Fear and Loathing in D.C.

Can Ya Smell the Fear? Fear and Loathing in D.C.

“Fear is an emotional response to threats and danger. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of pain . . . Fear should be distinguished from the related emotional state of anxiety, which typically occurs without any external threat. Additionally, fear is related to the specific behaviors of escape and avoidance, whereas anxiety is the result of threats which are perceived to be uncontrollable or unavoidable:” Wikipedia.

Fear also triggers the age-old dilemma of whether to strike out or to hightail it to safer environs, the fight or flight option.

Congressional Dems evidently have chosen to strike out and fight on the Obamacare debacle, although their fighting methods are more akin to those of a 6 year old girl who chooses to strike back by screaming hysterical lies rather than directly confronting the opposition.

Wikipedia distinguishes between fear and anxiety but there really isn’t much difference with the Democrats on this issue: Their only external threat is truth and honesty and both terrify them. Admixed with a distinct loathing for conservative principles, it’s a potent combination.

I’ve seen videos of a number of those townhall-type meetings that reflected a genuine concern and, yes, outright disgust and deep angst on the part of the citizenry. The attendees, too, are fearful but not afflicted with baseless anxiety.

See a few relevant videos here http://bit.ly/2f8nAG, here http://bit.ly/194wyZ, here http://bit.ly/ICP8A, and here http://bit.ly/108jlE.

Their fear, anger, and disgust are well-founded in the belief that governmental nitwits will soon be determining what health care they get and, literally, deciding whether it’s their time to shuffle off this mortal coil.

Liberals are many things but, usually, not stupid. It will be a long, hot August for them if they continue to allow popular dissent.

Those townhalls will soon devolve into . . .

(Read the rest at http://genelalor.com)