Comments on: Chilling: Obama’s OFA Indoctrination Squads

By: Matthew C. Keegan

Matthew C. Keegan — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:31:14 +0000

Robert, I remember the Kitty Genovese case well. It was something that we studied in sociology class, the worst example of humans standing by idly without taking action.

You are right: wringing our hands just doesn’t do enough. Taking action, in the form of a taxpayer revolt, is something definitely worth doing. I think people are willing to act, they’re just trying to find the most effective means in sending a strong message to our leaders to cease and desist.

By: Robert Adcox

Robert Adcox — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:23:17 +0000

You referred to “gleichschaltung” -an attack on individuality. I’d like to add a persective from social psychology which will serve as a vehicle by which for such to occur. In the 1960s a woamn named Kitty Genovese was murdered stabbed repeatedlyby an assailant who, to this day, has failed to express any remorse for his actions. What allowed this tragedy to occur waw the lack of response to the killing taking place. Her neighbors -some 37, according to police record- reported witnessing the attacks (they were multiple assaults). Yet no one lifted a finger to help Miss Genovese. Her neighbors were doing what anyone lacking training in such a situation would do: they were spending valuable time trying to figure out what to do, how to get involved, how to control their fears, etc. This came to be known as the “bystander effect”.

Okay, here we are, facing what appears to be a rigid and authoritarian Executive branch of the federal (feral?) government. And once again, people are standing around, wringing their hands and wondering what to do, how to get involved, how to control their fears, etc.

The bystander effect/diffusion of responsibility among the masses is exactly the type of vehicle a tyrant exploits when seizing power.

Fortunately, all it takes to foil such arrogance is simply to say, “screw it”, and resist with appropriate counteractions. For example, organizing a taxpayers’ revolt these days would be far more appropriate than advocating violence.

Tyrants never have more power than that given them by the masses.

By: Flash

Flash — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:06:24 +0000

It is beginning to appear they were more than valid and he is attempting to bring some of the to fruition. The fears I had of Barack Obama are being realized and it truly is a scary thing.

By: Matthew C. Keegan

Matthew C. Keegan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:28:39 +0000

Larry, much of what President Obama has hinted at is unfolding before our eyes. We knew that he had a strident left wing agenda, but we weren’t sure how exactly it would unfold. We’re seeing the first fruits of it and, like you, I don’t like what we’re seeing.

By: LarryJackson

LarryJackson — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:25:35 +0000

During the campaign, I tried to draw attention to some of these same tendencies Obama had shown and was told I was coming to conclusions that were not valid. It is beginning to appear they were more than valid and he is attempting to bring some of the to fruition. The fears I had of Barack Obama are being realized and it truly is a scary thing. LarryJacksons last blog post..Israel’s religious war in Gaza

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