A thousand forms of fear....I almost think this topic belongs in...

[whistle]

...the political discussion page because it seems to be what the enemies of the United States constitution, our democratic way of life and what is the state of mind of most republican right wingers, PHOBIAS! Here is a partial list and a link to the website that contains an extensive list:

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A-
Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing.
Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Acerophobia- Fear of sourness.
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia- Fear of noise.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights.
Aerophobia- Fear of drafts, air swallowing, or airbourne noxious substances.
Aeroacrophobia- Fear of open high places.
Aeronausiphobia- Fear of vomiting secondary to airsickness.
Agateophobia- Fear of insanity.
Agliophobia- Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia- Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse.
Agrizoophobia- Fear of wild animals.
Agyrophobia- Fear of streets or crossing the street.
Aichmophobia- Fear of needles or pointed objects.
Ailurophobia- Fear of cats.
Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease.
Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
Algophobia- Fear of pain.
Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic.
Allodoxaphobia- Fear of opinions.
Altophobia- Fear of heights.
Amathophobia- Fear of dust.
Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking.
Amnesiphobia- Fear of amnesia.
Amychophobia- Fear of scratches or being scratched.
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up.
Ancraophobia- Fear of wind. (Anemophobia)

...and some select conservative fears:

Atomosophobia- Fear of atomic explosions and mushroom clouds.
Bolshephobia- Fear of Bolsheviks (also liberals and the left).
Bogyphobia- Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman (aka terrorists).
Cherophobia- Fear of gaiety (especially among liberals).
Homophobia- Fear of sameness, monotony or of homosexuality or of becoming homosexual (or anthing else having to do with how people choose for themselves to live life).
Euphobia- Fear of hearing good news (in the sense that the common man is happy).

<and over 530 more A thru Z at this link> http://phobialist.com/

The neo-conservatives, BushCo and the right wing media/talk shows must know this entire list inside and out because this is what gets dumped on all of us every minute of every day, day after day, year after year without relief. So, let's put this into perspective:

<some quotes about fear>

Perhaps the most famous fear quote of all time:

"The only thing we have to fear is fear it'self - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified, terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
---- FDR - First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933

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"One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well, to kill emotion. I don't think I shall ever feel anything again except fear. None of us can hate anymore - or love."
---- Graham Greene - The Confidential Agent (1939)

"What are fears but voices airy?
Whispering harm where harm is not.
And deluding the unwary
Till the fatal bolt is shot!"
---- Wordsworth

"In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly."
---- Coleridge

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
--- Frank Herbert, Dune - Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear

<more> http://phobialist.com/fears.html