When did Americans gets so afraid that they're unwilling to fight for...

[FormerRepublican]

...their country anymore? I keep hearing how we should let the President do anything he wants because al Qaeda can kill us. Well, America has a history of standing up against tyranny of all kinds, including that posed by Al Qaeda. WHY would we give up everything that America stands for because of fear of Al Qaeda? Didn't our forefathers fight against King George for the idea of freedom and liberty from oppression? Wasn't the Civil War fought over the idea that ALL men should be free? Wasn't World War II fought to defend and preserve our freedom?

Why should we fear Al Qaeda so much that we give up the most precious of American values - our freedom, our democracy, and the very foundation of our country? Why would we fear Al Qaeda so much that we're willing to give up the Constitution itself?

When did Americans become wimps?

[leftstreet]

1. Kent State - for one

A moment when Americans got the shit scared out of them.
Get along, go along, or die.

[FormerRepublican]

2. Bush dreams of it at night - wondering how he can authorize round 2.

:puke:

The idea of the national guard firing on American citizens is unthinkable, yet I can imagine Bush thinking it's OK...

[punpirate]

3. The answer is...

... the day of the attacks on 9/11. That's when they got too scared to be upset about what their government was doing to them while it was telling them it was working for them.

Psychologists have repeatedly said that the fear of dying suddenly, without reason, is one of the top subterranean fears of most people. Anyone (Yogi the Bear, Barney Fife, Inspector Clousseau, Jimmy Swaggart, Bozo the Clown) could have come along at that moment and said, "I'll protect you," and people would have listened--and believed.

The last 5-1/2 years have been one of the most crass psychological manipulations of the public in human history.

[Nutmegger]

4. More distractions today, more "noise".

It seems that people have this "plug in and forget" attitude. Also, people seem to think that this stuff can't happen here, as if we're exempt. So Bush Inc will continue to push ever so slightly trying to determine that oh-so hard to find tipping point.

The Ukrainians did it...why can't we?