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November 2, 2015
Bullets are nice, but much of political power—maybe most of it—comes from successfully instilling fear and guilt in your opponents.
Fear and guilt can disable people more quickly than mustard gas.But once the fear of being smeared with meaningless words evaporates, the rest is easy. That’s the main task—getting people over the fear of being called bad names. The rest is as easy as tossing darts at party balloons; people merely need to conquer the fear of what they’ll be called once they start tossing those darts. The Fear of Being Called Phobic
Posted by gerardvanderleun at November 2, 2015 10:00 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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People that call others phobia anything are intellectually bankrupt and need to be punched in the face repeatedly until your hand breaks off at the elbow.
The only time I have ever seen anythingphobia used is on the web by anonymous idiots. In real life they wouldn't dare call anyone such a thing because the above would happen to them.
You have 2 lives these days, your web life, and your real one.
You can only be killed in one of them, guess which one. The other is mostly fictitious, or, as real as you allow it to be.
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at November 2, 2015 11:11 AM
Some of Alinsky's tactics.
BTW the sword is more powerful than any pen I have ever seen.
über die Klinge springen literally to jump over the blade; to be killed
gar mancher über die Klinge sprang many were killed
Posted by: chasmatic at November 2, 2015 10:58 PM
This explains Donald Trump's poll numbers: he is NOT AFRAID.
Americans are sick and tired of politicians who are afraid to say anything, unless it's run by their in-house focus groups and pollster first. And then their comment is wishy-washy, careful not to 'offend', and triangulated. That applies to both parties.
There's a lesson here: Stand up, speak your mind, and don't put up with anyone telling you that you're "racist", or to "Hush!" Say what you mean, and mean what you say.
Give me a leader who is not afraid, and I'll follow that leader. Show me someone who's frightened, and I'll walk away.
IMHO, most Americans feel pretty much the same.
Posted by: Smokey at November 4, 2015 12:15 PM