FARGO — Republicans are afraid˳
Afraid of Black people˳ Afraid of brown people˳ Afraid of red people˳ Afraid of yellow people˳ Afraid of women˳ Afraid of young people˳
Afraid of young people voting˳ Afraid of people of color voting˳ Afraid of voting rights˳ Afraid of democracy˳
Afraid of science˳ Afraid of medicine˳ Afraid of knowledge˳ Afraid of public education˳ Afraid of universities˳ Afraid of professors˳ Afraid of teachers˳
Afraid of experts˳ Afraid of doctors˳ Afraid of Anthony Fauci˳ Afraid of masks˳ Afraid of vaccines˳ Afraid of vaccine passports˳ Afraid of vaccine chips˳ Afraid of things that don’t exist˳
Afraid of history˳ Afraid of the truth˳ Afraid of those who tell the truth˳
Afraid of books˳ Afraid of newspapers˳ Afraid of objectivity˳ Afraid of facts˳
Afraid of wind towers˳ Afraid of solar power˳ Afraid of environmentalists˳ Afraid of the Green New Deal˳ Afraid of Greta Thunberg˳ Afraid of change˳
Afraid of the media˳ Afraid of The New York Times˳ Afraid of The Washington Post˳ Afraid of MSNBC˳ Afraid of CNN˳
Afraid of Twitter˳ Afraid of Facebook˳ Afraid of Google˳ Afraid of big tech˳ Afraid of the government˳ Afraid of the establishment˳
Afraid of Democrats˳ Afraid of Black Lives Matter˳ Afraid of antifa˳ Afraid of Democratic Socialists˳
Afraid of Bernie Sanders˳ Afraid of AOC˳ Afraid of Elizabeth Warren˳ Afraid of Nancy Pelosi˳ Afraid of Barack Obama˳ Afraid of Kamala Harris˳ Afraid of Joe Biden˳ Afraid of Mitt Romney˳ Afraid of Liz Cheney˳ Afraid of RINOs˳
Afraid of athletes˳ Afraid of kneeling˳ Afraid of the NFL˳ Afraid of Colin Kaepernick˳ Afraid of the NBA˳ Afraid of LeBron James˳ Afraid of Major League Baseball˳
Afraid of Hollywood˳ Afraid of actors˳ Afraid of the Academy Awards˳ Afraid of musicians˳ Afraid of the Grammys˳ Afraid of Broadway shows˳ Afraid of late-night comics˳ Afraid of “Saturday Night Live˳”
Afraid of ABC˳ Afraid of CBS˳ Afraid of NBC˳ Afraid of NPR˳ Afraid of PBS˳
Afraid of Starbucks˳ Afraid of Coke˳ Afraid of Nike˳ Afraid of Delta Airlines˳ Afraid of Citigroup˳ Afraid of what Trump tells them to be afraid of˳
Afraid of a $15 minimum wage˳ Afraid of unions˳
Afraid of Mexicans˳ Afraid of Asians˳ Afraid of Muslims˳ Afraid of Somalians˳
Afraid of caravans˳ Afraid of refugees˳ Afraid of immigrants˳ Afraid of diversity˳
Afraid of the FBI˳ Afraid of the CIA˳ Afraid of the Deep State˳
Afraid of homosexuals˳ Afraid of bisexuals˳ Afraid of same-sex marriage˳ Afraid of transgenders˳ Afraid of transgender kids˳ Afraid of bathrooms˳
Afraid of big cities˳ Afraid of coastal cities˳ Afraid of Chicago˳ Afraid of Portland˳ Afraid of Minneapolis˳
Afraid of California˳ Afraid of New York˳ Afraid of blue states˳ Afraid of Washington, D˳C˳ Afraid of Puerto Rico˳
Afraid of the world˳
Afraid of social justice˳ Afraid of equality˳ Afraid of fairness˳
Afraid of elites˳ Afraid of academics˳ Afraid of intellectuals˳
Afraid of Planned Parenthood˳ Afraid of Obamacare˳ Afraid of Medicare˳
Afraid of the truthful past˳ Afraid of the truthful present˳ Afraid of the future˳
So afraid of the future˳
Why are Republicans so afraid?
It must be exhausting˳
Readers can reach Forum News Service columnist Mike McFeely at (701) 451-5655