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Initech

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14. I fear someone walking into a mall, movie theater, arena, etc.

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 06:30 PM

Dec 2012

Last edited Sat Dec 22, 2012, 08:48 PM - Edit history (1)

With a semi or fully automatic shotgun.

I fear terrorists sneaking a nuclear weapon into the Port of Long Beach.

I fear a magnitude 9.0 earthquake striking San Diego and it destroys the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant.

I fear a power mad, profit hungry CEO firing his entire staff of 50,000 and looting the company for financial gain.

Those are things that I fear.

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What are Americans so afraid of? [View all] Skidmore Dec 2012 OP

each other samsingh Dec 2012 #1

^^^THIS^^^ HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #6

Yep. no_hypocrisy Dec 2012 #8

actually, the repugs, mentally inferior samsingh Dec 2012 #2

Right-wingers afraid of brown people. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #3

Fear of tyrannical government is the number one reason abelenkpe Dec 2012 #4

Ding, ding, ding nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #5

A nation born in rebellion, and yeomanship HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #9

i don't think their pidly weapons are a match for a US government that becomes tyrannical samsingh Dec 2012 #18

That's exactly their idea of tyranny meow2u3 Dec 2012 #20

Americans are just plain addicted to fear. n/t Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #7

A young nation born in blood former-republican Dec 2012 #10

They are afraid of Americans. Bluenorthwest Dec 2012 #11

classic tune dionysus Dec 2012 #25

You nailed it - they are afraid of Americans. Raksha Dec 2012 #39

Gun nuts etherealtruth Dec 2012 #12

but you have to hit the nose... n/t a geek named Bob Dec 2012 #26

Themselves. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2012 #13

I fear someone walking into a mall, movie theater, arena, etc. Initech Dec 2012 #14

The rest of the... 99Forever Dec 2012 #15

I don't own guns due to fear hack89 Dec 2012 #16

Actually most gun owners are the same. Even the ones that bought a single gun former-republican Dec 2012 #19

Ask this couple former-republican Dec 2012 #17

It's basic anxiety, imo gulliver Dec 2012 #21

Apparently, whatever Rush Limbaugh and Faux News are afraid of: Everything. nt Buns_of_Fire Dec 2012 #22

I do understand the fear of being home and someone is trying to TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #23

Change marions ghost Dec 2012 #24

I was a gun owner for about ten years customerserviceguy Dec 2012 #27

I think the common thread is tribalism fueled by the 'Hate for Profit' Media. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #28

read in mother jones. riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #29

+1 Dawson Leery Dec 2012 #31

Fear is a product Jim Warren Dec 2012 #30

Enduring part of our culture reteachinwi Dec 2012 #32

We've become a nation that thinks like field mice. nt ladjf Dec 2012 #33

FUD. Rex Dec 2012 #34

What? Skidmore Dec 2012 #35

Fear, uncertainty and doubt. Rex Dec 2012 #38

The world moves too fast for some. randome Dec 2012 #36

Everything. I blame the TV. Crime rates are lower than they have probably ever been, Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #37