I don't like people who spread hate, but I truly despise those who spread fear. Hate is bad, but fear makes people do and justify the worst possible things. That's why, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," is one of the greatest statements by a leader ever.
@AmiDar But isn’t fear the foundation of hate? A good hate campaign needs to be backed up by a good fear campaign. Often, they go hand in hand.
@AmiDar Ami, in the history of Passover, Pharao uses fear to make the Egyptians enslave the Israelites. “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more"
@AmiDar I've actually been thinking of that old FDR quote practically every day for weeks.
@AmiDar Instilling it, with resentment of an enemy and the "elites", is the central tenet of fascist rhetoric, per Yale phil prof Jason Stanley, a leading scholar of fascist rhetoric. Foundation of all the current toxic nationalisms. vox.com/2018/9/19/1784…