The Bogey Man Gene
I guess there is a gene in our DNA that require some people to have to fear a bogey man.
I see in some of my blogs and blogs of others that the new bogey man is the Muslims. They take the words of a minority and claim that all Muslims adhere to the same thing. They quote passages from the Koran out of context.
I think the fear comes from the fact that some people fear the unknown.
I kind of like the Unknown myself. I think I have a fear of boredom.
Once I found a Communist hiding under my bed.
I had given my keys to a friend who showed up in town, and when I got home, he said there was a Communist hiding under my bed. So I pulled out my sword and started to thrust it under my bed, and I came very close to skewering him with my sword. (Yes, I just happen to know how to use a sword very well). The Communist was really a member of the Weather Underground, and I had been telling them that violence was not the way for a real Revolution :entertained:
Muslims? There are all kinds of them. Some are Peace people called Sufi Mystics, and they think pretty much like New Agers.
Perhaps some do “need” to hate an entire group as the bogey man. There are definitely those that exploit and fan this flame.
A little Bogey Man trivia: The original Bogey Men WERE Moslems!
The phrase originates from a group of people who live on the island of Sulawesi (Celebes) in Indonesia. They are the Bugis people (pronounced Boo-gees), and like many people in that archipelago hundreds of years ago, they made part of their living as pirates. They also happened to be mostly Moslem. They were particularly good at the pirating gig (meaning they were ruthless) and were the scourge of the British merchant marines. Their exploits made it back home, and English parents began using the name as a way to scare kids into behaving. Be good or the Bugis man will get you! Now, Bogeyman.
Is it an extra gene or something that seems to belong to a particular political party? Remember Bonnie from Myspace? She outright said that all Muslims should be killed including the babies and not one person that was her friend argued against that ignorant stance. Terrorist use fear to accomplish their agenda. How is that any different than people like Bonnie?
I truly believe that if I was to have a fear it would be of the Bonnie’s of the world. One thing for sure, ignorance runs rampant with these type of people.
How can we fear that which is unknown to us? Surely we can only fear our EXPECTATIONS of it? I can’t figure out if this would be born of a tendency to overthink stuff or not think deeply enough.
There have always been a bogeyman… and if one doesn’t exist governments will invent one.
Julius, “The Goths will get YOu”.
When I was growing up the Japanese and Germans were hated. It wasn’t the war or the actions of the German and Japanese Governments, to be a German or Japanese PERSON earned you hate. It was all “justified” then as it is being now… People believe what they are told. It seems to me the loudest about hating Muslims are also those who would characterize themselves as very “patriotic”.