I'm old enough to have seen how Japanese soldiers were portrayed
in propagandistic World War II media, with goofy buck teeth and Coke
bottle glasses. I understand that now, individuals like you and me,
respectable members of the American Productive Class, people who read
actual books, Constitutionalists, libertarians, third party voters,
hard money advocates, gun owners, Ron Paul supporters, religious
folks, are being caricatured the same way, dehumanized, and labeled
"terrorists", so it will be easier for young, heavily-indoctrinated,
maybe even drugged Homeland Security, TSA, and UN troops to pull the
trigger. [More]
L. Neil Smith writes a hard, but essential essay to read.
Spot on target.
ReplyDeleteBuck teeth and coke bottle glasses was actually how Hirohito's Prime Minister looked.
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