I n the wake of the tragic Oklahoma bombing, most Americans realized that unthinkable violence could touch anyone at any time. They might as well have been called the enemy of the people. All were implicated, for all had questioned the government's growing control over local schools, private property, and personal lives.
Emotional appeals work.
It's more effective to discredit discerning citizens by linking them to violent anarchists than to give factual answers to legitimate questions. Nothing unifies a nation faster than a common enemy. Hitler knew those lessons well. He had watched the Bolshevik Revolution. His book, Mein Kampf, explains the winning strategies to any future revolutionary.