Nope. Like most other things in life, there is good fear and bad (Reply #76)

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Wed May 13, 2015, 05:32 AM

76. Nope. Like most other things in life, there is good fear and bad

The fear of a stove burner after you have been burned once is a good thing. That fear exists to keep us safe. Without that kind of fear the chance any of us would reach our 20s is very low.

On the other hand you have phobias which are fears that have grown to be completely unreasonable mental health issues.

Just because phobias exist and dictators use fear as a weapon doesn't mean fear is a bad thing or should be discounted. That's just silly.

We've been burned badly by the last several Republican administrations. The fear of having to go through another one is a good fear.

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89 replies	Author	Time	Post
I'm terrified about what could happen if the US elects an R President in 2016 [View all]	struggle4progress	May 2015	OP
The right-wing agenda has been moving forward since the 1960s.	guillaumeb	May 2015	#1
Yeah if only someone would have held Reagan responsible for Iran-Contra or	Rex	May 2015	#2
I am too, which is why we need to unite behind the Democratic nominee	Terra Alta	May 2015	#3
A Bush / Walker presidency? We might as well declare the next Great Depression now.	Initech	May 2015	#4
Jeb Bush & Scott Walker are RINO's	golfguru	May 2015	#25
Ted Cruz has no chance in hell, and neither does Mike Huckabee.	Initech	May 2015	#26
Don't forget Ben Carson , he's a religious extremist	SummerSnow	May 2015	#59
Ben Carson is this year's Herman Cain.	Initech	May 2015	#61
Kochs and Adelson will decide the primaries. If they think either can win, they will fix it	AlinPA	May 2015	#88
What scares me is that they SEEM to be not much different than Hillary Clinton	Flying Squirrel	May 2015	#32
Wow really?	workinclasszero	May 2015	#64
Really what?	Flying Squirrel	May 2015	#65
I hate the term...	Agschmid	May 2015	#70
Hmmm	Flying Squirrel	May 2015	#74
There are Fox 'news" voters and "other media" voters. Media influences it all.	AlinPA	May 2015	#89
What nonsense. They are polar opposites of Hillary.	JaneyVee	May 2015	#34
...	SidDithers	May 2015	#38
That is just nonsense	Godhumor	May 2015	#42
Incorrect. People said the same about w and Gore and look what happened	yardwork	May 2015	#83
Easy to get out of?	Agschmid	May 2015	#69
Last time the war ended the depression. This time the war is causing the depression.	Initech	May 2015	#73
Truman had it about right:	MannyGoldstein	May 2015	#5
I'm glad you brought up Truman...	MrMickeysMom	May 2015	#6
+1000	Katashi_itto	May 2015	#8
Too bad he rejects the label of FDR Democrat for his preferred label of "Democratic Socialist"	pnwmom	May 2015	#14
Good.	F4lconF16	May 2015	#16
Are you saying it's true that he is NOT an FDR Democrat? Then Manny must be wrong. n/t	pnwmom	May 2015	#17
No.	F4lconF16	May 2015	#21
Because labels are what most voters are concerned with	frylock	May 2015	#44
Why do you think corporations spend money on advertising? Branding is important.	pnwmom	May 2015	#56
To people who work 60 hours/week and are still broke all the time...	Marr	May 2015	#79
Most people aren't as smart as you, Marr. To them, the branding matters. n/t	pnwmom	May 2015	#86
Bernie is the closest thing to Harry Truman out there.	hifiguy	May 2015	#47
Hiroshima. Nagasaki.	okasha	May 2015	#58
Once The Bomb was developed its use was inevitable.	hifiguy	May 2015	#60
You're suggesting that anyone to the left of Hillary Clinton will... nuke Japan...?	Marr	May 2015	#80
No.	okasha	May 2015	#84
One of the things that concerns me the most is that the economy is improving & is getting	okaawhatever	May 2015	#7
What is nerve wracking is that voters	yeoman6987	May 2015	#10
I think we will have a bright future if the Republicans take back the White House.	Quackers	May 2015	#9
In retrospect, Nixon was a pretty progressive president	CentralMass	May 2015	#11
No, Nixon was never a progressive. He was, however, talented at pushing himself	struggle4progress	May 2015	#31
Its sad that someone could think the author of these statements was "progressive"	onenote	May 2015	#36
Nixon was anti health care 'reform'	hootinholler	May 2015	#41
You are wrong. Ted Kennedy help defeat Nixons universal healthcare plan and later regretted it.	CentralMass	May 2015	#45
If I'm wrong I'm not far off the mark:	hootinholler	May 2015	#49
Nixon was center-right, generally speaking, but no ideologue	hifiguy	May 2015	#48
What is happening is that the Oligarchs are dumbing down the population and, as	ChisolmTrailDem	May 2015	#12
That...	IthinkThereforeIAM	May 2015	#40
Thread winner.	hifiguy	May 2015	#50
A big step towards a de facto theocracy.	longship	May 2015	#13
The plutocrats may pay off the religulous loons in some way	hifiguy	May 2015	#51
Frankly, I don't believe there will be a 'next time.' They'll bury the USA for good if they win.	freshwest	May 2015	#15
We have to stop the fear mongering.	JayhawkSD	May 2015	#18
We barely survived the last one. The economy almost disintegrated. The Middle East is	stevenleser	May 2015	#33
Hyperbole or not, fear is not a valid motivator.	JayhawkSD	May 2015	#63
Fear is absolutely a valid motivator and should not be discounted	stevenleser	May 2015	#71
You must really admire George Bush, then.	JayhawkSD	May 2015	#75
Nope. Like most other things in life, there is good fear and bad	stevenleser	May 2015	#76
Well, you have not given me a reason to vote for a Democrat.	JayhawkSD	May 2015	#77
Fine with me. I never signed up for that responsibility. nt	stevenleser	May 2015	#78
every time we "survive" repukes America goes further downhill	Skittles	May 2015	#66
Then vote for Bernie!	sabrina 1	May 2015	#19
Sell you radio & TV, cancel the paper, and spend the next four years fishing in Alaska.	Binkie The Clown	May 2015	#20
Yes. And the conservative elements of the Democratic Party	Maedhros	May 2015	#22
GOP wins SCOTUS becomes 6-3 or 7-2 for next 30 years	lobodons	May 2015	#23
I doubt we'll elect a Republican President. One could still take office, though	DFW	May 2015	#24
Especially when there's a Bush in the mix.	John Poet	May 2015	#57
History indicates that a Republican president is more likely than not.	Kablooie	May 2015	#27
I don't think you're "fearmongering", struggle.. I think you're talking REALITY. It's true. Damn	Cha	May 2015	#28
Eventually a Republican will win the White House.	gordianot	May 2015	#29
You and me both!	calimary	May 2015	#30
That's exactly what they want... for you to be terrified.	The_Commonist	May 2015	#35
Especially since all they have to do is nothing	treestar	May 2015	#37
We should all be scared of that.	MineralMan	May 2015	#39
There could be upside.	lostnfound	May 2015	#43
Hell, Tricky Dick created the EPA	KamaAina	May 2015	#46
Things have changed.	DCBob	May 2015	#54
With the GOP holding Congress	edhopper	May 2015	#52
No doubt it will be worse, much worse.	DCBob	May 2015	#53
Nominate Bernie Sanders, problem solved.	99Forever	May 2015	#55
I don't think we'll retain our Democracy if they win.	octoberlib	May 2015	#62
The Democrats would fight for us!	RandiFan1290	May 2015	#67
Then work hard to elect whoever we nominate-even if it's Bernie.	Ken Burch	May 2015	#68
I certainly will. But I think Hillary has the best shot, so I'm working for her. n/t	Adrahil	May 2015	#72
Sorry, you can't have it both ways.	Marr	May 2015	#81
I have no idea what you're talking about and suspect you have no idea either	struggle4progress	May 2015	#85
Sure, you don't.	Marr	May 2015	#87
We should all be terrified at that prospect.	MineralMan	May 2015	#82

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