“Mad Men: The Sequel.”

Let's acknowledge that racism is alive and well, but let's not allow racism to flourish as it once did in America.

Let us also acknowledge that racists, bigots, and the ignorant will remain in the darkness of their souls because it is there where they find peace. But what the rest of America must not allow is this virus to spread among the rest of the population.

Individuals like Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, and Sean Hannity, to name a few, are the “Santa Clauses of poisonous rhetoric.” In fact, they are the modern day Joseph McCarthy, a senator who in the 1950's branded just about every American citizen a communist. From politicians, CE0's to Howdy Doody, no one was immune from McCarthy’s venomous communist fear mongering. And because of the ignorance and fear of the people who listened to McCarthy, people's lives, families, and careers were ruined forever for no reason at all. Most of the accusations were based on lies that the public was anxious to buy into based on the fear this politician incited.

Glenn Beck, Limbaugh, Savage, and Hannity represent what is wrong with America in the sense that if they cannot win a debate candidly, honestly, and based upon facts, then they lie, smear, and are deceitful.

Beck, Limbaugh, Savage, and Hannity are the “pied pipers of verbal vomit” and play to those Americans that share their ideology. They are equal opportunist in their racist, bigoted, and ignorant rhetoric though, because it’s just not African Americans that they attack. They also blame Jewish Americans, Muslim Americans, Asian Americans, and Latino Americans for the country’s problems and whom they believe are not “true Americans” in the first place--whatever the definition of a “true American“ is suppose to represent.The rest of America must simply denounce these mad men for their views and exhaust little energy on their behavior.

Our country is facing a fierce healthcare debate, high unemployment, scarce academic resources for our youth and adolescents to excel in a global economy, while our involvement in Afghanistan looks as if it will stretch to the next century, climate change, and a host of other issues. We cannot waste precious time on individuals whose purpose it is to divide America instead of uniting America!

Consequently, Beck, Limbaugh, Savage, and Hannity are not truth seekers of integrity, fairness, and balance in America. What they seek is fear which leads to chaos, anarchy, and intolerance to divide Americans and have the audacity to call it “patriotism.”



Best Regards,

Anthony P. Johnson, Ph.D. Candidate, Author