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Hysterical Anatomy 0

Or, if you wish, anatomy of hysteria.

John Cole traces the history of the fuss over the Moslem community center planned for the site of the abandoned Burlington Coat Factory store in Lower Manhattan. Follow the link for the supporting evidence:

Basically, as with everything else with the modern GOP, fringe lunatics gin up a story, Murdoch pimps it, and then the rest of the Wurlitzer takes over. Loudmouth radio announcers, shameless politicians, wingnut bloggers, and unhinged lunatics unite to create a controversy out of nowhere.

This serves to use hatred and bigotry to distract us from the effects of Republicanism: Making the rich richer and the poor, poorer.

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