Time: Wed Jul 16 13:43:20 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA22349 for [address in tool bar]; Wed, 16 Jul 1997 13:16:32 -0700 (MST) by usr07.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA17063; Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:56:23 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:56:00 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: An Example of Propaganda (fwd) <snip> > >>Why Do We Americans Submit to This? >>by Susan Huck, McLean, VA: >>Newcomb Publishers (Tel: 703-893-7302), >>1997, 202 pages, paperback, $20.00. >> >> >>An Example of Propaganda >> >> The "mean-spirited" way (to use a favorite >>word of the left) that the mass media maligned >>Pat Buchanan, all the while accusing him of >>being cruel beyond belief, provides a perfect >>example of how propaganda can be used by the >>Establishment against its enemies. Accusations >>against Buchanan, as Huck notes in a piece that >>originally appeared in 1996, included such >>charges as his being an "extremist," a >>"populist," a member of the "radical right," >>and even "insane." Why, he was no doubt a >>"racist," "bigot," "misogynist," "wimp," >>"homophobe" and "xenophobe," as well as >>"anti-Semitic," screamed critics. To this were >>added epithets such as "protectionist," >>"isolationist," and the all-inclusive >>"irresponsible." >> Of course, in wielding the broad brush >>to tar him, hypocrisy is hardly an obstacle. >>As Dr. Huck explains: >> >> For at least one generation, more >> likely two, the professional politi- >> cians have been scientifically slicing >> and dicing the American electorate >> into handily manipulable voting >> blocs. Now, that's "divisive!" Every >> line of cleavage has been tried, and >> most have been exploitable. So we >> have been set against each other, >> male-female, black-white, rich-poor, >> old-young, North-South, East-West, >> white-collar against blue-collar -- >> just on and on. The game is to pro- >> vide members of each bloc with a >> highly enhanced sense of grievance >> against everybody else, and the de- >> lusion that their only friends in the >> world are the politicians. Alas, it >> works. >> Along comes a candidate [Mr. >> Buchanan] whose message can over- >> ride these carefully cultivated divi- >> sions, and the professionals arise >> as one man and brand him as >> "divisive"! >> >>-- >> >>The New American Magazine >>* THAT FREEDOM SHALL NOT PERISH * >>July 7, 1997 (Vol. 13, No. 14) > <snip> ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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