends are getting all the benefits. We're all losing ground from the middle.
Fear works. Unfortunately, we choose ignorance over informed decisions. That entire argument is fear driven. It is fallacious. It is a red herring, a straw man argument.
jsc
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FEAR works
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I could say a LOT-but no post...
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Brad Chambers
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The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....
While I don't share your political views, you are correct about using fear. Appeal to fear (and other emotions) has been widely used throughout history and is commonly mentioned in the study of logic. The problem is when society doesn't value free thinking or educate people to be able to think freely. Then appeals to our basic emotions rather than logic and intellect will always win.
