“There is nothing to fear but fear itself.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President, United States
2006-08-22 03:44:45 · 19 answers · asked by mutterhals 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
as long as there is fear we'll need it to draw courage.
2006-08-22 03:54:21 · answer #1 · answered by knu 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Very relevant. Especially in the media, they want you to be afraid so you will keep watching and they can keep feeding you information about stories they make grandiose.
The Fourth Estate is a Catch 22. It can be either good or bad depending upon how it is used.
2006-08-22 10:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering the wailing, whining, and fear-mongering going on among the Weak Sisters on the far left-wing fringe I'd say it's as relevant as ever.
2006-08-22 10:52:24 · answer #3 · answered by Walter Ridgeley 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I see all the fearmongering by the Dems. Telling lies and fabrications and ghost stories about the Patriot Act taking your rights away, about our actions creating more terrorists, about how the GOP are Nazis, about how Bush is selling our jobs to the Chinese, War for oil, war for Halliburton, etc.
They couple this with downplaying the actual threat from the terrorists, the axis of evil, etc.
I see a lot of fearmongering, but not from the Republicans. We have accurately assessed the threats, and respect those threats. By respecting the threats, we are dealing with those head-on. This is not based on fear, but on knowing what needs to be done and being resolved to do it.
2006-08-22 11:00:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i think its relevant for today... but i think our current president enjoys seeing people fear. he loves to stir up the fear as a way to keep americans from noticing how they are stealing our freedoms and wasting our money.
2006-08-22 10:57:46 · answer #5 · answered by sasquatch jr. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It still holds true today, when you take the WTC into consideration. In the aftermath, we cannot let fear of terrorist's get to us, because that fear will ruin our existence.
2006-08-22 10:53:54 · answer #6 · answered by Mightymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, not sure.... I can sit here and think, the fear of being bombed causes fear, the fear of losing a loved one causes fear.... I think our lives have a dark cloud of fear over them.. it just depends on how we let that fear affect our lives and if we just sit around and wait on "bad things" to happen....
2006-08-22 10:53:49 · answer #7 · answered by kutskova29 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very much so. It's amazing that everyone is so worked up about everything going on because the media has blown things way out of proportion.
2006-08-22 10:52:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it never was relevant
All it does it attempt to minimize fear by ignoring danger
the economy is cyclic FDR did not solve anything, he just was preisdent at the very end o the great depression and WW2
2006-08-22 10:53:07 · answer #9 · answered by mike c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that the same guy who didn't want to photographed in his wheelchair because he feared the American people would see it as weakness.
2006-08-22 11:36:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it needs updating " the only thing we have to fear is our own illegitimate Government" with to much control!
2006-08-22 11:02:28 · answer #11 · answered by bulabate 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋