The American RIght and the Suspension of Reality

One thing that is part and parcel of any totalitarian movement has always been the willing suspension of the truth. As the far right in America is pushing for a country overwhelmed by their twisted ideological visions, they are more and more willing to circumnavigate logic, science, and sense. And now that their leader (the esteemed Mr. Bush) has painted them into a corner that may well cost them their shot at what they want America to be, they are acting with desperation.

No longer is there even an attempt by FOX News to make sure of their facts. Of course they haven't been able to claim to be "fair and balanced" with a straight face for years, but at least they used to at least not put out so many obviously false stories. The most recent, Bill O'Reilly throwing out another bomb aimed at "the liberal press" by claiming they didn't cover the awarding of The Medal of Honor to a soldier for duty in Afghanistan. Of course, it was thoroughly covered everywhere. That doesn't matter to the FOX viewer, though, they believe what they are told to believe. Andsoon FOX will bring us unrelenting coverage of the "War on Christmas."

It's not by accident, this bending of reality to meet the expectations of the person getting the "news." Be it on radio, television, or in the sanctuaries of fundamentalist churches, the expectation is the news. They want to be told that liberals, gays, scientists and all of Islam is out to get them. Then they can "circle the wagons" to defend God and Country.

That's been at the heart of the success of the far right. Redefining "truth." If you can demonize your enemy, then you turn your enemy into a Godless heathen worthy of not only liberty and the pursuit of hapiness....but of life itself. That bending of anything real into something patently false is the goal of any propaganda program. And it is a required element for a corporate-fascist state.