I know this will go over the head of the Deplorables.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. I wonder how much of it is fear and how much is just hatred

of brown people, period.

I mean even the least informed person anywhere in the US or Europe, for that matter, realize they are more likely to be struck by lightning than harmed by terrorists, or at least here in America that is true.

So is it legitimate albeit ignorant of the facts fear?

I think it is an excuse to hate Muslims but mostly just to hate anybody who is not white.

[TrekLuver]

2. This fear and hatred go hand in hand.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. Americans have an inordinate fear of terrorism.

You are more likely to be attacked by a pack of wolves but that's an intellectual observation. I can see how folks , emotionally, can be afraid.

[TrekLuver]

6. You are more likely to be almost anything than be involved in a terrorist attack but

they are happy in their bubble of fear. They don't want to hear that whitey supreme's have killed twice as many Americans since 9/11.

[BSdetect]

4. Yes, hard to distinguish between the cause and effect.

[TrekLuver]

7. They are definitely afraid of them "taking over".

[manicraven]

5. Mostly hatred along with a lack of critical thinking.

[thinkingagain]

8. Just made this my phones wall paper

How'd we go from inetelligent thoughtful quotes like that to things like
"It's alternative facts"

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. "Well, Doctor, what have we gota Republic or a Monarchy? A Republic, if you can keep it."

[JayhawkSD]

10. Apparently goes over the head of liberals, too.

I dislike Trump as much as you do, but...

“I think it’s important to recognize that you can’t have 100 per cent security and also then have 100 per cent privacy." Barack Obama at the Fairmont Hotel, June 7, 2013.

"We're, we're going to have to make some choices," he says.

He finishes that speech by defending the spying program, saying, "In the abstract you can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential program run amok, but when you actually look at the details then I think we’ve struck the right balance."

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. The goal should be the maximum amount of freedom consistent with order.

Our current administration is tilted way too much to order. I'm sure Germany was a safe place if you weren't a targeted group, until the Allies bombed the hell out of it.

[sl8]

12. "How The World Butchered Benjamin Franklins Quote On Liberty Vs. Security"

I'm not sure where the quote in the OP came from, but I believe the actual quote refers to "essential Liberty" and "a little temporary Safety".

How The World Butchered Benjamin Franklin’s Quote On Liberty Vs. Security
https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/14/how-the-world-butchered-benjamin-franklins-quote-on-liberty-vs-security/

and, for some context for what he said,

What Ben Franklin Really Said
https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-ben-franklin-really-said :

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. Benjamin Franklin would have deplored Donald Drumpf as would everyone who founded this nation.

[sl8]

15. I agree with your opinion of his opinion. Not sure how that justifies misquoting him. n/t

[PatSeg]

13. That was the quote

that popped in my head right after 9/11. It was what scared me the most, not terrorists. Sadly, I was right to be scared.