PARANOIA: Just liberal hypocrisy

It always strikes me as odd at how those who throw around loose terms such as political paranoia and fear mongering against those who oppose their own causes in politics sleep well at night. Such is the hypocrisy of liberalism; those who would interfere with their view of what they think is good for the masses, in this case for America, are either fanatical, paranoid or helplessly living in the dark ages. Their campaign to generate fear and paranoia of this type of person is justified however, under the pretext that “We know better than you” (liberal) mentality. The present presidential administration are experts at this tactic.

He (Jeff) states that the notion of political fear mongering is not new. The notion, “dictatorship by the majority” used by Hitler and is not new either. John Paul Goebbels, Hitler’s speech writer, states that the masses receptive ability is very limited, their understanding is small, but their forgetfulness is great. The masses are not in a position to determine right from wrong. They need the guidance and daily repetition of labeling those as fear mongers, who would oppose bills such as S1067. Today our society has been conditioned to accept same sex unions and abortion as legitimate, however it took years of repeating the accusations of hate mongers and anti-choice about those who opposed such matters. Nothing in politics or religion happens by accident.

Mr. Selle labels extreme right wingers (I’m not quite sure what that label means exactly) as angry people. All those who oppose progress to the new world order are not fit to legislate. What better way to propagate falsehoods than by the use of “Ad hominem” to support one’s position. Rather than to intelligently expose oppositional positions, Mr. Selle repeats the tactics of Richard Hofstadter of labeling good, conscientious lawmakers and citizens as suspicious, conspirators and heated exaggerators. To my knowledge, we as citizens have not had an opportunity to view the legislation that would involve Idaho in international law yet Mr. Selle labels those who would oppose such legislation as angry, uncompassionate people who care nothing about the plight of fatherless children. This is pure emotional incitement to take action against paranoid and fear mongering enclaves in Idaho. An accusation Mr. Selle so nonchalantly throws at the enclaves themselves.

The great World War II general George Patton once stated, “If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.” Perhaps we now need to reflect on these words and keep alive debates that either promote reinforcement of the good or reversal of evil. Mr. Selle encourages hate and fear of such courageous lawmakers who oppose federal mandates and a heavy hand. Because 19 states have accepted compromise, he fears Idaho will now inhibit (and rightly so) the passing of legislation which would put international law over U.S. law. He makes no case as to how exactly the failing of this legislation would dismantle Idaho’s entire child support collection system (talk about heated exaggeration). Since we, the public, and he, Mr. Selle, are not privy to this information, perhaps he is trying to instill paranoia and fear in all those who would not agree with his stance.

ESEQUIEL VASQUEZ

Post Falls