Reply #41: "Popeye! Popeye! Save me, Popeye!"

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Apathy has nothing to do with it. It's a mass submission because of fear. Fear of this, fear of that. One moral panic after another led us into this trap to the point we became so needy and afraid we would lick Big Daddy government's boots. Protect me!

We don't want to object too much because we might lose our protection, and our POWER. That's right, too many gained power by jumping on moral panic bandwagons and didn't want to give it up. Not only are moral panics big business, they lift the panic-inciters to a god-like status. "I have power. I have control. I am right."

Who wants to give that up?

To take a good hard look at BushCo's fear mongering and the rights we give up for a little more security, we would have to look at what led to this, look at how we contributed to the atmosphere, and look at how we like being used like BushCo uses "the nuts."

We support Two Minutes of Hate with cable news and constant images of crime that so enrages and angers us we would give up every right to JUST MAKE IT STOP. Nancy Grace's Objection even flagrantly argues against the Bill of Rights.

We've been feeding this machine for years and pretending shock now is even more chicken-shit.

Guess what, Popeye isn't anywhere around and he never was. He's a fucking cartoon character.