Racism

One way to control and silence those who have a different view than you do is to call that person a racist. If someone is tagged as being a racist, then he can be shunned, ridiculed, marginalized and ostracized as being a bad person. This is done so that those who would endorse or like a person who has been tagged as a racist can also be tagged as a racist just for doing that. In this manner, anyone who would associate with such a person can also be shunned and banished.

Humans live in their own self made bubbles and get to stay inside that protective enclosure if they adhere to certain rules of the community of like minded individuals. Once they veer too far off the group think of those inhabiting the bubble, they are reprimanded. We have seen this most recently with the election where the polls were so wrong that right up until the time the polls opened, the major news reporters were sure Hillary Clinton would win, and this was based on pollsters asking people across America who they would vote for, and getting responses overwhelmingly against Donald Trump. The main reason for this is that the press, which is comprised of well over 80% of people who are liberal and vote Democrat, have succeeded in painting the one who was elected as being a racist. Being tagged with that word is like having a bulls eye on your back and a red dot on your forehead signalling that it is OK for others to treat you like dirt because you are a very bad person, and do not deserve the protection of the herd. You deserve to be scorned and shunned and beat up, as we have seen in the riots on the streets protesting Trump's election. It is instructive to note that the same mainstream media who has painted Trump a racist have downplayed these beatings and give them barely a few words, while extensively covering what they call demonstrations and saying the people have a right to speak out. This sort of thing went on before the election and is the reason the polls were so wrong. People didn't want to be hassled, ridiculed, ostracized, shunned and demeaned for supporting a "racist".

The dictionary definition of racist is "a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another." I have never heard Trump suggest this, nor would I make such an assertion. What he has said is that people who are here illegally need to go back. Those people happen to be Hispanic. He has not said that he hates Hispanic people, or that all Hispanic people need to go back to Mexico. But, this is seen by some as being "racist". The press has succeeded in demonizing the man. 


When we consider why people do things, it is important to consider the primary reasons for what they do, which is power and control. Those who have that are in a position where they will survive and use their clout to club those who don't agree with them. They don't need the actual club. All they need is the threat of banishment from the protective bubble which their group inhabits and controls. They see outsiders as a threat to their power and control and will fight tooth and nail to keep other beliefs from infecting their group. I liken it to a herd of white sheep who stay together in a circle and will banish a baby black sheep and not let a sheep of a different color enter their herd for fear of infecting the rest. This is why Catholics used to, and possibly still do, not allow a Catholic to marry anyone outside the faith.
This control and power was exhibited ruthlessly in medieval times where the Christians were threatened by the slightest hint of anyone who wasn't like them, or who questioned their beliefs or authority. All it took was someone in the bubble (group of like minded people) to tag someone with the word "witch", and that person was brought before the leaders and an inquisition was held, and the individual was horribly burned at the stake. These were individuals who usually were the stronger females in the towns who were seen as a threat to the leaders and the purity of the group, so they had to be killed.
Society no longer kills off those who would infect the herd. They find other ingenious ways to silence them. They plant stories, tell lies just like in the days of the Inquisitions, and bring the person before the tribunal, which is the mainstream press, who want to maintain their influence and power and the money that goes along with that, and hold the person up at the virtual gallows and say "Here we have a dastardly man who is not like us. He is charged with the heinous crime of racism. He must be killed!" The virtual killing goes on in the press and the crowd is whipped into a frenzy with chants of "BURN him!", while the group hisses and spits as he is led to the fire, thereby saving the herd for another day, and keeping the group leaders in power and control once again of the masses.