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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
set in that frame it is not much different than the rest of the fear mongering. It doesn't matter the context, the action and frame are the same. The motive to act isn't based on rational action but fear.
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Sometimes fear is completely rational. I was not afraid of John McCain and there are any number of candidates that he could have chosen from that would not have concerned me so much. I was truly afraid that a reactionary nitwit could have been one step away from the presidency after eight years of George Bush (who, for the record, I do not call a nitwit).
Context does matter.
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