[Platt] Actually the fear topping the least for those on the left is fear of O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Fox News and conservative politicians, a fear they pander to at every opportunity. :-)
[Arlo] The left has its own fear-agenda, it is not only the right that panders to nightmare. But while the right denounces the fears of the left, and the left denounces the fears of the right, yet meanwhile BOTH exploit their own nightmares, any real attempt at solution is quelched under the weight of the nightmare iceberg. Whether it is valid environmental or valid immigration or valid healthcare (in both directions) concerns, each side seems more eager to prove their own nightmare scenarios and belittle the side than actually move towards solutions for the good of all. Or take the war (please!). The radical left wants to paint the right as the sole aggressor (George Bush is a terrorist). The radical right wants to paint the left as aiding and abetting terrorists (Democrats want to surrender to terrorists). And meanwhile the war rages on and on and on and on. And in between is a population (a world population) so accustomed to the fear rhetoric of the nightmare politicians and their propaganda machines, that we see boogeymen under every bed and enemy hordes coming over every hill; an enemy often defined simply as "those who are not like me". But what do I know, I'm just a commie who loves squelching DQ at every opportunity. moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
