<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Craig Miller: A Case Of Exploited Fear, Distrust And Anger</title> <atom:link href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/</link> <description>A black bourgeoisie perspective on U.S. politics</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:32:00 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator> <item><title>By: Tosh_xD</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-342185</link> <dc:creator>Tosh_xD</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:07:05 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-342185</guid> <description>irrational fear</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>irrational fear</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Tosh_xD</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-342186</link> <dc:creator>Tosh_xD</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:06:20 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-342186</guid> <description>Ya&#039;ll can use Obamaphobia at will../&lt;br&gt;fear of non hegemonic blackness/otherness</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ya&#39;ll can use Obamaphobia at will../<br />fear of non hegemonic blackness/otherness</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Tosh_xD</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-342187</link> <dc:creator>Tosh_xD</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:04:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-342187</guid> <description>How de we handle Obamaphobia?&lt;br&gt;We see manifestations of anglo fear of  &lt;br&gt;(what they perceive as) a black planet</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How de we handle Obamaphobia?<br />We see manifestations of anglo fear of <br />(what they perceive as) a black planet</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Thatruth76</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-342188</link> <dc:creator>Thatruth76</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:14:30 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-342188</guid> <description>This is what you get when you allow these Republican sheep to have an opportunity to make their case without yelling and being disruptive. This pathetic, incredibly low-functioning man wasted 8 minutes of our lives during that interview on MSNBC in which he exposed his ignorance and lack of; education/critical thinking skills/or the ability to even present a coherent argument. But he was more than comfortable being disruptive and direspectful at the town hall meeting. It is clear that for the majority of white Americans the argument is not about the issues at hand, but with the fact that a black man is President.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is what you get when you allow these Republican sheep to have an opportunity to make their case without yelling and being disruptive. This pathetic, incredibly low-functioning man wasted 8 minutes of our lives during that interview on MSNBC in which he exposed his ignorance and lack of; education/critical thinking skills/or the ability to even present a coherent argument. But he was more than comfortable being disruptive and direspectful at the town hall meeting. It is clear that for the majority of white Americans the argument is not about the issues at hand, but with the fact that a black man is President.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rikyrah</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-342189</link> <dc:creator>rikyrah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:06:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-342189</guid> <description>AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: christmasbb</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-342190</link> <dc:creator>christmasbb</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:19:34 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-342190</guid> <description>I have a latently socialist overly intellectual (and dear) uncle who refers to this uprising from the astroturf as &quot;More-on dot org.&quot;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a latently socialist overly intellectual (and dear) uncle who refers to this uprising from the astroturf as &#8220;More-on dot org.&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-342193</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:06:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-342193</guid> <description>Yep it is nothing but anger masking fear.  They have been whipped into a frenzy of fear by talk radio. Their response to all that fear is ANGER.  No, different than when a mother sees her child run into the street, fear overwhelms her, then when the child is safe...she ANGRILY tells the child not to do that again EVER....her ANGER is how she expresses her FEAR.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So, these folks are full of fear of losing their white entitlement, of not knowing where their next paycheck or job is going to come from, of the gov&#039;t bailing out the banks not them, foreclosures, change in society with blacks in positions of power,  all of this fear is surrounding them in their communities, relationships, homes and talk radio is whipping that fear up.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mostly because these are individuals of medioacre intelligence they lack the critical thinking skills to come to a reasoned solution to cope, and they are just plain scared. How can they suceed if the world changes and folks don&#039;t accept and promote them on the basis of white entitlement? They know they did not earn what they ahve, but that they are there because they are white and the hispanic, black, asian was denied the job, union card, or mortgage.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They know that, deep inside, where their fear lurks and gurgles up to the surface.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They cannot articulate the fear...all they do is express ANGER...and anger has no reason....which is why we call it MADCRAZY!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep it is nothing but anger masking fear.  They have been whipped into a frenzy of fear by talk radio. Their response to all that fear is ANGER.  No, different than when a mother sees her child run into the street, fear overwhelms her, then when the child is safe&#8230;she ANGRILY tells the child not to do that again EVER&#8230;.her ANGER is how she expresses her FEAR.</p><p>So, these folks are full of fear of losing their white entitlement, of not knowing where their next paycheck or job is going to come from, of the gov&#39;t bailing out the banks not them, foreclosures, change in society with blacks in positions of power,  all of this fear is surrounding them in their communities, relationships, homes and talk radio is whipping that fear up.</p><p>Mostly because these are individuals of medioacre intelligence they lack the critical thinking skills to come to a reasoned solution to cope, and they are just plain scared. How can they suceed if the world changes and folks don&#39;t accept and promote them on the basis of white entitlement? They know they did not earn what they ahve, but that they are there because they are white and the hispanic, black, asian was denied the job, union card, or mortgage.</p><p>They know that, deep inside, where their fear lurks and gurgles up to the surface.</p><p>They cannot articulate the fear&#8230;all they do is express ANGER&#8230;and anger has no reason&#8230;.which is why we call it MADCRAZY!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: BlackButterfly</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-342191</link> <dc:creator>BlackButterfly</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:04:43 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-342191</guid> <description>The problem is that there are too many people that are happy to let others interpret information for them out of laziness.  With all the information sources available to us today there is absolutely no excuse to be a robot.  I SMH in disbelief when they pass a microphone to someone during SOME OF THESE RIGGED town hall meetings that are basically Klan meetings.  They open there mouths and regurgitate talking points...what is that?!  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Propaganda&lt;/b&gt; is communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position. As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense, presents information primarily to influence an audience. Propaganda often presents facts selectively (thus lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or uses loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. The desired result is a change of the attitude toward the subject in the target audience to further a political agenda. (Wikipedia)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Too many people in America have become too accustomed to wanting something for nothing.  I blame our declining educational system and our voyeuristic society for the constant decline in the critical thinking process and the ideal that working hard for something worthwhile is a bad thing. These shortcomings are damaging the dynamic potential children in America.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem is that there are too many people that are happy to let others interpret information for them out of laziness.  With all the information sources available to us today there is absolutely no excuse to be a robot.  I SMH in disbelief when they pass a microphone to someone during SOME OF THESE RIGGED town hall meetings that are basically Klan meetings.  They open there mouths and regurgitate talking points&#8230;what is that?!</p><p><b>Propaganda</b> is communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position. As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense, presents information primarily to influence an audience. Propaganda often presents facts selectively (thus lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or uses loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. The desired result is a change of the attitude toward the subject in the target audience to further a political agenda. (Wikipedia)</p><p>Too many people in America have become too accustomed to wanting something for nothing.  I blame our declining educational system and our voyeuristic society for the constant decline in the critical thinking process and the ideal that working hard for something worthwhile is a bad thing. These shortcomings are damaging the dynamic potential children in America.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: lizadiamond</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-342192</link> <dc:creator>lizadiamond</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:32:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-342192</guid> <description>In the 15th Century in Germany the book,  The Malleus Maleficarum, (The Witches Hammer), was commissioned by the Pope and widely disseminated. The intent (it&#039;s more complex than this): ensure power to the Pope/Catholic church (vs. protetants) and to kill women (too closely allied with The Devil)  The Gutenberg press enabled mass production. It was a witch hunters manual for identifying and torturing witches, mostly women. These women (and some men) were healers or just plain innocent people.  At least 100,000 &quot;witches&quot; were tortured and killed, often by mobs. Some say millions. It was a holocaust against women.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now, instead of the Malleus, we have talk radio. The coincidence of violence against abortion providers and against people of color is not accidental - sexism and racism are ugly, dangerous and related.  We are seeing that people can be turned into mobs. The question is, how can we stop it&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the 15th Century in Germany the book,  The Malleus Maleficarum, (The Witches Hammer), was commissioned by the Pope and widely disseminated. The intent (it&#39;s more complex than this): ensure power to the Pope/Catholic church (vs. protetants) and to kill women (too closely allied with The Devil)  The Gutenberg press enabled mass production. It was a witch hunters manual for identifying and torturing witches, mostly women. These women (and some men) were healers or just plain innocent people.  At least 100,000 &#8220;witches&#8221; were tortured and killed, often by mobs. Some say millions. It was a holocaust against women.</p><p>Now, instead of the Malleus, we have talk radio. The coincidence of violence against abortion providers and against people of color is not accidental &#8211; sexism and racism are ugly, dangerous and related.  We are seeing that people can be turned into mobs. The question is, how can we stop it&gt;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Tosh_xD</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-262466</link> <dc:creator>Tosh_xD</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:07:05 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-262466</guid> <description>irrational fear</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>irrational fear</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Tosh_xD</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-262465</link> <dc:creator>Tosh_xD</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:06:20 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-262465</guid> <description>Ya&#039;ll can use Obamaphobia at will../&lt;br&gt;fear of non hegemonic blackness/otherness</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ya&#39;ll can use Obamaphobia at will../<br />fear of non hegemonic blackness/otherness</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Tosh_xD</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-262464</link> <dc:creator>Tosh_xD</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:04:38 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-262464</guid> <description>How de we handle Obamaphobia?&lt;br&gt;We see manifestations of anglo fear of  &lt;br&gt;(what they perceive as) a black planet</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How de we handle Obamaphobia?<br />We see manifestations of anglo fear of <br />(what they perceive as) a black planet</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Thatruth76</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-262416</link> <dc:creator>Thatruth76</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:14:30 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-262416</guid> <description>This is what you get when you allow these Republican sheep to have an opportunity to make their case without yelling and being disruptive. This pathetic, incredibly low-functioning man wasted 8 minutes of our lives during that interview on MSNBC in which he exposed his ignorance and lack of; education/critical thinking skills/or the ability to even present a coherent argument. But he was more than comfortable being disruptive and direspectful at the town hall meeting. It is clear that for the majority of white Americans the argument is not about the issues at hand, but with the fact that a black man is President.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is what you get when you allow these Republican sheep to have an opportunity to make their case without yelling and being disruptive. This pathetic, incredibly low-functioning man wasted 8 minutes of our lives during that interview on MSNBC in which he exposed his ignorance and lack of; education/critical thinking skills/or the ability to even present a coherent argument. But he was more than comfortable being disruptive and direspectful at the town hall meeting. It is clear that for the majority of white Americans the argument is not about the issues at hand, but with the fact that a black man is President.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: rikyrah</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-262405</link> <dc:creator>rikyrah</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:06:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-262405</guid> <description>AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: christmasbb</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-262373</link> <dc:creator>christmasbb</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:19:34 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-262373</guid> <description>I have a latently socialist overly intellectual (and dear) uncle who refers to this uprising from the astroturf as &quot;More-on dot org.&quot;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a latently socialist overly intellectual (and dear) uncle who refers to this uprising from the astroturf as &#8220;More-on dot org.&#8221;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: whiterosebuddy</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-262366</link> <dc:creator>whiterosebuddy</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:06:49 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-262366</guid> <description>Yep it is nothing but anger masking fear.  They have been whipped into a frenzy of fear by talk radio. Their response to all that fear is ANGER.  No, different than when a mother sees her child run into the street, fear overwhelms her, then when the child is safe...she ANGRILY tells the child not to do that again EVER....her ANGER is how she expresses her FEAR.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So, these folks are full of fear of losing their white entitlement, of not knowing where their next paycheck or job is going to come from, of the gov&#039;t bailing out the banks not them, all of this fear is surrounding them in their lives, homes and talk radio is whipping that fear up.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They cannot articulate the fear...all they do is express ANGER...and anger has no reason....which is why we call it MADCRAZY!</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep it is nothing but anger masking fear.  They have been whipped into a frenzy of fear by talk radio. Their response to all that fear is ANGER.  No, different than when a mother sees her child run into the street, fear overwhelms her, then when the child is safe&#8230;she ANGRILY tells the child not to do that again EVER&#8230;.her ANGER is how she expresses her FEAR.</p><p>So, these folks are full of fear of losing their white entitlement, of not knowing where their next paycheck or job is going to come from, of the gov&#39;t bailing out the banks not them, all of this fear is surrounding them in their lives, homes and talk radio is whipping that fear up.</p><p>They cannot articulate the fear&#8230;all they do is express ANGER&#8230;and anger has no reason&#8230;.which is why we call it MADCRAZY!</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: BlackButterfly</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-262365</link> <dc:creator>BlackButterfly</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:04:43 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-262365</guid> <description>The problem is that there are too many people that are happy to let others interpret information for them out of laziness.  With all the information sources available to us today there is absolutely no excuse to be a robot.  I SMH in disbelief when they pass a microphone to someone during SOME OF THESE RIGGED town hall meetings that are basically Klan meetings.  They open there mouths and regurgitate talking points...what is that?!  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;b&gt;Propaganda&lt;/b&gt; is communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position. As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense, presents information primarily to influence an audience. Propaganda often presents facts selectively (thus lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or uses loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. The desired result is a change of the attitude toward the subject in the target audience to further a political agenda. (Wikipedia)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Too many people in America have become too accustomed to wanting something for nothing.  I blame our declining educational system and our voyeuristic society for the constant decline in the critical thinking process and the ideal that working hard for something worthwhile is a bad thing. These shortcomings are damaging the dynamic potential children in America.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The problem is that there are too many people that are happy to let others interpret information for them out of laziness.  With all the information sources available to us today there is absolutely no excuse to be a robot.  I SMH in disbelief when they pass a microphone to someone during SOME OF THESE RIGGED town hall meetings that are basically Klan meetings.  They open there mouths and regurgitate talking points&#8230;what is that?!</p><p><b>Propaganda</b> is communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position. As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense, presents information primarily to influence an audience. Propaganda often presents facts selectively (thus lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or uses loaded messages to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. The desired result is a change of the attitude toward the subject in the target audience to further a political agenda. (Wikipedia)</p><p>Too many people in America have become too accustomed to wanting something for nothing.  I blame our declining educational system and our voyeuristic society for the constant decline in the critical thinking process and the ideal that working hard for something worthwhile is a bad thing. These shortcomings are damaging the dynamic potential children in America.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: lizadiamond</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-262352</link> <dc:creator>lizadiamond</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:32:10 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-262352</guid> <description>In the 15th Century in Germany the book,  The Malleus Maleficarum, (The Witches Hammer), was commissioned by the Pope and widely disseminated. The intent (it&#039;s more complex than this): ensure power to the Pope/Catholic church (vs. protetants) and to kill women (too closely allied with The Devil)  The Gutenberg press enabled mass production. It was a witch hunters manual for identifying and torturing witches, mostly women. These women (and some men) were healers or just plain innocent people.  At least 100,000 &quot;witches&quot; were tortured and killed, often by mobs. Some say millions. It was a holocaust against women.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Now, instead of the Malleus, we have talk radio. The coincidence of violence against abortion providers and against people of color is not accidental - sexism and racism are ugly, dangerous and related.  We are seeing that people can be turned into mobs. The question is, how can we stop it&gt;</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the 15th Century in Germany the book,  The Malleus Maleficarum, (The Witches Hammer), was commissioned by the Pope and widely disseminated. The intent (it&#39;s more complex than this): ensure power to the Pope/Catholic church (vs. protetants) and to kill women (too closely allied with The Devil)  The Gutenberg press enabled mass production. It was a witch hunters manual for identifying and torturing witches, mostly women. These women (and some men) were healers or just plain innocent people.  At least 100,000 &#8220;witches&#8221; were tortured and killed, often by mobs. Some say millions. It was a holocaust against women.</p><p>Now, instead of the Malleus, we have talk radio. The coincidence of violence against abortion providers and against people of color is not accidental &#8211; sexism and racism are ugly, dangerous and related.  We are seeing that people can be turned into mobs. The question is, how can we stop it&gt;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Daisy Kingston</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-262299</link> <dc:creator>Daisy Kingston</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:10:30 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-262299</guid> <description>It&#039;s all noise, ignorance, and confused rage.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#39;s all noise, ignorance, and confused rage.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: ASmith</title><link>http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/08/craig-miller-a-case-of-exploited-fear-distrust-and-anger/comment-page-1/#comment-262292</link> <dc:creator>ASmith</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:01:43 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/?p=14041#comment-262292</guid> <description>Sometimes, I&#039;m sure that racist folks don&#039;t hate me because I&#039;m black.  They hate me because I might actually take from them all the spoils of being white they truly think they deserve, but I don&#039;t.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Seriously.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It disturbs me to hear people say &quot;I like my healthcare just the way it is...&quot; Yes, you idiot, yours is great but what about those without it?  I can&#039;t stand the fear-mongering. It pisses me off more than anything else.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes, I&#39;m sure that racist folks don&#39;t hate me because I&#39;m black.  They hate me because I might actually take from them all the spoils of being white they truly think they deserve, but I don&#39;t.</p><p>Seriously.</p><p>It disturbs me to hear people say &#8220;I like my healthcare just the way it is&#8230;&#8221; Yes, you idiot, yours is great but what about those without it?  I can&#39;t stand the fear-mongering. It pisses me off more than anything else.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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