What is the greatest fear among people in the U.S?
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My biggest fear is that Bush will declare himself king for life and we will never get rid of him.
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"Man has only to fear from mankind itself"\n\nJeffav  2006
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Fear.  Fear is the simple answer.  The Sharia branch of Islam is so afraid of christianity because they fear that Christ is the true answer.  They fear anyone, any idea that is different than their percieved interpretation of their bible.  They are not the only God followers to do this kind of thing.  Even though the USA was founded by Christians, we had intolerances that sometimes lead to death.  Do a search on the Spanish Inquisition...more death in the name of God.  Their are countless examples.
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Because people r afraid of what they don't understand.
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Lack of control of the situation.. People are afraid of what they can't control...
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my personal opinion is that fear "in general" keeps us from maybe going to far, making us question wether or not we are decent humane beings someone who isnt or thinks they are afraid of nothing are weak emotionally or mentally  to bne afraid of nothing is to have no conscience
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Fear.  Fear by our leaders who have accepted bribes of some sorts, and who have disabled our laws from the top down. \n\nRemember, they have everything to gain and nothing to lose!\n\nUntil we separate ourselves from those in control and who create the fear we are part of the problem.  Until we have our county in a place where the laws of the land are upheld, then fear is ruling our nation.  AND fear is our master.
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Fear.  We fear what we don't understand, and often we don't understand or misunderstand  those of different cultures. What's the answer?  I don't know that there is one.  Sure , education and learning to understand and tolerate others who are different than ourselves would help, but there will always be those in every culture who will be less open minded and try to spread their fear.  as yoda said, "fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate"  this can apply to many events in the world today.
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Nothing is being shoved down anybodies throat. Just the fear of other cultures, don't forget we are a nation of a variety of cultures blended in this great nation. I grew up in Texas which is a blend of both Spanish culture, German, and European culture. I must agree that there is a vast majority of Mexican movement into this country. But don't blame them, blame the companies who hire them or again blame the lazy a**   Americana's who abuse the welfare system and don't work. So your own culture is being threatened, if so how much do you really know what your own culture is..
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thats something that has never been made clear by those who point fingers and scream TERRORIST . in alot of peoples eyes its anyone of the muslim faith. in my eyes its anyone who pushes their political agenda with fear tactics that includes those who would scare americans into voting for a certain party  by shoving fear into their face.
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Absolutely. Fear of government is tyranny, government fearing the people is democracy. Somebody tell the repubs they are on the wrong course ......................
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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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Lethargy, mostly.\n\n"If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention," so says a popular bumper sticker.\n\nWhether we see it as a fundamental ailment or mere symptom, most people are largely ignorannt of political reality. Americans still believe they are free because they can vote. There is a bipartisan illusion that democracy is liberty itself and that state power is non-aggressive if checked every few years by majority vote; delusions. There will always be power-hungry people who wish to control. Most countries do not have a powerful Constitution like ours, designed to limit big gov't, and we have not protected ours, or enforced it, and it is back under dirty glass, hidden, unused. Have you even read it? It's only two or three pages, but most people don't know what it says. That is our only protector against the real evil: those that want to rule in a coherent force. What our forefathers designed is absent, and what they feared has happened. That is why you fear gov't.\n\nBut ignorance and fear do not a prudent democracy make. We do not vote for our Masters, who then obtain near absolute power. Instead of seeking representatives to safeguard our rights, people now seek strong leaders or saviors to redeem their lives and protect them from all harm. \n\nNobody is policing our government. We've lost interest, are lethargic, and want someone else to take care of running gov't for them. It is an end to the rights of the self-governed, when the self-governed won't govern themselves, or obtain real knowledge; not just media information. To become informed, involved, and really concerned takes effort, time, and the will to act.
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The biggest problem facing America in my view is a creeping insecurity that causes people to be unreasonably fearful and, as a result, more selfish and less open to knowledge and understanding. This fear might arise from a lot of different events - the war in Iraq, 9/11, layoffs, crystal meth in smalltown America - but it has turned into a chronic condition all its own.\n\nWe're all marshalling our metaphorical soldiers around us, trying to keep out the unfamiliar, pile up some money against the uncertain future. We're not taking care of each other because we're so afraid.\n\nIn a way, we're much like the people rioting against the West in the Muslim world. From the Western European/U.S. perspective, people are getting all bent out of shape about something that we take for granted. But imagine that we could remove ourselves from our own perspective and watch our responses from some TV screen in another world. Would our fear-based reactions look any more rational? I'm not sure they would. They seem reasonable because they're familiar. But think about the way gang violence destroys poor communities. Think about the way that sports fans torch cars. Of insurance fraud. Of deep-seeded, insidious hypocrisy in so many aspects of our lives.\n\nI'm not sure we should be afraid; politicians of all descriptions have been exploiting the fear, though. We don't have a sensible, sensitive, and rational voice that doesn't belie self-interest.\n\nI don't know what we can do now. Maybe each and every one of us can give up something unnecessary and wasteful - driving an SUV, smoking cigarettes, watching reality TV - and take time to learn as much as possible about the people we share the planet with.
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fear, it's all about fear that someone might judge them to harshly \nso they leave no way to be reached. And thus show the world just how little they really are!
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Jody, jodey, jodie.\n\nBut my biggest fear was road side bombs
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It is the governmet's reaction to terrorists that scares me the most. they are taking all my rights away, one by one, using terrorism as an excuse. if I didn't know better, I would say the U.S. gov. is treating terrorists like Nazi Germany treated Jews.