Coping With the Recession
Any rapid change is very unsettling, and when the change endangers people’s financial security, we are likely to see anxiety and anger. It seems that is exactly what is happening right now.
In a nation of liberals and conservatives who seem to oftentimes perceive the world and facts in alien ways, economic hardships are bound to bring more conflict. This may be one reason why the health care reform debate has turned nasty. Congressional town hall meetings have become shouting matches. People with guns have displayed their weaponry outside the meeting halls. Most recently, liberals are drawing a line in the sand over the public option and threaten to vote down any bill that doesn’t include it.
Read all of John Zogby’s column on how people are coping with economic change at Forbes.com.
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Who cares if people carry their legal firearms at meetings? It was actually common practice when I was a child in the rural area where I was born. I don’t see it as a threat in any way, shape, or form; I think those that do perceive this as threatening are projecting their desire to harm their opponents on to other people.