Thumb Sucking Conservatives

[Pithlet]

A post from my favorite blog:

http://www.leanleft.com/archives/003384.html

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Terrorism is a serious threat, but it is not a mortal one. Panic is not a substitute for vigilance and fear is not a substitute for wisdom. Pretending that giving in to panic and terror is resolute or brave is just silly. The war on terrorism is a war we will win, in time. Throughout history, when people have been given the choice between personal freedom and secular society and religious intolerance and the domination of the personal by the state, they have chosen the former every time. And they will again -- if we do not allow ourselves to become panicked and destroy the very things that will win us the war on terrorism. The Limbaughs, the Malkins and the Jacobson's have already given into their panic. Don't let them panic you. Don't let the thumb sucking conservatives convince you that giving into fear is the solution. Look at the world with clears eyes, with rational thought instead of fear, and we will get through to the other side of the night.

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It's the same blog in my sig, but I do not write for it very often, and this was not my post.