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They Want You To Be Afraid
Townhall.com ^ | October 8, 2020 | Kurt Schuster

Posted on 10/08/2020 3:40:16 AM PDT by Kaslin

The only thing that outraged the leftist elite, their cackling media Renfields, and the Fredocon sissies more than Donald Trump’s stubborn refusal to die was his stubborn refusal to cower in fear. Think of the collective climax they would have had if he had been wheeled out to the chopper or looked anything but mega-butch in the face of the virus? Once again, his courage has defied them, and that they cannot forgive. Now they are gripped with fear, the fear that the rest of us will stop being afraid too, because if we are not afraid then there’s no reason to let them run our lives. And without fear, there is nothing to protect them.

So, they never stop fearmongering.

Oh no, the flu is going to kill you!

Or the Proud Boys are coming, all 23 of them!

Or NRA people with guns will get you!

Or Mike Pence is gonna handmaid you!

Or Russians!

There’s always something you have to be afraid of, and always something they promise to protect you from – if you only obey. That’s why Trump cannot be allowed to show that you don’t have to live like a simpering wuss. You might follow his example and that would be a disaster…for them.

You almost have to feel sorry for the left, hearing that Trump caught the bug their Chinese pals unleashed and imagining that this microbe was going to do what all their lies and froth-mouthed howling couldn’t. They lathered themselves up into a frenzy wishin’ and hopin’ that this was finally going to be what did Trump in. And then the military doctors – who they now hate for failing to fail – fixed him up, and Trump strolled back into the White House like a boss. He was Mussolini though, because he stood on a balcony. Anyone on a balcony is Mussolini, the smart set informed us. And he’s just like Hitler too, because like Hitler, Trump has thumbs.

You could taste their pain, and it was delicious.

Trump refused to show fear. In doing so, he put the lie to the nonsense about “the New Normal.” Remember, the liberal elite wants a society where we shiver and sob. That gives them power. Cowering wimps are much easier to control than uppity citizens. This is why Midwestern kids enjoying spring break are worse than the ravages of Tamerlane, but never mind those rioting Biden voters – the #science teaches us that leftist tantrums confer immunity, don’t you know?

The fear they promote is all about control. Who cares that this is just a nasty bug that puts some people at higher risk, while others are at little or statistically none? No, they have to portray it as the Black Death because that convinces the cowardly to cede their sovereignty to the leftists who hate them. The elite doesn’t care if you catch a cold. It does care if you catch onto the cold civil war the elite is launching against you.

Trump showed that we don’t have to live in fear, and they cannot have that.

It’s always been Trump’s gift to act as the avatar of normal Americans, a symbol of resistance to the #resistance. He’s not afraid to reject their rules. He refuses to confine himself to the invisible mime box that the left wants to trap us in. He violates their rules by talking about things we are told are off limits – illegal aliens, criminals, the right to worship as we see fit, and the right to pack heat to defend our lives and liberty. The elite worked so hard to coordinate the media, big tech, and the Democrat Party to build a soft tyranny, to create a gender indeterminate Big Sibling so normal people like us could be pressured, intimidated, and nudged into conformity and obedience. Then Trump came along and turned all their plans to Schiff. He refused to play by their ever-changing and self-serving rules. He’s not afraid of their fussy wrath.

You’re supposed to be scared of getting sick so you give up your rights. You’re supposed to be scared of rioters so you elect Grandpa Badfinger and he’ll call them off before they get to your suburb. You’re supposed to be afraid to say what you think to avoid being cancelled and losing your job.

But Trump is not afraid, nor should you be. That is not to say that the threat posed by the elite is not real. They can hurt you, but it is the fear of being hurt they use as their tool. Fear is their ally, the fear of losing something – your health, your safety, the life within our society that you have built up. It is the fear of loss that exists when you have something to lose that keeps you in check.

But let’s look at what happens if they make your fears come true and you find yourself with nothing to lose. It could happen, and you need to prepare your mind for it in case it does. But if they actually do to you what you fear, you become more powerful because you become more fearless. See, if Oldfinger gets elected, the organized left will infest the government and do its best to make the fears come true. It will threaten your reputation and your livelihood in conjunction with their corporatist pals. We’ll see what amounts to a social credit system where “racists” and “sexists” and all sorts of other false labels will be affixed to you to wedge you out of society. Criminals will run free to intimidate you, while the government will take your money via taxes and even steal your freedom – we attached them to frame Lieutenant General Mike Flynn, so do you think they will hesitate to do that to you if you cross them.

Your fears could come true. What then? Is the answer to submit?

No.

The answer is to embrace those fears. Accept that you have nothing left to lose, because that means they no longer have anything on you, no leverage, no power. When your fears come true, you have complete freedom of action to respond. There is nothing more dangerous than someone with nothing left to lose because that man has no fear. Their success in making our fears come true will lead to their own downfall – after all, as the elite, with power and prestige, they still have everything to lose. Those of us with nothing left will take it from them.

Just ask Marie Antoinette. They should be very, very frightened of the people they are talking about when they say “Let them eat kale.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: demonrats; donaldtrump; fear; joebiden; kurt; kurtschlichter; schlichter
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1 posted on 10/08/2020 3:40:16 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

The title is correct. All night harris fear mongered and threatened the entire country.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Buy weapons and ammo, folks. The democrats want a government whose only goal is to hurt more than 50% of the country as opposed to a government who will help all of the country.

JoMa


2 posted on 10/08/2020 3:44:05 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Kaslin

People want to live in a “safe” society where no bad thing ever happens to anyone.

It’s foolish. It opens the door to tyranny. And it doesn’t make you safe.


3 posted on 10/08/2020 3:44:32 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: Kaslin

Is this Kurt SCHLICTER or Shuster?


4 posted on 10/08/2020 3:45:56 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Kaslin

Schlichter, Kurt Schlichter. ;-)


5 posted on 10/08/2020 3:49:22 AM PDT by paulcissa (Politicians want you unarmed so they can kill you.)
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To: Kaslin

The irony is that what we should fear is a movement that promises to burn our cities down, and to ruin us if we dare embrace the freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. Dare to speak out, practice your faith or defend yourself and you’re the enemy of the government. We should all be afraid.


6 posted on 10/08/2020 3:57:20 AM PDT by Spok (All free men are equal only in their freedom; everything else is up to them.)
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To: Ann Archy

Lol. Just what I was thinking.


7 posted on 10/08/2020 3:57:47 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: Kaslin

Good article. So true. How DARE Trump not die?!?


8 posted on 10/08/2020 4:02:59 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Disappointment is inevitable. Discouragement is a choice.)
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To: Kaslin

To me the Obama years were scarier because there was no accountability at all for white collar crime, so it proliferated. There were data breaches left, right, and center, and our phones ringing at all hours with scam international calls. Our foreign policy was stupid and bad in unimaginably stupid and bad ways. We’ll go back there on steroids if the Democrats win.


9 posted on 10/08/2020 4:08:32 AM PDT by BlackAdderess
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To: Kaslin

Have to remember the younger generations have been cuddled. Many of them does not what responsibility is. Why do you think Mommy and Daddy are still taking care of them? So if big government is going to take of them, they are going to believe it. Looks like they will replace the minority population who now supports Trump.


10 posted on 10/08/2020 4:14:52 AM PDT by LoveMyFreedom
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To: Kaslin
I think the key is to recognize that there will be no going back to the good old days. From here on out, we are going to face our worst fears of Biblical Proportions. Truth, faith, and our children are more important than our retirement, 401k, and sports. If we hold to truth and faith, and are willing to let go of the others, they can take nothing from us!

As a young soldier, I was willing to give up everything to protect the US from the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, etc. 30 years later, I have resolved the same for my faith and my family. “Retirement be damned...full speed ahead!”

“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36)
11 posted on 10/08/2020 4:27:24 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: joma89

“Let them eat kale”.

Modified my tag line. Love Kurt.


12 posted on 10/08/2020 4:31:50 AM PDT by sauropod (Let them eat kale. I will not comply.)
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To: sauropod

“Let them eat kale”

You do know if you add a spoonful of coconut oil to your kale, it will easily slide off the pan into the trash bin without sticking...


13 posted on 10/08/2020 4:39:47 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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To: Spok

“We should all be afraid”

THEY should all be afraid.


14 posted on 10/08/2020 4:53:13 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot
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To: Jan_Sobieski

“Mighty little force is needed to control a man who has been hoodwinked in this fashion; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, whose mind is free. No, not the rack nor the atomic bomb, not anything. You can’t conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.”

- Robert Heinlein


15 posted on 10/08/2020 4:57:06 AM PDT by Hugh the Scot
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To: Kaslin

I only fear the Lord. When I contracted,not getting paid was my biggest fear. Everything else...bring it on.


16 posted on 10/08/2020 5:34:04 AM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Kaslin
You’re supposed to be scared of getting sick so you give up your rights. You’re supposed to be scared of rioters so you elect Grandpa Badfinger and he’ll call them off before they get to your suburb. You’re supposed to be afraid to say what you think to avoid being cancelled and losing your job.

Perfect summary.

17 posted on 10/08/2020 6:21:52 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: Kaslin

Ain’t Skerd,
I’m Pissed!


18 posted on 10/08/2020 8:21:15 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (TRUMP, the Other guy lives in a Basement!)
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To: Big Red Badger

“Ain’t Skerd, I’m Pissed!”

Yep.... don’t believe enough people have realized we have been more or less relegated to a prison type of lifestyle wherein you are told; what to wear, who you can associate with, where to go, how to go, etc... Only things missing are the guard towers and razor wire.


19 posted on 10/08/2020 9:50:28 AM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: joma89
You’re supposed to be scared of getting sick so you give up your rights.

You’re supposed to be scared of rioters so you elect Grandpa Badfinger and he’ll call them off before they get to your suburb.

You’re supposed to be afraid to say what you think to avoid being cancelled and losing your job.

But Trump is not afraid, nor should you be. That is not to say that the threat posed by the elite is not real. They can hurt you, but it is the fear of being hurt they use as their tool. Fear is their ally, the fear of losing something – your health, your safety, the life within our society that you have built up. It is the fear of loss that exists when you have something to lose that keeps you in check.

A coward dies a thousand deaths - a brave man only one...

20 posted on 10/08/2020 10:15:19 AM PDT by GOPJ (Biden's base: non-college educated blacks.. Why won't Biden's Amtrak Tour stop in black communities?)
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