Category Archives: Enemy/Scapegoat

Is ‘the enemy’ used to unify and manipulate? Are terrorists the only enemy? Who is supporting them? Is the enemy list growing? Have the monsters been set loose on Maple Street, USA? Is assumption of trustworthiness in most encounters being replaced by suspicion of everyone? Is the potential for mob rule more likely? Does the enemy include your neighbor who doesn’t agree with you? When will the enemy be tattooed with a scarlet letter? When will guilty until proven innocent become the law? When will mass graves guide our choices? How far is too far?

Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.
Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

Authoritarian Control Requires War, a War Mentality, Enemies, and a Vivid Imagination

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Andy Hailey

WAR … WAR … WAR … WAR I guess the authoritarian wars began in 1971 when President Nixon launched the war on drugs to combat the heroine addictions of our Vietnam veterans. This 40 year war has not been won … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Site: <a href="http://davidswanson.org/outlawry" target="_blank" title="When the World Outlawed War">How people in the United States and around the world worked to abolish war as a legitimate act of state policy and won in 1928</a>
  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8859-violence-usa-the-warfare-state-and-the-brutalizing-of-everyday-life" target="_blank" title="if the United States is to make a claim on democracy, it must develop a politics that views violence as a moral monstrosity and war as virulent pathology.">Violence, USA: The Warfare State and the Brutalizing of Everyday Life</a>
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Analysis of the Tea Party – Loyal Right-wing Authoritarian Followers

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Andy Hailey

Professor Robert Altemeyer of the University of Manitoba collaborated with John Dean on Dean’s book Conservatives Without Conscience (CWC), which I have referenced often. Professor Altemeyer has also written an on-line book about

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="http://wp.me/pegMB-1b4" target="_blank" title="Members of the Tea Party are the red-white-and-blue shirts who are leading the way to a fascist America.">The Tea Party – The “Masses” for American Fascism</a>
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Bad Deeds for 9-13-2010

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Jim Vogas

  Republican House Leader is Big Tobacco’s and Wall Street’s Best Friend – House Democrats were preparing late last year for the first floor vote on the financial regulatory overhaul when Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio and other Republican … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 8-30-2010

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Jim Vogas

  Right-Wing Group Tries to Suppress Minority Vote in Bill White Territory – A well-funded right-wing group has emerged in Houston and has begun raising unfounded allegations of widespread voter fraud. A video on their website pictures only people of … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 8-19-2010

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Jim Vogas

  Republicans Insult Democratic Women – The home web page for Minnesota’s Republican District 56 has a video comparing Republican and Democratic women. A musical score of “She’s a Lady” plays, while a parade of young, pretty Republican women (or … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 7-29-2010

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Jim Vogas

  Another Right-Wing [Domestic] Terrorist – On Monday, the U.S. attorney in Seattle will ask a judge to give Michael Fenter 13 years for bank robbery and a weapons offense. When Michael Fenter was arrested coming out of a Tacoma … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 7-21-2010

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Jim Vogas

  The Myth of Republicans’ Economic Stewardship – Just days after the Washington Post documented that George W. Bush presided over the worst eight-year economic performance in the modern American presidency, the New York Times in January featured an analysis … Continue reading →

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The Changing Nature of Right-wing Authoritarian Lies – Then and Now

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Andy Hailey

One of the tools used by the right-wing authoritarian (RWA) or “Conservatives Without Conscience” (CWC) leaders (Rep. Senators, Dick Arm…, Rush Lim…, Glenn Be.., Bill O’…, Newt Ging…, Michele Bach…, Sharron Ang…, Ann Coul…,) is the Noble Lie. These lies … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-rodda/no-mr-beck-congress-did-n_b_598698.html" target="_blank" title="I've addressed this Aitken Bible lie many times before">No, Mr. Beck, Congress Did Not Print a Bible for the Use of Schools</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-rodda/no-mr-beck-john-adams-did_b_608570.html" target="_blank" title="On Beck's show, Barton also incorporated his other lie about this letter">No, Mr. Beck, John Adams Did Not Think Governments Must Be Administered by the Holy Ghost</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-rodda/no-mr-beck-jefferson-did_b_622122.html" target="_blank" title="I'm going to take on another of pseudo-historian David Barton's favorite lies">No, Mr. Beck, Jefferson Did Not Date His Documents 'In the Year of Our Lord Christ'</a>
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Bad Deeds for 6-29-2010

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Jim Vogas

  Republicans Are Opposing Responsible Natural Gas Operations – Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is a means of natural gas extraction employed in deep natural gas well drilling. Once a well is drilled, millions of gallons of water, sand and proprietary chemicals … Continue reading →

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Where is the Right-wing Authoritarian Triad Taking Us?

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Andy Hailey

This blog tracks where we are going by documenting the characteristic categories of the minority right-wing authoritarians (RWA) in the United States. The RWAs are part of our political system and are currently represented by the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.cceia.org/resources/transcripts/5171.html" target="_blank" title="Family values, moral values, and military values are a rather potent cocktail">The New American Militarism</a>
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