Government stoking anarchist fears… again

[limpyhobbler]

The government wants Americans to believe that anarchist violence s a very real possibility at the Republican and Democratic national conventions. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a bulletin to that effect.

"FBI and DHS assess with high confidence anarchist extremists will target similar infrastructure in Tampa and Charlotte, with potentially significant impacts on public safety and transportation," according to the propaganda alert.

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People, particularly Americans, are easily controlled by their government and its various proclamations and warnings. The TSA, though not as heinous as some right wingers would like it to be, is there as a constant reminder that there is a terrorist threat, an “other,” always at our doorstep. The terror threat warning, in all its Big Brother glory, serves the same function. Such tactics are low-level, subliminal messaging to convince Americans to live in perpetual fear.

So, too, has it been for over 100 years with anarchism. Before the terrorist became boogeyman du jour there was the anarchist boogeyman. He was a useful symbol to provoke hysteria, replaced after World War II with the ubiquitous ”Russkie.”
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http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/187599/government-stoking-anarchist-fears-again/