Posted on 06/04/2007 6:26:21 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
I am so unafraid of the hysteria freaks that abound this forum these days — I just wish I were merely amused.
Demogogy has no home: it just wanders and snatches fear, right and left, up and down. You are living 1800, 1836, 1860, 1896, 1912 (especially), 1932, 1964, 1976... you are just another American freakout, chasing ghosts, skittering at shadows, shouting blame.
Human beings loathe disorder, so to overcome it we create social structure. Each of those dates I noted represent moments of severe pressure upon some delicate order that was about to fall, or seemed about to fall. Pick your historical moment, it’s everywhere: the world’s gonna end and someone’s to blame.
Either you’re just playing, or you’re truly afraid. Either way, it’s so sad.
Gee, I’m so happy for you.
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