Elias K. Mangosteen (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mangosteen) wrote2018-02-19 01:35 am
mangosteen) wrote2018-02-19 01:35 am
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Creating a Public Enemy: Tutorial Level
Observation:
In the political realm, a scapegoat demographic has two simultaneous traits:
1. They're powerful enough to be an existential threat, and therefore rightfully feared.
2. They're powerless enough to be considered inferior, and therefore worthy of contempt.
"Mentally ill people with guns" squarely hits both of those.
In the political realm, a scapegoat demographic has two simultaneous traits:
1. They're powerful enough to be an existential threat, and therefore rightfully feared.
2. They're powerless enough to be considered inferior, and therefore worthy of contempt.
"Mentally ill people with guns" squarely hits both of those.