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This essay is a wonderful example of why most Americans do not trust the left to keep them safe.
I don't think there's any doubt that the last two elections prove how true your claim is.
It's invariably the case that when someone -- with no empirical data at all -- purports to speak on behalf of "most Americans" in order to claim that "most Americans" share the person's view, they are just making things up and trying to deceive -- just like you did with this statement above - see actual polling data on the question of who "most Americans trust to keep them safe" (if the last two elections aren't enough for you) here:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/02/19/brit_hume/
Finally, one of the most mystifying -- and creepiest -- things is how so many alleged adults, when they talk about politics, now talk about how badly they want "to be kept safe." It always sounds to me like a five-year-old who wakes up with a bad nightmare and crawls into their parents' bed and pleads: "Please keep my safe."
How frightened are you that you see political leaders as people who will "keep you safe"?
