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The Rhetoric of Fear: Words, Weapons, White Supremacy<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Vietnam War (and the 1980s media that tries to \u201cwin\u201d that war)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- CIA support for guerillas to topple non-Western governments<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 9\/11 conspiracies<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- The Tea Party<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Trumpism\/<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Urban myths<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Pseudo-science (phrenology)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Eugenics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Anti-immigrant sentiment<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Firearms<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 4th-wave feminism<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Imperialism<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- and more…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Humans are Storytellers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Religious<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Political<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- National<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Plato\u2019s Cave and Perfection<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/8d\/An_Illustration_of_The_Allegory_of_the_Cave%2C_from_Plato%E2%80%99s_Republic.jpg\/1024px-An_Illustration_of_The_Allegory_of_the_Cave%2C_from_Plato%E2%80%99s_Republic.jpg\")
Allegory of Plato’s Cave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNihilism<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Nietzsche was asked, \u201cwhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d He responded, \u201cnothing.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Origin Stories Provide Importance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Mysticism Provides Comfort \n
\n- “They\u2019re in a better place\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- “I\u2019ll indulge through Tuesday but, then, abstain the rest of the semester” (or the next 40 days)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Not Universal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Comfort, Paranoia, Dis-ease<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Voltaire: “claimed, \u201c”Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Just Because You\u2019re Paranoid Doesn\u2019t Mean They\u2019re Not After You<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Hofstadter: “uses “the paranoid style\u2026because no other word adequately evokes the sense of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy that I have in mind\u201d (77)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Walker: “not making a psychiatric diagnosis” but is \u201cusing the word paranoia colloquially” (18)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Walker: “70 percent of the country believing a conspiracy was behind [JFK\u2019s] death,” which dropped from 80% in 1983 (9-10)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Constellations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nJust use your worldview to connect the dots…<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/earthsky.org\/upl\/2016\/02\/sirius-dog-star-canis-major-tom-Wildoner-2016-e1479389919852.jpg\")
Canis Major. Photo by Tom Wildoner<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nPBS. \u201cFord\u2019s Anti-Semitism.\u201d American Experience.<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n- para 1: \u201cHenry Ford\u2019s anti-Semitic views echoed the fears and assumptions of many Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 3: \u201c\u2026distributed half a million copies to his vast network of dealerships and subscribers.\u201d\n
\n- \u201cAs one of the most famous men in America, Henry Ford legitimized ideas that otherwise may have been given little authority.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 7: \u201cThere were many places\u2026in which \u2018the Jew\u2019 serves as, at that point of time, almost both a theological and a kind of racialized symbol of forces that people considered to be nefarious.\u201d\n
\n- Rhetorically, the author uses quotation marks to identify that she refers to the stereotypes associated with the group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 10: \u201c[The Dearborn Independent<\/em>] was Henry Ford\u2019s newspaper, and pretty much anything Henry Ford did was news.\u201d\n
\n- Think about the power of celebrity entrepreneurs of today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 11: \u201cHenry Ford\u2019s ability to gain a national audience with his words made him a very dangerous person.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 20: \u201cHitler was very aware of Henry Ford, of Henry Ford\u2019s writings, and praised them.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWorks Cited<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAmerican Experience. https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/henryford-antisemitism\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donnelly https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2022\/07\/14\/pentagon-hill-added-58-billion-to-current-defense-budget\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harris https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/11\/02\/largest-defense-firms-donate-millions-to-election-denying-lawmakers\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Humans are Storytellers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Religious<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Political<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- National<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Plato\u2019s Cave and Perfection<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAllegory of Plato’s Cave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNihilism<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Nietzsche was asked, \u201cwhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d He responded, \u201cnothing.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Origin Stories Provide Importance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Mysticism Provides Comfort \n
\n- “They\u2019re in a better place\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- “I\u2019ll indulge through Tuesday but, then, abstain the rest of the semester” (or the next 40 days)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Not Universal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Comfort, Paranoia, Dis-ease<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Voltaire: “claimed, \u201c”Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Just Because You\u2019re Paranoid Doesn\u2019t Mean They\u2019re Not After You<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Hofstadter: “uses “the paranoid style\u2026because no other word adequately evokes the sense of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy that I have in mind\u201d (77)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Walker: “not making a psychiatric diagnosis” but is \u201cusing the word paranoia colloquially” (18)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Walker: “70 percent of the country believing a conspiracy was behind [JFK\u2019s] death,” which dropped from 80% in 1983 (9-10)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Constellations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nJust use your worldview to connect the dots…<\/p>\n\n\n\nCanis Major. Photo by Tom Wildoner<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nPBS. \u201cFord\u2019s Anti-Semitism.\u201d American Experience.<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n- para 1: \u201cHenry Ford\u2019s anti-Semitic views echoed the fears and assumptions of many Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 3: \u201c\u2026distributed half a million copies to his vast network of dealerships and subscribers.\u201d\n
\n- \u201cAs one of the most famous men in America, Henry Ford legitimized ideas that otherwise may have been given little authority.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 7: \u201cThere were many places\u2026in which \u2018the Jew\u2019 serves as, at that point of time, almost both a theological and a kind of racialized symbol of forces that people considered to be nefarious.\u201d\n
\n- Rhetorically, the author uses quotation marks to identify that she refers to the stereotypes associated with the group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 10: \u201c[The Dearborn Independent<\/em>] was Henry Ford\u2019s newspaper, and pretty much anything Henry Ford did was news.\u201d\n
\n- Think about the power of celebrity entrepreneurs of today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 11: \u201cHenry Ford\u2019s ability to gain a national audience with his words made him a very dangerous person.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 20: \u201cHitler was very aware of Henry Ford, of Henry Ford\u2019s writings, and praised them.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWorks Cited<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAmerican Experience. https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/henryford-antisemitism\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donnelly https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2022\/07\/14\/pentagon-hill-added-58-billion-to-current-defense-budget\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harris https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/11\/02\/largest-defense-firms-donate-millions-to-election-denying-lawmakers\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plato\u2019s Cave and Perfection<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAllegory of Plato’s Cave<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNihilism<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Nietzsche was asked, \u201cwhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d He responded, \u201cnothing.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Origin Stories Provide Importance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Mysticism Provides Comfort \n
\n- “They\u2019re in a better place\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- “I\u2019ll indulge through Tuesday but, then, abstain the rest of the semester” (or the next 40 days)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Not Universal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Comfort, Paranoia, Dis-ease<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Voltaire: “claimed, \u201c”Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Just Because You\u2019re Paranoid Doesn\u2019t Mean They\u2019re Not After You<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Hofstadter: “uses “the paranoid style\u2026because no other word adequately evokes the sense of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy that I have in mind\u201d (77)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Walker: “not making a psychiatric diagnosis” but is \u201cusing the word paranoia colloquially” (18)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Walker: “70 percent of the country believing a conspiracy was behind [JFK\u2019s] death,” which dropped from 80% in 1983 (9-10)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Constellations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nJust use your worldview to connect the dots…<\/p>\n\n\n\nCanis Major. Photo by Tom Wildoner<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nPBS. \u201cFord\u2019s Anti-Semitism.\u201d American Experience.<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n- para 1: \u201cHenry Ford\u2019s anti-Semitic views echoed the fears and assumptions of many Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 3: \u201c\u2026distributed half a million copies to his vast network of dealerships and subscribers.\u201d\n
\n- \u201cAs one of the most famous men in America, Henry Ford legitimized ideas that otherwise may have been given little authority.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 7: \u201cThere were many places\u2026in which \u2018the Jew\u2019 serves as, at that point of time, almost both a theological and a kind of racialized symbol of forces that people considered to be nefarious.\u201d\n
\n- Rhetorically, the author uses quotation marks to identify that she refers to the stereotypes associated with the group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 10: \u201c[The Dearborn Independent<\/em>] was Henry Ford\u2019s newspaper, and pretty much anything Henry Ford did was news.\u201d\n
\n- Think about the power of celebrity entrepreneurs of today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 11: \u201cHenry Ford\u2019s ability to gain a national audience with his words made him a very dangerous person.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 20: \u201cHitler was very aware of Henry Ford, of Henry Ford\u2019s writings, and praised them.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWorks Cited<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAmerican Experience. https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/henryford-antisemitism\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donnelly https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2022\/07\/14\/pentagon-hill-added-58-billion-to-current-defense-budget\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harris https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/11\/02\/largest-defense-firms-donate-millions-to-election-denying-lawmakers\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nihilism<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Nietzsche was asked, \u201cwhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d He responded, \u201cnothing.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Origin Stories Provide Importance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Mysticism Provides Comfort \n
\n- “They\u2019re in a better place\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- “I\u2019ll indulge through Tuesday but, then, abstain the rest of the semester” (or the next 40 days)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Not Universal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Comfort, Paranoia, Dis-ease<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Voltaire: “claimed, \u201c”Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Just Because You\u2019re Paranoid Doesn\u2019t Mean They\u2019re Not After You<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Hofstadter: “uses “the paranoid style\u2026because no other word adequately evokes the sense of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy that I have in mind\u201d (77)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Walker: “not making a psychiatric diagnosis” but is \u201cusing the word paranoia colloquially” (18)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Walker: “70 percent of the country believing a conspiracy was behind [JFK\u2019s] death,” which dropped from 80% in 1983 (9-10)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Constellations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nJust use your worldview to connect the dots…<\/p>\n\n\n\nCanis Major. Photo by Tom Wildoner<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nPBS. \u201cFord\u2019s Anti-Semitism.\u201d American Experience.<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n- para 1: \u201cHenry Ford\u2019s anti-Semitic views echoed the fears and assumptions of many Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 3: \u201c\u2026distributed half a million copies to his vast network of dealerships and subscribers.\u201d\n
\n- \u201cAs one of the most famous men in America, Henry Ford legitimized ideas that otherwise may have been given little authority.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 7: \u201cThere were many places\u2026in which \u2018the Jew\u2019 serves as, at that point of time, almost both a theological and a kind of racialized symbol of forces that people considered to be nefarious.\u201d\n
\n- Rhetorically, the author uses quotation marks to identify that she refers to the stereotypes associated with the group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 10: \u201c[The Dearborn Independent<\/em>] was Henry Ford\u2019s newspaper, and pretty much anything Henry Ford did was news.\u201d\n
\n- Think about the power of celebrity entrepreneurs of today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 11: \u201cHenry Ford\u2019s ability to gain a national audience with his words made him a very dangerous person.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 20: \u201cHitler was very aware of Henry Ford, of Henry Ford\u2019s writings, and praised them.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWorks Cited<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAmerican Experience. https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/henryford-antisemitism\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donnelly https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2022\/07\/14\/pentagon-hill-added-58-billion-to-current-defense-budget\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harris https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/11\/02\/largest-defense-firms-donate-millions-to-election-denying-lawmakers\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- \n
- “They\u2019re in a better place\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- “I\u2019ll indulge through Tuesday but, then, abstain the rest of the semester” (or the next 40 days)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Not Universal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Comfort, Paranoia, Dis-ease<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
- \n
- Voltaire: “claimed, \u201c”Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Just Because You\u2019re Paranoid Doesn\u2019t Mean They\u2019re Not After You<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Hofstadter: “uses “the paranoid style\u2026because no other word adequately evokes the sense of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy that I have in mind\u201d (77)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Walker: “not making a psychiatric diagnosis” but is \u201cusing the word paranoia colloquially” (18)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Walker: “70 percent of the country believing a conspiracy was behind [JFK\u2019s] death,” which dropped from 80% in 1983 (9-10)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Constellations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Just use your worldview to connect the dots…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Canis Major. Photo by Tom Wildoner<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n PBS. \u201cFord\u2019s Anti-Semitism.\u201d American Experience.<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
- \n
- para 1: \u201cHenry Ford\u2019s anti-Semitic views echoed the fears and assumptions of many Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 3: \u201c\u2026distributed half a million copies to his vast network of dealerships and subscribers.\u201d\n
- \n
- \u201cAs one of the most famous men in America, Henry Ford legitimized ideas that otherwise may have been given little authority.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 7: \u201cThere were many places\u2026in which \u2018the Jew\u2019 serves as, at that point of time, almost both a theological and a kind of racialized symbol of forces that people considered to be nefarious.\u201d\n
- \n
- Rhetorically, the author uses quotation marks to identify that she refers to the stereotypes associated with the group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 10: \u201c[The Dearborn Independent<\/em>] was Henry Ford\u2019s newspaper, and pretty much anything Henry Ford did was news.\u201d\n
- \n
- Think about the power of celebrity entrepreneurs of today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 11: \u201cHenry Ford\u2019s ability to gain a national audience with his words made him a very dangerous person.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- para 20: \u201cHitler was very aware of Henry Ford, of Henry Ford\u2019s writings, and praised them.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nWorks Cited<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
American Experience. https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/americanexperience\/features\/henryford-antisemitism\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donnelly https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2022\/07\/14\/pentagon-hill-added-58-billion-to-current-defense-budget\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harris https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/11\/02\/largest-defense-firms-donate-millions-to-election-denying-lawmakers\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n