Land of the Free, Home of the Brave...

[Protagoras]

Those that compromise one certainly aren't the other.


I have nothing else to add today. I simply offer up that thought.

[unblock]

1. absolutely. the wingnuts who crave to submit to dictatorship are cowards

they are "yellow"!

they are too weak to stand up for their own freedoms, they cower in fear of a remote perceived threat of terrorism even though they have a much greater chance of being struck down by a bolt of lightning. seriously, check the odds.

and yet they dare to call themselves free and brave???

[porphyrian]

2. Most people fear true freedom.

There's security in externalizing responsibility, even if it's an illusion. Most would choose a comfortable cage to the uncomfortable unknown of real liberty. Power-mongering predators know this and use it to their advantage, presenting themselves as strong "authority" figures who will take care of everything if you'll simply support them.