Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Quote from Daily Kos-

Here is some behavioral semantics to invoke powerful political responces, just guess you they are in relation too...

  • A "Homeland" and all the imagery connected to it (also prominently featured in patriotic songs) Invocation of patriotism, of which there is supposedly never enough
  • Glorification of the military while regarding actual soldiers as disposable
  • Glorification of motherhood with ulterior motives (the Lebensborn movement got started with homes for unwed mothers to prevent abortions)
  • "We" are the good guys, not because of what we do (or don't do) but because we say so - "We" are superior at anything and everything, again because we say so
  • Discrimination against a particular minority is morally justified to preserve national security
  • Even though racism and gender discrimination are considered morally right, ideology supersedes racial, ethnic, or gender affiliation. Minority members are tolerated ("We decide who's a Jew") and women can have careers if they are useful to the party
  • A crime or injustice was committed against us, so we must punish somebody, whether they had anything to do with it or not
  • If we lose a war, it's the left-wing traitors' fault
  • Everybody else is out to get us, and we must get them first - Messed up grammar and nonsensical sentence structures interrupted by bumper sticker-style slogans.

...Fox News.