tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915198895997970267.post3851971074452842908..comments2023-10-01T02:40:28.022-05:00Comments on SmallMeadow Farm: How are you doing?Dancingfarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02542161200214992918noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915198895997970267.post-71603168526889186872007-10-13T06:31:00.000-05:002007-10-13T06:31:00.000-05:00Very scary "stuff" when you read it laid out in th...Very scary "stuff" when you read it laid out in the ten steps isn't it? Totally gives a completely different perspective as to what is going on. Of course ole' Rush Limbaugh would just say anyone who believes "that crap" is just a weeny, sell out lefty, conspiracy theorist---and there is NO basis in fact. However---what did the Nazi's call the people who saw what was going on then? I am sure it wasn't "your correct" or "friend".<BR/>MonicaDancingfarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542161200214992918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3915198895997970267.post-49606112738215708522007-10-12T21:22:00.000-05:002007-10-12T21:22:00.000-05:00Monica,I followed the link to Naomi Wolf's "ten st...Monica,<BR/><BR/>I followed the link to Naomi Wolf's "ten steps to facism." <BR/><BR/>When she shifted to describing the closing down of democracy it came home more to me. That then lays a foundation for the further shift down a terrifying road.<BR/><BR/>In a society where the recent memory of jobs being in a precarious balance, and where one mis-step can lead to losing the ability to support your family in the manner to which it is accustomed, and where everyone in effect supports that the maintenance of that life style is a sign of value, the threat that is associated with losing that job if you "step out of line" carries enormous power.<BR/><BR/>It is but one of many, many ways in which people are intimidated.<BR/><BR/>I remember a few months after 9/11 talking about the threat to the country, and someone said, matter of factly: "you really believe that?" I did, but his words also had the effect of stopping me in my tracks and helping me to question my beliefs which were being promulgated by the same forces which would march us down that road.<BR/><BR/>Each person has to wake up to this process and then quietly challenge others in ways that get them to see the power of propaganda.<BR/><BR/>A bit rambling but thanks for this post.<BR/><BR/>TimTim Hodgenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15237942768894057727noreply@blogger.com