What is the biggest thing we Americans have to be afraid of?
110897
The government.And fear itself ofcourse
810520
I'm pretty afraid.  I don't know where we're headed economically, politically, environmentally, anything...and I'm not even sure what will be the biggest problem first.  For instance, it's relatively clear that climate change will be an issue, but when?  And is it even possible at this point for us to turn some of these things around?
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I think most Americans hate war more than any other country on earth.  We aren't constantly blowing each other up and freaking out every time something upsets us.  It happens, there are psychos everywhere, but in general America is a very safe place to live because we aren't violent as a people.
1098193
usa scared of North Korea :) b'coz it's not poor country such as Iraq or Afghanistan.if usa do something,China erase usa from history,from map,from earth :)
440214
Fear.  \n\nNo, seriously...Dr. Fred Palmer makes a good one, and you can get it at Walgreens.
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I think that it is largely a media driven thing. I'm not saying that we don't have a reason to be fearful because we do but I think that the media keeps reminding us that we are supposed to be scared of everything.\n\nBush was RE-ELECTED due to 9-11 but being fearful as a nation has nothing to do with his getting elected the first time. I voted for him both times because I felt that he was the BEST man for the job. (BTW, I'm a registered Democrat.)\n\nI typically don't think about the National safety and security issues for the most part, except of course when I watch the news at night and they are always running some sort of story about it.\n\nAs for PERSONAL safety and security issues, I think about those a lot. I don't obsess about them tough. Our house has been broken into twice and our vehicles four different times. So we now have a security system for our house and alarms on all of our vehicles that are set whenever we're not in them. We used to leave one of our doors unlocked for convenience but not anymore. Every family member has a set of house keys and are required to take them whenever they leave the house or chance sitting outside until someone else gets home to let them in.
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I think you've answered your own question! No, we are not a free country. Right now all we have is the freedom of speech and they are trying to stop most of that.\nEverything in this administration is based on fear-fear of the terrorists, fear of people not God-fearing (notice the fear word), fear of the bird flu-you name it and people are scared. They should be scared of this administration!\nNotice the name I go by-dismayed american.
127816
You mean like Failure, Death, etc? Dunno. But there are an awful lot of things to be afraid of.
1185937
Fear. Think about the kinds of things fear makes us do. "There's nothing to fear but fear itself" F.D.R.
23409
Very doubtful today, what with the Patriot act, Homeland Security, Governments fear of new and alternative life styles, things, and people striving for need or greed in general everyday life. If we tried to be Utopian, Washington would shut us down. I know, I know I am a paranoid, but look around your world.
869835
Not afraid of them.  Worried about the Extremist Christians we have in our political system.  Hopefully some other group will come along and make them worry as well.
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Neither. I am more afraid of the Bush Administration and the joint chiefs of staff.
447112
FDR (a truly great American President) once said, "the only thing to fear, is fear it self".  Fear (or terror if you like), is an emotion.  You can not go to war against an emotion.  Our government is abusing our fear to generate support for a War that makes the friends of George Bush even more rich.\n\nIf you are afraid of terrorists, you are being manipulated.  The real enemy of the state is the Bush administration.  We are not winning, we are only making more enemies.  People who used to admire us now hate us, because of the so called "war on terror".\n\nFight your fear and think with reason, not with rage.
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because everyone's afraid of it and wants something done about it
522655
I think it would be a reach.  The communists didn't really exist in the US and really weren't a threat.  Terrorists actually have had a serious impact here in the US and still exist where they can harm Americans.  That being said, we are over the making the situation worse and giving those who pretend like terrorists still exist on Every Street, USA reason to fear.  In time (and with different leadership) this issue will be easily controlled.  All it will take is someone with some decent statesmanship abilities and a IQ over 90 to take care of the problem.  Until then we will have to put up with them trying to sell us fear and terrorists as if they were household germs.
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Fear of the US government.\n\nThey don' support it.
905672
because americans have always been afraid of something different from them, and that deviates from "normal" in any way\n\nnow becuase of 9/11 it gives them a reason to hate just another minority