paranoid?

My grandparents were alive when McCarthy was at his peak. His paranoia of evil communists caused ripples through an entire country. People lost their jobs, people were killed, people were sent to prison...a lot of them primarily due to a paranoid fear.

I am living in an age of terrorist paranoia. With people being accused of terrorist plots, torture on the rise, and tighten security I wonder where this will lead. I suppose that it is only a matter of time before curfews and phone tapping become a major part of our lives.

Am I just being paranoid? Or is this patriotism? I can sometimes get confused.