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8. One has to understand the mindset now

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:12 AM

Feb 2013

everyone, all our fellow citizens, are suspects. The government is, of course, not suspect in anything and if you say they are you are now part of the 'bad guys'.

The avg person is not shooting others, hijacking planes, using drones on innocents, starting wars and assassinating people the world over.

But we are made to think the avg person might because we sell fear over common sense. If you want control, you have to have something people fear that you can assure them you will protect them from.

I see it here every day on du (when it comes to gun owners/etc) and on other web pages when it comes to muslims, etc and so on.

Everyone is peddling fear of their fellow man (and there are some to be feared) to a point we are all suspicious of one another.

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Yes, very true. LisaLynne Feb 2013 #12

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To answer your questions Why are we afraid of so many things? What are we protecting? fasttense Feb 2013 #9

I take pleasure lovemydog Feb 2013 #14

This should be an OP in GD. nc4bo Feb 2013 #18

I would wager that the majority of big corporate CEOs have at some ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2013 #32

Fear is a great The Wizard Feb 2013 #10

We need to organize against TSA power flamingdem Feb 2013 #15

There have been more TSA clerks who are crooks GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #27

Saw the same thing coming back from Jamaica; Police dogs, unhappy agents, long lines bunch of grim uponit7771 Feb 2013 #22

..and still ...you have a better chance of getting hit by lightning than attacked by some terrorist. L0oniX Feb 2013 #25

It is a hassle, but policies should only be changed when an alternative is presented... EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #29

What would those results you are referring to ohheckyeah Feb 2013 #30

The same results? Smilo Feb 2013 #31

It's beyond a "hassle" GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #33

You know, what really gets to me is how we ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2013 #34

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Insulted, embarrassed and frightened. Exactly. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #37