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Fear - Scaring Up Votes, Selling Ads on BreakingNews, Competition for the most frightening approach, Scaremongering, Sensationalism, Moral Panic & etc...         


Author: Immortalist
Date: Apr 2, 2008 22:59

scaremonger (n.) A person who invents threats to themselves and others
everywhere. A form of critic looking for a lucky break to be proven
right. Typically praises other scaremongers, 1984, hates the
government, organised religion and trading systems while freely using
the produce of any. Quite narrow minded and insecure, but will attract
a lot of sheep.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scaremonger

Fear mongering (or scaremongering) is the use of fear to leverage the
opinions and actions of others towards some end. The object of fear is
exaggerated; those the fear is directed toward are kept aware of it on
a constant basis.

Fear mongering is often used in a time of war as a political tactic to
frighten citizens and influence their political views. Fear mongering
in the United States surfaced most prominently during the era of
McCarthyism, when the nation first faced the threat of nuclear
attack.
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Author: turtoni
Date: Apr 2, 2008 23:06

On Apr 3, 1:59 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
> scaremonger (n.) A person who invents threats to themselves and others
> everywhere. A form of critic looking for a lucky break to be proven
> right. Typically praises other scaremongers, 1984, hates the
> government, organised religion and trading systems while freely using
> the produce of any. Quite narrow minded and insecure, but will attract
> a lot of sheep.
>
> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=scaremonger
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> Fear mongering (or scaremongering) is the use of fear to leverage the
> opinions and actions of others towards some end. The object of fear is
> exaggerated; those the fear is directed toward are kept aware of it on
> a constant basis.
>
> Fear mongering is often used in a time of war as a political tactic to
> frighten citizens and influence their political views. Fear mongering
> in the United States surfaced most prominently during the era of
> McCarthyism, when the nation first faced the threat of nuclear
> attack. ...
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Author: Immortalist
Date: Apr 2, 2008 23:19

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> You can bend this left or right and nobody posting their view on
> usenet is gonna change their view?
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> Still i guess it gets the blood flowing.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iikKzQwgBJc
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Author: turtoni
Date: Apr 2, 2008 23:25

On Apr 3, 2:19 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> You can bend this left or right and nobody posting their view on
>> usenet is gonna change their view?
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>> Still i guess it gets the blood flowing.
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Author: Immortalist
Date: Apr 2, 2008 23:33

On Apr 2, 11:25 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2:19 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> You can bend this left or right and nobody posting their view on
>>> usenet is gonna change their view?
>
>>> Still i guess it gets the blood flowing.
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Author: turtoni
Date: Apr 2, 2008 23:41

On Apr 3, 2:33 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 2, 11:25 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>> On Apr 3, 2:19 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>> You can bend this left or right and nobody posting their view on
>>>> usenet is gonna change their view?
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>>>> Still i guess it gets the blood flowing.
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Author: Immortalist
Date: Apr 2, 2008 23:51

On Apr 2, 11:41 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2:33 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> On Apr 2, 11:25 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>>> On Apr 3, 2:19 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>> You can bend this left or right and nobody posting their view on
>>>>> usenet is gonna change their view?
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>>>>> Still i guess it gets the blood flowing.
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Author: turtoni
Date: Apr 3, 2008 00:00

On Apr 3, 2:51 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 2, 11:41 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>> On Apr 3, 2:33 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> On Apr 2, 11:25 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>>>> On Apr 3, 2:19 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>>> You can bend this left or right and nobody posting their view on
>>>>>> usenet is gonna change their view?
>
>>>>>> Still i guess it gets the blood flowing.
> ...
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Author: Immortalist
Date: Apr 3, 2008 00:12

On Apr 3, 12:00 am, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2:51 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> On Apr 2, 11:41 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>>> On Apr 3, 2:33 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Apr 2, 11:25 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>>>>> On Apr 3, 2:19 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>> You can bend this left or right and nobody posting their view on
>>>>>>> usenet is gonna change their view?
> ...
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Author: turtoni
Date: Apr 3, 2008 00:39

On Apr 3, 3:12 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 3, 12:00 am, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>> On Apr 3, 2:51 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> On Apr 2, 11:41 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>>>> On Apr 3, 2:33 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>> On Apr 2, 11:25 pm, turtoni fastmail.net> wrote:
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>>>>>> On Apr 3, 2:19 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>>> You can bend this left or right and nobody posting their view on ...
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