a nations refusal to come to grips with its past is more a sign of weakness than of strength making peace with your past makes you stronger and more able to deal with future challenges the inability to do so is disturbing to say the least denial and bullying the victim only delays the recognition that must ultimately come acknowledging the past enter scott walkers politics of fear for the party that rhetorically champions selfreliance the emphasis on creating fear and despair in the electorate is ironic but effective why blame yourself for economic insecurity when you can blame a faceless immigrant plotting to take away your job scott walker is 2016s mitt romney