Brenton
Nothing to Fear But Fear
June 21st 2007 03:12
The phrase ‘nothing to fear but fear itself’ has been around for yonks. However it takes a while for one to progress from understanding the meaning, to actually comprehending the true concept of the phrase.
It’s pretty much a given that fear is a pretty powerfully negative force. A scared dog bites. A scared snake strikes. And scared people behave a lot stupider than they do the other 90% of the time.
The thing with scared people is that fear turns to hate pretty quickly. It starts with uncertainty.
‘Hmm, I wonder if these Muslims are OK, or if they actually have more sinister ideas’.
Then, we move on to fear.
‘I’m afraid those Muslim’s aren’t OK, and they have more sinister ideas.’
What is the responsible thing to do with these kinds of fears? One would believe that perhaps the sensible thing would be to avoid whipping up a senseless frenzy and help to sort the fact from fiction. However, that is rarely the actual result.
What really happens is hundreds of human vultures (who, like dogs, can smell fear a mile away) jump along to gain a piece of the pie. A Bigarse Piece. Soon we have the media whipping up a storm of fear, selling advertising space and newspapers off it. Then we have the politicians following their own personal agendas, using humanities fears to help fulfil their own aims.
Ultimately, this leads to hate. The message becomes so frantic that it gains credibility through it’s own repetitiveness.
I hate those Muslims, because they do have evil ideas.
Ultimately the lesson is that while caution is a friend, the whipping up of fear causes hatred and anger. And this is something we should be afraid of.
Very afraid indeed.
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