Reply #119: I don't fear them.

[FreeCajun]

I doubt if any of my former friends would ever come for me; I just faded out as quietly as possible. I've noticed that a lot of these people are cowards both physically and intellectually, hence the obsession with owning guns and "homeland security." It's how you get them fired up about terrorism and the bogeyman; they're scared little people already, and just like a terrified dog they are more likely to bite.

Its the ones who aren't that aren't obvious bigmouths that I'm worried about, the ones whose fears they are playing on. For every hate-spewing pundit there are several like the nutcase who contracted to kill Michael Schiavo and Judge Greer.

I asked a few of my friends to tone down in October because I can't stand any kind of inappropriately violent speech or anything, but it wouldn't stop. Some of these were college educated people and I thought a few of them could possibly at least explain their positions but it was all just blind anger and non-stop ditto-heading; it got to the point where they were talking about conspiracies among the "Democratic elite" with that whole George Souros fiasco during the vice-presidential debates with "Factcheck.Com". I had to get out, it was too disturbing.