>>In this grim place of long shadows and short tempers, paranoia is the coin of the realm.
Fear trumps fact.
Anger is virtue.
Grievance is universal. Rage is a commodity. Dissent is throatily endorsed, so long as it conforms to majority opinion.
The Mob rules here, fella. <<
At a Code Pinko protest, I see.
Those tea party people are out to scare you... If you don’t pass the President’s health care plan, people will die!