So what do the Republicans and Al Qaeda have in common? Divisiveness. It is the 'with us or against us' approach, the delineation of patriotic vs. non-patriotic parts of the country, the Red states vs. the Blue states, the black man vs. the white man that that strikes a chord with Al Qaeda, for they too have the same approach -- if you are not with them, you are going to hell.It is the puritanical attitude that both groups share, the belief that all those who are different are to be shunned and that uniformity is the only way to achieve unity.
And it is the use of fear as an operating mechanism that brings these two groups together. One side woos its voters by telling them the other candidate will take their money, turn their nation into a socialist state, coddle criminals and be an open target for the Russians and the Muslims. The other side recruits its followers by telling them that they will be enslaved by the immoral West, their wives will stop listening to them and there will be lewdness and orgies on the street.
Both these groups cater to an uninformed audience. Both these groups preach intolerance. And both lure their followers by claims to "return to the core values" -- a proposition which sounds good until you ask, what values? And more importantly, whose values?
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