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In reply to the discussion: WHILE SON WAS CANVASSING FOR PACIFIC NORTHWEST STATE DEMOCRAT [View all]The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)All day, every day, listeners are pummeled with messages to be afraid.
Afraid of Democrats
Afraid of Liberals
Afraid of people coming to take their guns
Afraid of LGBTQ people
Afraid of hordes of brown people storming across the border to take steal everything
Afraid of black people
Afraid of Jewish people
Afraid of the government
They have been convinced through constant repetition that these groups and more are bent on destroying their lives. Taking away their livelihoods and destroying their families. They are taught to fear and hate. There are ridiculous conspiracy theories too numerous to mention.
They are also convinced Donald Trump, his cronies and his allies in the Republican party are going to destroy all these groups, so they no longer have to be afraid.