{"id":30209,"date":"2012-09-11T10:02:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T16:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/11\/letting-fear-know-its-place.html"},"modified":"2012-09-11T13:43:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T19:43:43","slug":"letting-fear-know-its-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/11\/letting-fear-know-its-place.html","title":{"rendered":"Letting fear know its place"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because when you live all the time in fear, you do stupid things. And other people can and will make use of your fear, and not necessarily to your benefit.<\/p>\n

I mean, heck, think of our cinema and fear. Think of that frightened person up on the screen, being pursued by Something Awful. \u00a0We feel their fear, but we're also shouting at them for all the stupid things they're doing<\/i> — running like a lunatic, dropping their flashlight, going back into the haunted house they were warned about, backing up into the shadows, arguing loudly over trivialities, splitting the party, tripping over their feet or other obstacles, whatever … and about how the Something Awful takes advantage of those bad, bad, fear-driven decisions.<\/p>\n

Sometimes that's us. And sometimes that fearful flight can last for eleven years or more …<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Chuck Wendig<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

9\/11 for me created in me a sense of fear and anxiety. F'rex: I was afraid of flying for years after. Okay before and now. But then: afraid.<\/p>\n

Thing is, that's of course the aim of terrorism. But what nobody really tells you is that it's also the aim, in part, of the government.<\/p>\n

This became clear recently when flying out of PHL airport, where before security they play a video that literally evokes the events of 9\/11. Because, hey, if there's one thing that'll get me to submit to a violation of my human rights by the TSA, it's trying to drum up that fear.<\/p>\n

9\/11 taught me a lot about fear. And over time, it taught me that we have to find a way to operate without it.<\/p>\n

Because fear trumps wisdom, logic, science, common sense, love, all the good stuff. Fear will fuck you up, stop you from taking chances.<\/p>\n

I mean, listen, fear is fine if you're being chased by a fucking mountain lion or something. I'm just saying to let fear know its place.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Google+:<\/strong> View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because when you live all the time in fear, you do stupid things. And other people can and will make use of your fear, and not necessarily to your benefit. I mean, heck, think of our cinema and fear. 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