Why don't we learn from the past?

Focus on the 19^th century Family has produced a new ad to expose teh gay agenda. You can view it here. That link also contains the transcript:

It could happen to your town.

Man: They've come out of the closet.

AFA presents a look at how a handful of homosexual activists infiltrated the Eureka Springs, Arkansas government and changed the very moral fiber of the city.

Man 2: They're taking over a place that has been known for its Christianity.

Man 1: They branded us as fundamentalists, as Christian hate bigots -

Man 2: Once homosexual activists get into power, they're not too tolerant toward other people.

Learn the strategies used by gay activists and don't let this happen to your city. This DVD is a must-teaching tool - watch, and learn how to fight a well-organized gay agenda to take over the cities of America, one city at a time.

Man 3: If it hasn't happened in your town, get ready, because it is going to happen.

Hmmmm. Why does that feel so familiar? Wait-it feel so familiar because it's the type of rhetoric George Wallace used in his pro-segregation campaigns. The "[insert minority group] are gonna take over your town!!1!" fear card has been used extensively-from Pauline "Asian Invasion" Hanson, to Wallace, to the KKK, to Elizabeth Dole. Those constituencies have all kept taking the bait.

Whatsay we give it a Wallace-style makeover:

It could happen to your town.

Man: They've come from their suburbs...to ours.

AFA presents a look at how a handful of Negro and Communist activists infiltrated the Eureka Springs, Arkansas government and changed the very moral fiber of the city.

Man 2: They're taking over a place that was once a haven for been white Christians.

Man 1: They branded us as fundamentalists, as Christian hate bigots -

Man 2: Once Negros and Communists get into power, they're not too tolerant toward other people.

Learn the strategies used by anti-white activists and don't let this happen to your city. This DVD is a must-teaching tool - watch, and learn how to fight a well-organized pro-Negro agenda to take over the cities of America, one city at a time.

Man 3: If it hasn't happened in your town, get ready, because it is going to happen.

Sounds just like it came out of the 1950s/60s. Also here's the AFA ad:

Now, to Wallacise the text:

Residents of the small Arkansas town of Eureka Springs noticed the Negro community was growing. But they felt no threat. They went about their business as usual. Then, one day, they woke up to discover that their beloved Eureka Springs, a community which was known far and wide as a center for white entertainment--had changed. The City Council had been taken over by a small group of pro-Negro Communist activists.

The Eureka Springs they knew is gone. It is now a national hub for Negros, Communists and race mixers. Eureka Springs is becoming the San Francisco of Arkansas. The story of how this happened is told in the new AFA DVD “They’re Coming To Your Town.”

One of the first actions of the Communist-controlled City Council was to offer a “registry” where race-mixers could register their unofficial “marriage.” City Council member Joyce Zeller said the city will now be promoted, not as a safe, white Christian resort, but a city “selling peace, relaxation, history and sex.”

AFA’s “They’re Coming ToYour Town” documents the story of how and why this happened. And how Communists and race-mixing activists plan to do the same in other towns.

Order a copy of “They’re Coming To Your Town.” Watch it. Then take the 28-minute DVD and share it with your Sunday School class and local church. This is a story the liberal media will never tell, but one you need to know.

As the title suggests, I'm wondering just how anybody could look at AFA's video and conclude anything other then "WTF?!" it really is depressingly spectacular how people can fall to fear campaigns, and not learn how to avoid it. We've seen this in the suffragette movement, the McCarthy era, black civil rights, gay rights...and everytime we hear the same arguments: "But it goes against the voices in my head God's law!" "It's not traditional!" "It'll destroy the family!" "Think of the children!" And for some reason, we keep falling for it, never learning from our past mistakes. Why else would Prop 8 pass?

Jebus. For all of humanity's strengths, we're pretty slow learners.

Also, TIME has an article on fear here, published in 1968.