How to Spread Hatred

Today's exercise involves a tried and true method of spreading hatred throughout the land, in 10 easy steps.

1. Formulate an extremist political agenda.
2. Locate your most impoverished, poorly educated, disenfranchised people, in preferably rural communities.
3. Preach to them a fundamentalist, exclusionary monotheism using dramatic scriptures from a book written by the only true "God."
4. Incite the disenfranchised into violence directed against the "infidels," or "heathens," that is anyone accused of corrupting the moral fiber of the "righteous."
5. Turn your followers against any group with a different skin color, sexual preference, religious practice or personal choice beliefs different than that espoused by your faith.
6. Prepare your followers for an inevitable conflagration, a dramatic end of days, whether personal or global.
7. Promise an idyllic eternal afterlife.
8. Secure insane amounts of private funding for your cause from corporate interests that understand you will support their future unrestricted power if your extremist political agenda succeeds.
9. Gain a foothold on "moral authority" among the disenfranchised, and spin, spin, spin that moral authority in the public discourse.
10. Use that foothold to advance your extremist political agendas, including tearing down your opponents by attacking their perceived weak moral character on "religious" or "moral" issues.

Fundamentalist Christians, fundamentalist Muslims, there is no difference. The formula is the same, the results are the same.

Spread it around, Beloveds, like mayonnaise on white bread, like hummus on pita bread, either way, the results are the same. More and more delicious, self-righteous, violent, ignorant hatred. Yummy.

Comments

[Polyman2]

PRAISE THE LORD AND
PASS THE AMMUNITION,
PASS THE AMMUNITION,
pASS THE AMMUNITION,

NOW EVERYBODY...!
ANYBODY?

hello?...
anybody there?...

[amethyst_rising]

Bravo!

[Larry Jones]

Jeez, Jayne! Now that the secret's out, somebody might actually DO this, and there's no known antidote for the poison. I mean, how many murderous, self-righteous bigots have you seen turn to the path of love and acceptance? (OK, besides Chuck Colson and Tookie Williams.)

[stella]

oooo ooooo oooo!!! You must read End of Faith. By Sam Harris. Go get it. like tonight.

im half way through. id love to hear what you think. I LOVE IT.

~stella

[Robin]

This would be funny if it weren't true.

[Jayne]

Polyman: One of my favorite songs, thanks!

Amethyst: Hey, thanks!

Larry: The only antidote I know to ignorant lies is enlightened truth. I've got none of that around here, but a little heavy-handed satire can come in handy if the venom hasn't yet reached the heart . . .

Stella: Done. Jeez, pushy broad. . . ; ) (and I also picked up Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism by Susan Jacoby and The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong. Damn Amazon.com corporate bastard whores. [I love them.])

Robin: Well, if it's any consolation, I wasn't laughing when I wrote it. . .

[stella]

sorry...i get a little excited sometimes. ;-)

[Mister underhill]

And make sure whatever you do, not to make bestiality illegal. Sex with sheep is a fundamental right, even though two guys kissing should be stoned to death....

[Theresa]

"like mayonnaise on white bread,..."
You have a way with words, girl!

So seriously, if I didn't love everybody, and if I wasn't so gosh-darned committed to an inclusive vision of humanity, even I could do this?
Hmmmm, something to ponder while I'm carefully paving my way to a fire and brimstone eternal hell.

[Jayne]

Stella: No problem! I'm looking forward to the book. And I like excited.

MrUhill: I think you're starting your own list now, but I can't wait to read the rest of it!

Theresa: (stage whisper) Shhh! No, you and I are on the tricksy, loving, all inclusive humanity road. But don't tell anyone!

[Popeye]

Yep. There it is. I was involved with some gay rights stuff at the same time I was involved with some racial profile related police brutality stuff. One of the things that became really clear at that moment was that although the experience of being gay or being black may be very different in some ways, the methods that are used to demonize and oppress folks are remarkably similar. Hence, your list. . .

[Shephard]

LOVE the mayo/hummus reference. Just brilliant. And true.
Altho, if you're trying to reach the northern midwest states, you may want to change the mayo reference to Miracle Whip (shudder).

As a gay Shephard, I have to agree that abusing sheep is much worse than two men kissing. (wink).
(I never thought I'd get to combine a reference of my name with being gay, lol).

Another wonderful post.
~S

[Jayne]

Popeye: I told you, 10 easy steps, tried and true. And so, so sad.

Shephard: Miracle Whip! Brilliant. And I'm with you on the anti-sheep abuse and pro-consentual adult love and sex in any form. I'm a Wolf, but not in sheep's clothing. (Hey, you got to use your name, I wanted to join in . . . ; )

[V]

Word.
Though I must say, with just a few word alterations, it looks a lot like the same instructions for creating your own fad diet! Heehee!

[none given]

Well, it's obvious that you hate Fundamentalist Christians. So, your theory is correct.