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YarnAddict

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24. Bullshit.

Sun Oct 26, 2014, 11:50 AM

Oct 2014

I agree that there is nothing to fear from the Ebola virus. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. But most of Murrica thinks there is, and if hugging an Ebola patient is going to do something to quell that fear, then that is what the Prez will do, and with good reason.

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"I had spent a month watching children die alone". It is still the land of the brave, she proves it. [View all] Fred Sanders Oct 2014 OP

What a brave person. Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #1

it just reminds me so much of the TSA/Patriot act bullshit, hoping people would not buy into the seabeyond Oct 2014 #2

Fear got us the Iraq war, fear got us Fearbola. The common elements are the freaked out media and the Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #3

Scared people awoke_in_2003 Oct 2014 #36

educated, informed, aware people do not sit in that fear. so would behoove people to give that a seabeyond Oct 2014 #37

This is why they are trying so hard... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2014 #38

i won't argue with you there. nt seabeyond Oct 2014 #39

I'll K&R this because her essay is important but fyi this is a dupe riderinthestorm Oct 2014 #4

I love the smell of burning dissent in the morning. I am right, the dissenters are wrong. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #5

Carry on! riderinthestorm Oct 2014 #6

I think I love you! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #8

Excellent OP! Thanks for posting. nt adirondacker Oct 2014 #7

Those who volunteer to treat Ebola victims in Africa are heroes. MineralMan Oct 2014 #9

I saw one OP here titled "Obama should rent a 1st class hotel for quarantine". You know, to make Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #10

DU is home to a wide range of opinions and intelligence and knowledge levels. MineralMan Oct 2014 #13

The same attitudes led to Internment Camps. Downwinder Oct 2014 #30

Indeed it did. MineralMan Oct 2014 #31

Sometimes the sheer breadth and depth of the idiocy takes my breath away. seabeyond Oct 2014 #14

Takes my breath away too... good post, thank you. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #27

Agreed customerserviceguy Oct 2014 #33

It's a broader problem of our police state. Patriot Act/NSA set the low bar. It's below ground. whereisjustice Oct 2014 #11

I think the introduction of social media, communication crack for the masses, plays a large part. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #12

There are actually two issues here YarnAddict Oct 2014 #15

"There is a need to communicate to people their (edit: unfounded paranoia) is being addressed.... Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #16

Same difference. YarnAddict Oct 2014 #18

Obama hugging the nurse is because Obama is a compassionate man, that is what that was all about. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #19

Bullshit. YarnAddict Oct 2014 #24

About the outbreak of fear me b zola Oct 2014 #23

A complete media blackout of Ebola coverage YarnAddict Oct 2014 #25

You think it's "unfortunate" that we have a First Amendment??? kestrel91316 Oct 2014 #29

Oh, good grief. YarnAddict Oct 2014 #32

Information is good me b zola Oct 2014 #42

Fear is clearly far more infectious than Ebola, and more deadly, and it IS airborne, on the air waves. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #26

K and R greatlaurel Oct 2014 #17

If I could DURec this more than once I would .... WestCoasterDude Oct 2014 #20

Reading this just made my wife ashamed to be an American. "We should be better than this." diabeticman Oct 2014 #21

Fear has been used forever to control onecaliberal Oct 2014 #22

I refuse to be fed panic. 99Forever Oct 2014 #28

This is the woman that Govs. Cuomo, Christie and apparantly a handful of DU posters KMOD Oct 2014 #34

This would make an excellent OP etherealtruth Oct 2014 #35

I agree, please make this an OP. greatlaurel Oct 2014 #40

Done n/t KMOD Oct 2014 #41

How often are the forehead scanners recalibrated? PADemD Oct 2014 #43

Yes, proof of the incompetency of Christie and the fact he had no plan, no consultation with experts Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #44