David: Now I understand the Republican mindset: If “they” (the “bad guys”) hate us for our freedom and thus want to destroy us, taking away such freedom will deprive the “bad guys” of any reason to attack us! Being thoroughly dominated and enslaved by the corporate-state, in other words, is a form of national defense! I haven’t appreciated the depths of their thinking. I just thought the GOP crowd was nothing more than a gang of unprincipled thugs prepared to use any amount of lies, contradictions, and violence to serve their ends!