What is Lady Liberal

Just what it says. A blog by a lady liberal. One who is desparately trying to understand what has happened to our country.
Why have the forces of fear been embraced by so many?
Is it because of the internet and instant news?
Is the world really such a scarey place to so many people that all they want is for someone to tell them what to do so that everything will be okay?
How do we teach people that it is okay to think?
Okay to question, okay to not be sure?
That admitting you don't know or that you made a mistake, or that you didn't have all the info is not a weakness, but actually a sign of strength.
How do we convince people that just because someone can scream the loudest "I am a christian and I *know* what Jesus would do", doesn't mean a whole lot, if they also don't live the life?
Why is this country once again regressing to the same social conditions and beliefs that led to the Salem Witchtrials and the McCarthy witchhunts?
I am scared by what I am seeing occur in our country..it is a repeat of what has happened so many times before in so many other places, and it never has a good result in the long run.