2010-07-15 Don't Fear the Right

2010-07-15 David Spero Dissident Voice \American cultural polarization\government\Oath Keepers\Tea Party\fearmongery\Stewart Rhodes\Southern Poverty Law Center http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/07/don%E2%80%99t-fear-the-right/ Don’t Fear the Right Don’t Fear the Right  Wars and occupations keep coming. The police state expands without pause. Big capital takes all our money and destroys huge chunks of our environment. So why are liberal and progressive leaders telling us to fear grassroots conservatives? Wouldn't it be better to [join forces to] fight the corporate police state that is doing these things to us?

We regularly hear warnings about militias and tea parties, but for the most part, these people are not the enemy. Although Tea Party leadership has been largely taken over by Republicans of the Sarah Palin school, many of the rank-and-file are potential class allies. Even some of the local leaders are libertarians who oppose war and defend civil liberties.

Militia members may be even more likely to have things in common with honest leftists and greens. The ideology is different, but the class interests are similar. And don’t forget; the government and their mercenaries have plenty of guns, and they’re not reluctant to use them. If the people are to resist, we may need to ally with people who have some, too.

According to Jesse Walker, managing editor of Reason magazine, corporate media and government are conducting a "Brown Scare" against the Right ["Brown" as in Hitler's brownshirts]. A Brown Scare is similar to a Red Scare and is used for the same reasons, to discredit and divide those opposed to the system, and pave the way to attack them.

&ldquo;We regularly hear warnings about militias and tea parties, but for the most part, these people are not the enemy. Although Tea Party leadership has been largely taken over by Republicans of the Sarah Palin school, many of the rank-and-file are potential class allies. Even some of the local leaders are libertarians who oppose war and defend civil liberties.&rdquo;   