America's Chronic Overreaction to Terrorism
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America's Chronic Overreaction to Terrorism
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Re: America's Chronic Overreaction to Terrorism
#2This is a conversation that we need to continually have as a nation and I am glad to see it being covered in more "mainstream" press.
What are we giving up to gain our freedom and is it worth it in the long run? The intelligence apparatus our nation has constructed only has value as long as we have fear, they are thereby induced to continually keep us in a state of fear whether real or fabricated. My biggest fear is that many of these recent "terrorist incidents", not 9/11, were in fact created by our own agencies...yes a bit of a tin foil hat scenario to be sure but one that is not all together unreasonable given the current revelations.
Re: America's Chronic Overreaction to Terrorism
#3This is a conversation that we need to continually have as a nation and I am glad to see it being covered in more "mainstream" press. What are we giving up to gain our freedom and is it worth it in the long run? The intelligence apparatus our nation has constructed only has value as long as we have fear, they are thereby induced to continually keep us in a state of fear whether real or fabricated. My biggest fear is…
Again, war is a huge business. (And this of course includes the so-called "war" on terrorism.)
I believe that's the main reason (if not the only reason) why it is being kept alive (today by using the cheap manipulation technique of fear).
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#4Everyone who perpetuates the lies of the official narrative of 911 is co-builder of the police state.
When you help build the prison, don't be surprised when you find yourself in it.
Re: America's Chronic Overreaction to Terrorism
#5This is a conversation that we need to continually have as a nation and I am glad to see it being covered in more "mainstream" press. What are we giving up to gain our freedom and is it worth it in the long run? The intelligence apparatus our nation has constructed only has value as long as we have fear, they are thereby induced to continually keep us in a state of fear whether real or fabricated. My biggest fear is…
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Re: America's Chronic Overreaction to Terrorism
#6It's not an overreaction, it's the agenda.
Re: America's Chronic Overreaction to Terrorism
#7Everyone who perpetuates the lies of the official narrative of 911 is co-builder of the police state. When you help build the prison, don't be surprised when you find yourself in it.
The downvotes only proves your right.
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#8It's not an overreaction, it's the agenda.
It's both. The news isn't pushing a particular agenda, they'll take anything that pushes people's buttons and grabs their eyeballs, whether it's this or another missing white girl.
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#9Everyone who perpetuates the lies of the official narrative of 911 is co-builder of the police state. When you help build the prison, don't be surprised when you find yourself in it.
The downvotes only proves your right.
Comment got down votes, not because the commenter was right or wrong, but for the rhetoric commentary that basically does not contribute anything constructive to the discussion. It's sort of an I told you so rhetoric.
Re: America's Chronic Overreaction to Terrorism
#10You fight terrorism by refusing to be terrorized. America (or at least, its successive governments) failed from the start.