# Civil liberties eroded by "panic" now officially a fringe view **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 8, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-liberties-eroded-by-panic-now-officially-a-fringe-view/524160 "2010-01-08T14:50:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 54
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-liberties-eroded-by-panic-now-officially-a-fringe-view/524160/54 "2010-01-09T00:54:15Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > It seems more likely that if the new administration is carrying on what the old administration did that there’s a good reason. What information was secret to the presidential candidates ceases being secret once in he’s in office. That information might make it seem that cruel or unnecessary behaviors were in fact fully justified and even dangerous to end. Or, it’s just that Obama is scum like Bush was scum. > [@devilsknew](#): > > No, its just that the “majority” is fringe. They are a radicalized, psycopathic, sycophantic, war, mob. > > There is no war on terrorism. It is a lie. The war is the war of conquest and greed. I agree. As a nation, America has become borderline fascist; disdainful of the rights and freedoms it loves to pretend to champion. Brutal, aggressive, predatory, corrupt. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-liberties-eroded-by-panic-now-officially-a-fringe-view/524160)._