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 »
Posted by Patricia Blochowiak
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 good old “safe” days as seen through their distortion-colored telescopes.
Change is one of the only few constants of life; and we’re scared to death of it.