I agree. Keeping people scared keeps them from thinking and reasoning clearly. It does keep people off balance.

I believe that’s why there is such a divide in this country between the left and middle, and the far right. Most Americans are either middle right or middle left. When the middle is disregarded and abused by being made afraid initially, they eventually come to their senses when they realize there really isn’t as much to fear as people they trusted have led them to believe. They stop trusting the people who made them afraid, and the political landscape and power come back to an age of reason.

Left or right, liberal or conservative, when fear, anger, hatred and violence work there way back into daily political discourse, we experience significant and often broad sweeping changes in societal structure and government’s role in it.

Sherri

I posted the Maddow segment to demonstrate the point of guilt by association and why it is ultimately a dead end, or at least leads to crazy conclusions.

Had the conservative side made such a video or written something of this nature to demonstrate the same point, I would have quoted it. But, the conservative side won’t do that because it becomes a litmus test about their conservative street cred. Just look at what happened to David Frum when he spoke his mind and what he believed happened to the GOP. He got fired for honest, rigorous thought and analysis of the facts. I predict the GOP will decline substantially if they throw out the David Frums of their constituents. William F. Buckley would have praised and supported Frum, and Buckley’s absence from the GOP has allowed the right wing-nuts to take power and diminish the party’s reach in the process.

I was a Buckley Republican for 30 years. I had to leave the party when what is happening now began in the 2000′s during the Bush 43 administration. The GOP used to be the party of rigorous thought and debate on the facts, and that’s why we’ve had more Republican years in the Presidency since Nixon was first elected in 1968 than Democrats. Now, the Democrats are the party of facts, rigorous debate and reason. I believe Lincoln would roll over in his grave if he could see what was happening in his party today.

Sherri

I’ve come to realize this blog is about discussing a wide variety of topics that need advocacy.

The thing that gets me so passionate about so many things is most all have something to do with being fair and just, and treating everyone equally. The stories I write about are concerned with unconscionable injustices, at least they’re unconscionable to me.

People can’t change anything until they know what needs to be changed. There are a huge number of specific stories that need a bigger audience and more awareness so that those who might be able to help will see them.

Thanks for reading and commenting!