After 30 plus years of conservatives bullying the poor, women, gays, immigrants, people of color, non-Christians, etc...a legacy of fear has effectively silenced the American people.
Every day screaming heads bombard the masses with hate and fear through mainstream media, talk radio and the Internet. Fox News, and talk radio personalities like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck have set a standard of political bullying that has made people afraid to speak out against racism, sexism, bigotry...hate.
If we speak out against racism...we are playing the dreaded "race card." If we speak out against sexism, we are femi-nazis. If we speak out against corporate greed, we are Socialist Commies. If we support the separation of church and State, we are Godless Atheists. If we support Universal health care we are Liberal Socialists. If we speak out against rape or support women's reproductive rights, we are sluts. If we speak out against conservative politics we are Lefty Liberal Socialist that want a free ride on the Conservatives tax dollars.
They have some nasty name to call anyone who tries to stand up for themselves or others against oppression. They have bullied the American people into being afraid to speak up out of fear of being bullied some more.
They have turned the United States into Bizarro World...where White Supremacist are Civil Rights Activists and Peaceful Protesters are terrorists. Where wearing a hoodie and being black makes you "suspicious" and being poor is a crime. Where being stupid is Patriotic and being educated and intelligent makes you a snob. Where toting guns and carrying signs that read "God hates Fags" are peaceful protesters while unarmed women and children are maced by swat teams in full riot gear for supporting women's rights.
We are even seeing this political bullying in the OWS Movement that has become over run by Ron Paul followers that preach Anarchy and bully anyone with an opinion that differs from theirs by calling them "brainwashed sheeple". The Occupy Movement that once prided itself on being all-inclusive and non-partisan has fallen victim to a patriarchy of young white heterosexual males that identify with Anarchy and the Ron Paul version of Libertarianism.
While they claim to still be all-inclusive and non-partisan, they apparently have no problem with anti-Obama & anti-Democrat sentiment. They refuse to speak out against the GOP war against women, the poor, immigration, civil rights, etc...because they claim that would be divisive and partisan...yet they have no such compunction against trashing Obama and the DFL. Whenever anyone questions that, they are attacked and accused of trying to co-opt OWS with a Liberal Democrat agenda.
The hypocrisy of these self-proclaimed Anarchist is not lost on those of us that once held hope that the Occupy Movement would be a catalyst for positive change in the United States. That OWS would truly represent the 99% of us who are being oppressed by the 1%. Unfortunately, as OWS becomes more anti-Obama & anti-Democrat everyday, it no longer represents the 99% since women, gays, Democrats, Liberals, people of color, etc... are all a part of the melting pot that truly is the 99%.
By disenfranchising anyone who isn't an Anarchist or Ron Paul follower, OWS is no longer non-partisan or all-inclusive. By bullying anyone who disagrees with their Anarchy political agenda, OWS has made itself no better than any other political group and is an excellent example of how political bullying continues to keep the American people silenced.
In a nutshell, the people being silenced in America are as they have always been...women, minorities, the LGBT Community, anyone with Liberal political viewpoints.
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