THE MEDIA ISSUE: VOLUME 123, ISSUE 152
WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME
Stoking White Fear as a Policy Strategy
by Malik Isasis
With the advent of technology such as the internet, Youtube, search engines, social media networking, cell phones, video/audio, etc., facts are handedly available, yet, the Republican Party--and rightwing hitmen like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh and organizations such as Fox News are still able to get away with spreading lies and fear. It seems the more accessible information is, the more uninformed the American populace has become.
During the Bush years we saw eight years of mass delusion, an irrational fear of terrorism that lead us into two illegal occupations and the lizard brain hatred we now see toward Islam, Muslims and Arabs. When the rightwing, and the Republican Party stoke fear, especially white fear, they know exactly what they are doing. They prey on economic vulnerable white people whose egos have been broken down by their situation. Rightwing jesters such as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck then rebuild white folks' egos and esteem by blaming equally economic vulnerable groups such as African-Americans, Muslims, Arabs, Mexicans, and Mexican-Americans. This is why for the past 18 months Republicans haven't offered any new policies, just fear, because they have only a singular goal in governance, the maintenance of wealth for the investor class. Republicans have nothing new to offer, they've only offered wars and tax cuts for a generation.
Fox News, the Republican Party, rightwing hitmen, and corporate media malfeasance have cultured ignorance even in the Age of Information, but The Age of Information means nothing when opinion has become a religion and the corporate media weighs facts and opinions equally, giving us a cottage industry of rightwing attack media, thriving like algae.
Here is Jon Stewart making sense of an upside down America.
WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME
Stoking White Fear as a Policy Strategy
by Malik Isasis
With the advent of technology such as the internet, Youtube, search engines, social media networking, cell phones, video/audio, etc., facts are handedly available, yet, the Republican Party--and rightwing hitmen like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh and organizations such as Fox News are still able to get away with spreading lies and fear. It seems the more accessible information is, the more uninformed the American populace has become.
During the Bush years we saw eight years of mass delusion, an irrational fear of terrorism that lead us into two illegal occupations and the lizard brain hatred we now see toward Islam, Muslims and Arabs. When the rightwing, and the Republican Party stoke fear, especially white fear, they know exactly what they are doing. They prey on economic vulnerable white people whose egos have been broken down by their situation. Rightwing jesters such as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck then rebuild white folks' egos and esteem by blaming equally economic vulnerable groups such as African-Americans, Muslims, Arabs, Mexicans, and Mexican-Americans. This is why for the past 18 months Republicans haven't offered any new policies, just fear, because they have only a singular goal in governance, the maintenance of wealth for the investor class. Republicans have nothing new to offer, they've only offered wars and tax cuts for a generation.
Fox News, the Republican Party, rightwing hitmen, and corporate media malfeasance have cultured ignorance even in the Age of Information, but The Age of Information means nothing when opinion has become a religion and the corporate media weighs facts and opinions equally, giving us a cottage industry of rightwing attack media, thriving like algae.
Here is Jon Stewart making sense of an upside down America.
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