The Storytellers

Denial, or even the more subtle version of it, i.e., “planting doubt,” whether about wiretapping, terrorist threats from other peoples, Jewish or other genocides, crowd size at an inauguration, etc., is a perpetuation of the kind of fascism and hatred used to foment social divide.

As the South Africans so brilliantly taught us with their Truth and Reconciliation Commission, full closure and moving forward into a new, more humane place requires first acknowledging--sometimes ugly--truths of our culture, history or past.

Thankfully, when governments fail to do so, the Storytellers keep the truth and the lessons of history alive for us to remember or to explore with contemporary perspective. And that is exactly why #45 doesn't like Hollywood, the Arts or the Media.

Postscript: fascism is a nationalistic attitude essentially hostile to the principles of democracy, fundamental rights and freedoms, and the rule of law. At the same time, it irrationally exalts a particular community, such that people outside it are systematically excluded and discriminated against.

This attitude permeates the ideology, the thinking, the activity, and the aims of its adherents.