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In article <4qq5tc$ddn@homer.alpha.net>, Apuleius <eeaaee@mixcom.com> wrote:
> [discussion of earlier targets of hate: the "Negro," the Jew, the Communist]
> 
> That leaves gays. A secretive, sinister group, having high income and
> influence well beyond their numbers in politics, Hollywood, and TV.
> 
> The use of Gays as an "enemy" has one big advantage over all other
> groups, in that the public can be sold the image of gay as child
> molester, so the alleged threat to children can be used as a very
> powerful scare tactic.
> 
> Fear is the greatest motivator. And fear leads to hatred. Wouldn't you
> hate a group that's trying to molest your children?

Of course, this was also used in attacking Jews, except with them it
was that Jews (supposedly) needed the blood of Christian children for
their rituals.  With Blacks, it was that "they would come rapin' our
wimmin folk."  The problem is that while *on the whole* people no
longer believe these, they still buy into the anti-gay fear-mongering.

Maybe some day....

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