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The Greatest Hysteria in American History
Townhall ^ | 7-24-2018 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 07/24/2018 3:11:31 AM PDT by servo1969

You and I are living through the greatest mass hysteria in American history. For many Americans, the McCarthy era held that dubious distinction, but what is happening now is incomparably worse.

For one thing, any hysteria that existed then was directed against the greatest evil in the world at the time: communism. Then-Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee notwithstanding, there really were Americans in important positions who supported communist regimes enslaving their populations and committing mass murder. McCarthy was on to something.

In contrast, the country is choking on hysteria over the extremely unlikely possibility -- for which there is still no evidence -- that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with the Russian government to meddle in the 2016 presidential election, and the absurdity that President Trump works for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

For another, the mainstream media did not support McCarthy. Most in the media were highly critical of McCarthy. Today, the mainstream media are not the voices of caution. They are the creators of the hysteria. There have been conspiracy theories throughout American history (e.g. Lee Harvey Oswald didn't kill President John F. Kennedy alone; the moon landing never happened). But this is the first time the media have created and promoted a conspiracy. Not surprisingly, they have dropped any pretense of objective reporting in the process.

And while some Americans were unfairly labeled communists during the McCarthy era, countless Democratic politicians and leaders in news and entertainment have called members of the Trump administration and the tens of millions of Americans who support the president fascists, white supremacists, haters, xenophobes and even Nazis.

MSNBC contributor Jill Wine-Banks said of the Trump-Putin Helsinki press conference: "It's just as serious to me as the Cuban Missile Crisis in terms of an attack, or the 9/11 attack. ... (Trump's) performance today will live in infamy as much as the Pearl Harbor attack or Kristallnacht."

Former communist, Obama operative and CIA Director John Brennan tweeted: "Donald Trump's press conference performance in Helsinki rises to & exceeds the threshold of 'high crimes & misdemeanors.' It was nothing short of treasonous."

The constant invoking of the Holocaust, the Nazis and now Kristallnacht (the unofficial beginning of the Holocaust, a night in 1938 when German Jews were beaten to death, synagogues were burned and Jewish shops were destroyed) only minimizes the evils of Nazism and the Holocaust. A young American who, having gone to a typical university, probably knows nothing about the Nazis and the Holocaust will now think Nazism and the Holocaust were 20th-century expressions of Trump and American conservatism.

All this hysteria is built on next to nothing. At its core, it is an attempt to undo the 2016 election. The mainstream media refuse to accept that Hillary Clinton lost. They said she would win -- handily. They predicted a landslide. How could they have possibly gotten it so wrong? Their answer is they didn't; Trump and Putin stole it.

If truth mattered to the media, their ongoing narrative would be: "Democrats and the left still do not accept Trump victory."

If truth mattered to the media, every American would know Trump has been harder on Russia than former President Barack Obama was. Every American would be reminded that Obama reassured Putin's right-hand man, then-Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, that he wouldn't be too tough on Russia. Thinking his mic was off, he whispered into Medvedev's ear: "This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility."

If truth mattered to the media, every American would be reminded that Obama sent Army meals to Ukraine and Trump has sent anti-tank missiles and other arms to repel the Russians.

If truth mattered to the media, every American would be reminded that Obama watched Syria burn and Russia come to dominate that country, while Trump has bombed Syrian military installations, including one where Russians were killed.

If truth mattered to the media, every American would be reminded that it is Trump who has weakened Russia's ally Iran, while Obama immeasurably strengthened it.

Instead the media scream "treason," "impeachment" and the like 24/7; Hollywood stars curse the president; others curse his daughter or the first lady (one of the most regal in American history) and show President Trump in various death poses. Meanwhile, leftist mobs shout at administration officials and Republican members of Congress while they eat in restaurants, shop in stores and sleep in their homes.

If you vote Democrat this November, you are voting for hysteria, lies, socialism and even the cheapening of the Holocaust.

But more than anything, a vote for Democrats in November is a vote for hysteria -- the greatest and darkest in American history.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dennisprager; hysteria; mediabias; prager; russia; townhall; trump
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1 posted on 07/24/2018 3:11:31 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: servo1969

McCarthy was spot on correct as there were many Communists then and more now...


2 posted on 07/24/2018 3:23:34 AM PDT by dpetty121263 (Communism)
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To: servo1969

I thought Prager was a #NeverTrumper.


3 posted on 07/24/2018 3:24:37 AM PDT by Paladin2 (no spelchek, no problem...)
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McCarthy was spot on correct as there were many Communists then and more now...

The Berlin wall came down not because the US outspent the Soviet Union. That's the cover for the real story. The Soviets came up with a better plan based on Chinese philosophy of needing 100 or more years to defeat a superior foe. Infiltrate academia, the media, a political party of more, entertainment and poison the citizenry slowly over time.

4 posted on 07/24/2018 3:30:17 AM PDT by USCG SimTech
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To: servo1969

The MSM has set upon a strategy: loudly proclaiming the end of the world, or worse, at any move Trump makes, turning his every effort into a smear against him.

It is the scream of a stuck pig technique.

Incidentally, I was channel surfing last night, and on the show “Salvation” in a matter of a few seconds I watched, they were knifing Trump. An “illegitimate” president had just been revealed to the world, the illegitimate president said it was just “fake news”, and after a short confrontation, a very obvious Hillary Clinton type ordered: “Arrest the son-of-a-bitch. “


5 posted on 07/24/2018 3:45:07 AM PDT by odawg
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To: Paladin2

Shoot no! Been on the Trump train all the way, at least since Trump won the primary.


6 posted on 07/24/2018 3:49:10 AM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: USCG SimTech

The Soviets were acting on that plan long before the Wall came down. I would say their plan is still proceeding nicely, since all the manufactured outrage and lies against the President come straight from the Soviet Socialist strategy book.


7 posted on 07/24/2018 3:54:30 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: servo1969

How many m*slim countries colluded with bammy, and gave money to their campaign?


8 posted on 07/24/2018 4:06:49 AM PDT by I want the USA back (This week's hysterical obsession: Trump tweet on iranian threat. Last week's: Trump Putin's Bitch.)
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To: Paladin2

I listen to Prager during my afternoon commute. He was first for Ted Cruz based on his establishment of a strong conservative platform. He did not like the way Trump belittled people. He thought Trump should be above that.

He supported Trump as soon as he got the nomination. It was begrudging at first but has increased over time. Prager is now the top booster for Trump, much more than Rush even. Prager becomes nearly unhinged against “The Left!” particularly in their treatment of Trump. Prager is probably the staunchest and most resilient booster for Trump now.

When MSM bad stories/smear offensives come out Prager uses these analogies of “so what” because Trump remains the most powerful opposition to Western Civilization’s mortal enemy “The Left!”


9 posted on 07/24/2018 4:10:25 AM PDT by Justa
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To: servo1969

The same forces that smeared McCarthy are smearing Trump. The Obama Clinton Conspiracy needs to be prosecuted under RICO.


10 posted on 07/24/2018 4:17:51 AM PDT by maddogtiger
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To: Justa

Mark Levin has followed a very similar path as Prager. Once a fierce Trump critic, Levin has now become one of the president’s best and most capable defenders.


11 posted on 07/24/2018 4:28:20 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: servo1969

The biggest example of hysteria is that Democrats/media/academics see Putin’s Russia to be a bigger threat to the US, Europe, Asia, Africa, etc than the Soviet Union ever was.

Either Russia was always a threat or it still isn’t.


12 posted on 07/24/2018 4:44:11 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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To: Dan in Wichita

Levin was vapidly anti-Trump. Had to turn him off . Now he is a Pom-Pom waving supporter.


13 posted on 07/24/2018 4:48:43 AM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: servo1969

GlowBULL warming didn’t work so the left needed a new hoax. This is it.


14 posted on 07/24/2018 4:48:52 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Justa
I listen to Prager during my afternoon commute. He was first for Ted Cruz based on his establishment of a strong conservative platform. He did not like the way Trump belittled people. He thought Trump should be above that.

The Bushes were "above that," look how that worked out for us.

15 posted on 07/24/2018 5:04:26 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: servo1969

Every single American ought to be required to read “Blacklisted By History”; I consider it impossible to read that book and come away without our eyes opened to what the Radical Left has done to this country. Possibly the most important book there is to understanding how the hell we got to where we are.


16 posted on 07/24/2018 5:08:05 AM PDT by _longranger81 (Gettin' our Mega-MAGA-Mojo on!)
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To: Justa

Unfortunately, in my area, Prager’s show is in the same time slot as Rush Limbaugh and Andrew Wilkow, so I don’t hear him all that often.


17 posted on 07/24/2018 5:13:08 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: odawg
The MSM has set upon a strategy: loudly proclaiming the end of the world, or worse, at any move Trump makes, turning his every effort into a smear against him.

Agreed. Couple of reasons for that. One Michael Crichton hit upon even as far back as 2004 in "State of Fear"... The MSM needs perpetual crisis to try to maintain our attention and thus their influence.

Two, President Trump is actually succeeding. Compared to recent administrations - spectacularly succeeding. The MSM and socialists/fascists/globalists have nothing real to use against him, so they have to manufacture controversy over anything they can in hopes that something sticks. They (in the form of the Clinton/obama campaign) even went so far as to simply make {excrement} up out of whole cloth. (eg. the dossier)

The left is collectively losing their minds. While it is more than a little entertaining to watch - it is also leading us into a dangerous era. The left is desperate, and desperate people do stupid, dangerous things.

18 posted on 07/24/2018 5:17:30 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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To: Dan in Wichita

Prager supported trump after he got the nomination.

Levin was still trashing Trump into September.

There’s a big difference there.


19 posted on 07/24/2018 5:17:50 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: USCG SimTech

I take it you’re familiar with Dewey, Wilson, The Frankfurt School, Columbia University, PBS/NPR, Ayers, CPUSA and Soros.


20 posted on 07/24/2018 5:22:15 AM PDT by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterto)
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