Have you ever listened to a religious sermon?
And yes, even though after 9/11 I looked at middle easteners with a new eye, I have this "instinct now" (bred into me by GWB and the media) to actually distrust, and probably not like them all. It's "us or them" .
("You're either with us or against us".)
I think in these shaky times where the threat of war and/or biological attacks, a failed economy, increased pollution and dwindling resources; is so psychically threatening to us, that we are willing to rely on just ONE person who has the right look, the right sound byte, to lead us out of our uncertainty. Add a healthy dose of "God" in there, and you don't have to THINK or take RESPONSIBILTY. All you have to do is BELIEVE, and "trust" your leader.
I think I am becoming brainwashed.
It's a hopeless situation.
You're either with him and the country or...................??
Off Topic » in reply to re: "we are at a point in history where the selection of the person to take the most powerful seat in the world was done largely on the basis of fear, and anger, and hatred. "
Certainly they played on our fears.....
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- The heedless among us
- selection of the person to take the most powerful seat in the world was done largely on the basis of fear, and anger, and hatred
- "we are at a point in history where the selection of the person to take the most powerful seat in the world was done largely on the basis of fear, and anger, and hatred. "