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Mac1949 Donating Member (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 12:47 PM
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What is the right afraid of?
In no particular order:

10. Commies/Socialists/Anarchists
9. Taxes/the deficit
8. Muslims/Wiccans/Secular Humanists/Atheists
7. Abortion/Planned Parenthood/ Progressive women
6. Immigrants/people of any color other than white
5. Peace/change/chaos
4. Obama/the government/ Democrats/Liberals
3. Gun control
2. Climate change scientists/education and science in general
1. Occupy Wall Street/ non-violent protesters.

C'mon. Add to the list. I must have missed something. :hi:
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 12:50 PM
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1. art. creativity. abstraction.
n/t
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catbyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 12:51 PM
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2. Kindness, compassion, community
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 12:54 PM
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3. Everything.
:shrug:
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RT Atlanta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 12:56 PM
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4. You forgot
- LGBT community (among many others of course)
- "Pre Marital" sex
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Worship Money Donating Member (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 01:02 PM
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9. I would expand that to
sex, in general. They are clearly afraid of sex.
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RT Atlanta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 01:13 PM
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12. Agreed
on the sex in general.

Would also add "women" too.
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 04:29 PM
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17. men, too
and children, cats, dogs, wolves, bears, animals in general, and plants wild and doemsticated
and rocks, fire, water, and air
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Mac1949 Donating Member (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 01:07 PM
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10. I knew I missed some good ones!
:dunce:
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 12:57 PM
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5. It'd be quicker to list what they're not afraid of.
1) people just like them
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 12:58 PM
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6. They are afraid that basic, human decency will become popular.
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 12:58 PM
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7. Their own shadows. n/t
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lifesbeautifulmagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 01:02 PM
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8. A well paid middle class or in other words
a union.

collective bargaining

people working one job that pays enough to support a family, send your kids to college and fund your retirement.
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ProfessorGAC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 01:08 PM
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11. Anthing They Don't Understand
Which is everything on your list and about a million other things.
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 01:37 PM
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14. +1000
That really does say it all.
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randome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 01:17 PM
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13. They're not afraid of anything.
Edited on Thu Oct-13-11 01:18 PM by randome
They're just angry wannabes who lash out at anything that makes life better for the rest of us.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 01:39 PM
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15. But fear causes anger and jealousy.
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Flashmann Donating Member (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 01:48 PM
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16. Logic..
Fact,compassion....
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 04:38 PM
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18. The 99%. Your number 1.
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