Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Tis a Puzzlement
When I saw the young LaRouchian recruiting agent outside in his neatly-pressed guerrilla camouflage pants and bootcamp cap hustling our landlady this afternoon, I thought to myself, "What's the difference? First it was UFOs, then chemtrails, now LaRouche. Somehow it fits. Maybe next year she'll become a Moonie." I mean, people are always looking for a way to explain why the world is so screwed up. If the Illuminati Jewish bankers' conspiracy is what gets her off, what do I care?
After all, she's a befuddled older woman titillated by the attention of a handsome young man and the prestige of knowing the big secrets we don't, and she's not very likely to engage in bigoted thuggery like some of the LaRouche diehards, so what does it really matter? Besides, in addition to subscribing to LaRouche's magazine, she also supports Southern Poverty Law Center and our local community radio.
And when all is said and done, it's the ideas of fascist cult leaders like LaRouche or Reverend Moon we're fighting, not the gullible individuals duped by right-wing propaganda or led astray by conspiracism masquerading as investigative news in left-wing media. There's a lot of competition for the hearts and minds of donors out there, and a logical, coherent, scholarly approach often finishes last. So it goes.
[For more on this topic, read Right Woos Left or listen to Fascist Cults by Public Eye magazine.]
After all, she's a befuddled older woman titillated by the attention of a handsome young man and the prestige of knowing the big secrets we don't, and she's not very likely to engage in bigoted thuggery like some of the LaRouche diehards, so what does it really matter? Besides, in addition to subscribing to LaRouche's magazine, she also supports Southern Poverty Law Center and our local community radio.
And when all is said and done, it's the ideas of fascist cult leaders like LaRouche or Reverend Moon we're fighting, not the gullible individuals duped by right-wing propaganda or led astray by conspiracism masquerading as investigative news in left-wing media. There's a lot of competition for the hearts and minds of donors out there, and a logical, coherent, scholarly approach often finishes last. So it goes.
[For more on this topic, read Right Woos Left or listen to Fascist Cults by Public Eye magazine.]
