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marions ghost

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24. Change

Reply to Skidmore (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 11:21 PM

Dec 2012

Used to be, a man defended his property. Women & minorities stayed in their place. Gays stayed hidden or suicided. Muslims stayed in Iraq. Everything was nice and orderly. And then all those people got outta their place. So we gotta show em who's boss.

A gun is merely a symbol of "security" that makes people feel better. Doesn't guarantee a single thing about survival. In fact, gun ownership is correlated with a greater chance of death by gun.

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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