I think the fear stems from watching Dubya walk all over the constitution with the patriot act and doubling our national debt from 5 to 10T buckaroos. Obama steps in and says, I can counter that with the NDAA, extension of the patriot act, an international kill list, 10T to 16T and a seemingly pro-islamic, socialist type agenda. A large portion of us are sitting here agape wondering how this guy was supposed to be better than that crony who just got term limited. Then when election time comes along, they roll out a Romney in Bush clothing.
The attitude of many isn't, well he can't do much more harm. It's, how much more harm is he gonna do? This is "no holds barred" time in his administration. He's showing his hand a bit by his new cabinet appointees. And I just get the feeling that people are worried about what he's going to pull out of the hat. How big and far reaching it's going to be, isn't what's worrying people. People seem to agree on the size and scope, and it ain't small, I can say that much. People are more worried of how much we stand to lose as individuals. Those who don't feel like being part of the "collective," as he so eloquently stated.
Which is why this "conspiracy" movement seems to have so much teeth. Nothing will surprise those who are of this thought. In fact, it's pretty much accepted and many are waiting for that black swan. Personally, I would be very surprised if, by the end of his 2nd term, he hasn't tried to pass something along the lines of removing term limits. The UK supports it as seen in their latest article in The Guardian. Many democrats already support it, and it seems most of his dedicated followers do as well. #Obama2016 was a huge Twitter trend right after Obama got re-elected.
All in all, though, I hope all this is, is tin foil hat talk. I would love for everyone to be wrong about this. That's not to say I won't somewhat prepare myself and just pass this talk off as ridiculous. There are always 2 sides to every coin. Knowing what each side looks like is very beneficial, imo. But with everything, a grain of salt. I've been victim to hoax stories only to be corrected by many. Won't stop me from looking into those I feel may have some sort of credibility. The last thing I want is to be truly blind sided by what I thought was fringe, only to be too late because I was of the crowd who thought, "Well, this can NEVER happen here. They would NEVER do this." Nothing wrong with a bit of speculation every now and then, imho.