Cycloptichorn wrote: [
Republicans would use it for every bit of political advantage they possibly could. For the last several years, fear and emotional rhetoric have been the tactic used by the GOP: fear of Terrorists, fear of Gays, fear of the unknown. It is effective when people are scared, and that's why there were successes with it early on. No reason to throw a bunch of ammo to your enemies.
cycloptichorn
I fear terrorism, you don't? That doesn't mean I walk around in fear every day, I don't, in fact I don't give it a second thought, but as a national threat, it is real. You don't think its real?
Who fears gays? I don't know of any conservative that does. I don't necessarily approve of the gay agenda, but that is not fear.
Fear of the unknown, I think everyone has a latent fear of what may lie in the future that is unknown, but not to the state of paralysis. I don't believe in living in fear, but by the same token I do not advocate not fearing possible pitfalls. I do fear driving off the road, so I am careful to drive safely in the lane. Healthy fears are healthy. I have no clue what your problem is.
Conversely, I do not fear my phone being tapped, as that seems to be paranoia at its finest. I don't hear Republicans sitting around fretting about that, contrary to Democrats wringing their hands over this, which is 99% politics and 1% fear, but they would like the civilians to be 100% fear concerning this.
