"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Climate of Fear, Hate Makes Immigrants Villains
Submitted by Melinda Secor on Thu, 2007-06-07 16:00
"This country has had a long and sordid history of xenophobia and scapegoat politics, which brings us to the current immigration debate. Prior to this debate, I had not been aware that illegal immigrants were the No. 1 threat to the security of the most powerful nation on Earth and the cause of the majority of the nation's many problems."
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