Word: paranoias
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shaking don't you?" he said and looked around the room in semi-mock paranoia. "Uh... I hope I'm not acting out of pro por -tion..."-his voice rose-"I hope I'm not overreacting...
...that) because I get calls from two-hundred little madras-commuting-blond-Nazi-God-bless-America mice like you every week. I pulled my ass up from New Jersey. That's right. New Jersey. Not Newark either so don't get any smart ideas." Then follow jokes about Montclair, paranoia, penis-envy. On one hand, it must be cunning to hear rats talk this way in an over-sized nursery. On the other, the lines exploit the old convention of laughing at the words "elephant," "banana," "belly dancer" and "Beverly Hills-men-tality...
Threat of Paranoia...
...portion of middle-class Americans. Today they are ripe, he feels, for his kind of power-oriented organization. They are squeezed by taxes and inflation, bewildered by the revolt of youth against everything they stand for. "Their fears and frustrations at their helplessness," says Alinsky, "amount to a political paranoia, which can demonize them to turn to the law of survival in the narrowest sense...
...saying come out, we have to have our heads clear about a few things. Closet queens are our brothers, and must be defended against attacks by straight people. The fear of coming out is not paranoia. The stakes are high: loss of family ties, loss of job, loss of straight friends. These are all reminders that the oppression is not just in our heads. It's real. Each of us must make the steps toward openness at our own speed and on our own impulses. Being open is the foundation of freedom: it has to be built solidly...