From: Cliff on 18 Jun 2010 09:14 http://www.alternet.org/news/147159/10_things_that_terrify_right-wingers/ "10 Things That Terrify Right-Wingers" "These are some of the things that keep American conservatives awake at night." [ Modern American conservatism is based on an almost endless series of grievances. Author Thomas Frank coined a term for it: the conservative �plenty-plaint� -- a long and ever-evolving list of personal and cultural gripes dressed up as an ideology. ..... As we�ll see, the conservative movement�s business-attired hacks and the hard-right Tea Party types waving misspelled signs out in the streets have some very different causes for alarm. ..... So, here are ten of the most interesting things that absolutely terrify Wingnuttia. First, a few terrors of the real hard-core Right. For the Tea Partier, the midterm GOP primary voter, it�s not just the anxiety over social change that typifies more traditional conservatism. A broad chunk of the GOP base today is animated by wildly unrealistic terrors -- monsters stalking them as the sun sets, perhaps hovering just beyond their peripheral vision. 1. Government Concentration Camps ..... Fear of Obama�s Kenyan shock troops rounding up good conservatives and throwing them into Thunderdome-esque detention centers is nothing new on the Right. For years, conspiracy theories about �FEMA camps� ...... ..... FEMA was building camps to round up and annihilate Christians. The roundup would start soon, but it would move slowly and quietly. Whole families would disappear and not be heard from again, ..... ..... Oh, the report was commissioned during the final years of the Bush administration -- Homeland Security just end up releasing it under Obama. .... 2. Moooslims! If you pay attention to the Right, you might think there are large Islamic armies occupying a few majority-Christian countries these days instead of the other way around. If their rhetoric didn�t justify real-world violence, one could say conservatives have become entertainingly unhinged when it comes to Islam. ..... ]
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