/now/restorative-justice/2013/08/01/justice-for-trayvon-martin-the-fear-factor-part-ii/ A blog from the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:42:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 /now/restorative-justice/2013/08/01/justice-for-trayvon-martin-the-fear-factor-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-14044 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 01:09:27 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/restorative-justice/?p=1352#comment-14044 In The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, Susan Faludi provides a fascinating narrative and analysis of the role of fear in the American psyche, and in American politics.

]]> /now/restorative-justice/2013/08/01/justice-for-trayvon-martin-the-fear-factor-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-14043 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 01:01:32 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/restorative-justice/?p=1352#comment-14043 Fear is definitely a common denominator here. And fear is at base not subject to rational argument. I find this the hardest thing I’ve come up against when pushing against laws that would ratchet up already draconian punishments in our criminal adjudication system. Until we find ways to lessen it, perhaps by pushing past estrangement and learning how to see each other, fear guarantees that we will continue to get these laws.

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