[generally]

We are now living in fear. Big Brother is so powerful that we are afraid to express an opinion.

This is the definition of a totalitarian state.

We might as well not have a First Amendment if we are so fearful of exercising it that we choose not to.

[oh8eleven]

We are now living in fear. Big Brother is so powerful that we are afraid to express an opinion.
What do mean "we?" Just because you and some other nut-job FReeper have no guts don't include the rest of us in your paranoia.