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 * Fear and Loathing in America **

//"To make himself the one trusted friend, to whom should be confided all the fear, the remorse, the agony,...  the ineffectual repentance, the backward rush of sinful thoughts, expelled in vain!" // //(The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne)//

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 * Just like Dimmesdale did in //The Scarlet Letter//, the American government has long used fear to their advantage. These are some Second**
 * World War-era propaganda posters that attempted to rally the American people together under a common fear of invasion.**

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 * This is a part of a propaganda film made in the United States during the Cold War. The American government showed a hypothetical situation to incite fear of the Soviets in the people. They showed images of what could happen if the Communists are not stopped, and the fear turned to anger and hatred. The American people generally hated the Communists, and so were willing to do whatever they could to aid in the fight against them. **

**For a more current example of American fearmongering, look no further than the political 'right wing'. This website, "America Under Attack," is in support of the conservative Tea Party and informs the reader how 'left-wing' ideologies are undermining the values that are central to American life. Feel free to click around, and take careful note of how the language on the pages seems chosen to spark certain feelings in the reader.** "America Under Attack"

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