tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746239.post1310868480560521353..comments2023-10-21T00:53:59.594-07:00Comments on morialekafa: Iranaphobiamorialekafahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976144466781683823noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7746239.post-76843421770933997942009-12-20T08:51:18.523-08:002009-12-20T08:51:18.523-08:00Thanks for your insights, morialekafa. Iran's...Thanks for your insights, morialekafa. Iran's economic output is comparable to that of Alabama's. I live in a southern state, 'full of them there rugged individualists' who quiver at every Faux Noise screech of fear mongering about Iran. These folks are tea baggin' and believe that Iran is a serious threat to the US. I constantly invoke the economic realities of how small countries on the other side of the world cannot do much harm to the US, but their worldview, shaped by Beck, Hannity, Faux & Friends (what a name) keeps these otherwise rational folks from understanding that Iran isn't much of an existential threat. <br /><br />I'm constantly astonished at the mob fear reaction that Faux Noise is able to engender in so many people. I cannot stand to watch Faux Noise for more than a minute without gagging. And, I work with a large number of college education individuals. I'm frightened by the power of the reich wingnut propaganda machine to compel otherwise intelligent Americans to react like "invasion of the body snatchers" - blind fear. <br /><br />What has happened to our country?Smaughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332773968698876023noreply@blogger.com