Glenn Beck is not original, nor was Joe McCarthy. The "red scare" of McCarthyism was merely the recycled red scare of the 1920's, when Attorney General Mitchell Palmer and his right-hand assistant, J. Edgar Hoover, conducted warrantless raids on union halls and labor organizations deemed socialists or communists for their suspected anti-American, anti-corporate beliefs. Full Story »
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The theme of this article is the effectiveness of the technique of fear–used whenever a group or movement wants its way. This is an era of great fear: fear promoted by special-interest disciples; fear promoted by government; but most importantly, growing fear in Americans, themselves, frightened of the great changes confronting them by the 21st century. Predictably, when confronted by change, people become frightened and make a vain attempt to return to what they think were the ... More »
This worthwhile piece compares the fearmongering that characterizes politics today to that of the 1950s, when Joe McCarthy and Co. were oozing their way through history. Those folks are all gone now, but, as the article points out, Glen Beck, talk radio and even the GOP have taken over where McCarthy left off and are marching "us backward with banners flying and Hosannas shouted..." into another morass of hatred, bigotry and racism all rooted in fear. The piece concludes by urging ... More »
The spectacle of fear is not new. Whether financed by Wall Street or organized by FOX News, fear is the product being sold for the sole purpose of ... More »
History is always useful, especially for those who haven't lived through some of it. What the article omits is how the country got out of the fear induced overreactions. And it omits the role of the Democrats in fearmongering in the so called Solid South.
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