Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Marginalizing Spirituality
Last time the Building Industry Association engaged in domestic terrorism against its political opponents, eight anti-environmentalist/anti-Indian militiamen went to federal prison for manufacturing bombs to murder their perceived enemies. The prelude to this lethal politics, organized and supported financially by the Building Industry, included electoral, legislative, and administrative subversion, beginning with a statewide propaganda campaign scapegoating environmentalists and treaty protection activists throughout Washington state.
One of the basic tenets of psychological warfare is to not repeat your enemy's talking points, because repetition sinks in, especially to a highly misinformed audience. If our main point is that we need to either change our ways or lose everything we value that cannot be measured in dollars, then we need to say that. Marginalizing the spirituality of those who value all life as sacred, just to appear more reasonable, only adds fuel to the fire of right wing provocateurs like the Building Industry.
One of the basic tenets of psychological warfare is to not repeat your enemy's talking points, because repetition sinks in, especially to a highly misinformed audience. If our main point is that we need to either change our ways or lose everything we value that cannot be measured in dollars, then we need to say that. Marginalizing the spirituality of those who value all life as sacred, just to appear more reasonable, only adds fuel to the fire of right wing provocateurs like the Building Industry.
