On Fearmongering and Overreaction
December 20, 2020 by Christopher Paul Meyer
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on December 27, 2016. The topic discussed remains just as relevant today.
You know, when you read about Russia threatening NATO or sending subs off our coasts, or when you hear about Iran testing ballistic missiles they promised they wouldn’t test or when you learn details about China’s mega-hack of the OPM database or Daesh’s viral radicalization efforts inside the US, it’s almost enough to make you think that a lot of people are at war with us.
But that would just be fearmongering. And if there’s one thing we have no tolerance for, it’s fearmongering — because fearmongering leads to the dreaded prospect of “overreaction.†In fact, the only kind of fearmongering we tolerate is fearmongering about fearmongering.
https://havokjournal.com/national-security/on-fearmongering-and-overreaction/
