Comments on: Motivated By Fear http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/10/11/khaledhosseiniftw/ Just another Firedoglake weblog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:52:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kilo http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/10/11/khaledhosseiniftw/comment-page-1/#comment-2696 Kilo Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:08:34 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/10/11/khaledhosseiniftw/#comment-2696 <blockquote><p>fear is the root of every, and I do mean every, conservative position. Just pick one and drill down into it; you’ll find the unreasoning, inchoate terror that drives it.</p></blockquote> <p>Free markets. Go.</p>

fear is the root of every, and I do mean every, conservative position. Just pick one and drill down into it; you’ll find the unreasoning, inchoate terror that drives it.

Free markets. Go.

]]> By: azportsider http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/10/11/khaledhosseiniftw/comment-page-1/#comment-2690 azportsider Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:15:28 +0000 http://attackerman.firedoglake.com/2008/10/11/khaledhosseiniftw/#comment-2690 <p>Spencer, fear is the root of every, and I do mean every, conservative position. Just pick one and drill down into it; you’ll find the unreasoning, inchoate terror that drives it. Take your time with this. I wouldn’t want you wandering around in the funhouse of the conservative ‘mind’ for too long at a time. That way lies madness.</p> <p>This is why the GOPers insist on playing the fear card. It works. It always works on their base, and since 9-11 it’s worked often enough on those who should know better to keep Cheney and his cronies in power. Osama! Terror! 9-11! Arabs! Muslims! They don’t look like us! They hate us for our freedoms! They want to kill Americans! And a thousand other buzzwords and phrases of varying levels of stupidity. I just saw a video of a very stupid woman at a John McCain townhall who told McSame that she was afraid of Obama because “he’s an Arab.” Jeebus, I’ll bet the GOPers love her and her lizard brain!</p> <p>And it works. It works because fear paralyzes reason. Just remember Dune “Fear is the mind-killer…” The GOPers don’t want you to think about issues; they lose on the issues. But if they can stir up those cold chills from your lizard brain, well then they’ve got a chance.</p> Spencer, fear is the root of every, and I do mean every, conservative position. Just pick one and drill down into it; you’ll find the unreasoning, inchoate terror that drives it. Take your time with this. I wouldn’t want you wandering around in the funhouse of the conservative ‘mind’ for too long at a time. That way lies madness.

This is why the GOPers insist on playing the fear card. It works. It always works on their base, and since 9-11 it’s worked often enough on those who should know better to keep Cheney and his cronies in power. Osama! Terror! 9-11! Arabs! Muslims! They don’t look like us! They hate us for our freedoms! They want to kill Americans! And a thousand other buzzwords and phrases of varying levels of stupidity. I just saw a video of a very stupid woman at a John McCain townhall who told McSame that she was afraid of Obama because “he’s an Arab.” Jeebus, I’ll bet the GOPers love her and her lizard brain!

And it works. It works because fear paralyzes reason. Just remember Dune “Fear is the mind-killer…” The GOPers don’t want you to think about issues; they lose on the issues. But if they can stir up those cold chills from your lizard brain, well then they’ve got a chance.

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