Fear is a choice
It is a choice for the person inflicting the fear. Whether
it is a church or a government or a populist gadfly, they have chosen to
inflict fear because it brings them power:
Fear Hell
Fear brown people
Fear environmental collapse
Fear the rich people
Fear the poor people
Fear the racists
Fear the antiracists
Fear the asteroid
Fear the fascists
Fear the socialists
Fear nuclear annihilation
Fear the future
Fear anyone who is different
In the words of Frank Herbert, “Fear is the mind-killer.”
If you give into fear, you are giving “them” power over you.
Understanding is antifear
Knowledge is antifear
Compassion is antifear
Love is antifear
I shall fear no evil
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