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billh58

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2. The right-wing gun lobby
Sun May 25, 2014, 04:55 PM
May 2014

and its anchor organization, the NRA, does an excellent job of promoting fear: fear of "evil" government, fear of black people, fear of bogeymen under the bed, and fear of anyone who doesn't look, talk, or dress like their portrayal of a "typical" white American.

They have found that fear, like sex, is a powerful marketing tool, and can be used to increase profits by convincing the gullible among us to buy articles they neither need, nor understand. Couple that fear with faux patriotism, and the Bundy militia is enabled to "refresh the tree of Liberty with blood of patriots and tyrants," and vigilante justice becomes acceptable to those who believe the lies.

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