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Sun Oct 26, 2014, 07:04 PM

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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