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Nitram

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6. The role of Fear in the conservative way of thinking, and the conservative strategy for winning

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Fri Nov 27, 2020, 01:53 PM

Nov 2020

elections, has been clear for decades. I might date its inception from Nixon's presidency, and the use of hysterical fear of race and of communism to divide the nation and win votes. Reagan and Dubya carried the baton and furthered the strategy to great effect. Trump was the logical and inevitable next step in this progression (or should I say "degeneration&quot .

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from George Lakoff, Nov. 27, 2018 [View all] elleng Nov 2020 OP

Thanks. I'll read anything from George Lakoff. yonder Nov 2020 #1

Ditto elleng Nov 2020 #2

+1 - We all should! n/t ms liberty Nov 2020 #3

Four Freedoms Speech, FDR, Jan. 6, 1941. appalachiablue Nov 2020 #4

Thanks for this, a'blue. elleng Nov 2020 #5

The role of Fear in the conservative way of thinking, and the conservative strategy for winning Nitram Nov 2020 #6

I would say it long predates Nixon rurallib Nov 2020 #7

True, anti-immigrant, anti-Jew, and purely racist issue were certainly used earlier. But I think it Nitram Nov 2020 #8