Paranoia | Fear Mongering | Exaggeration – too far?

Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic

Heaven forbid something REALLY scary happens, these people are going to pass right out. Fear of ideas is not a good thing! I think the past 8 years of preaching fear really took hold of some people. The fear mongering is OUT of CONTROL!

That's the truth. I think everything feels so uncertain and most people agree the country is heading in the wrong direction generally that fear is a natural byproduct. So they react with something bordering on hysteria.

Here's another example: check out ammo prices...they went through the roof as of Nov 5th. People are going nuts because they think Obama is coming to take their guns, so a hysterical demand for guns/ammo is driving the prices up.

EDIT: by the way, great post -zeropoint-


[edit on 8-11-2008 by Vault-D]