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Gingerbread-Cake t1_jdk0yd0 wrote

Oh, I remember that shit, all right. All my Republican friends were gung ho for it, shit talking about a “war of civilizations” and other such thought-stopping nonsense. My Democrat friends were mostly for it, also, but less emphatic about it.

I saw 9/11 as a bully getting punched in the nose (no offense to anyone who lost someone there, I’m talking geopolitics, not personal) and was a little surprised that view wasn’t voiced more often.

The patriot act should have been repealed wholesale years ago, but no, the “border” of the U.S. still extends way inland, the expanded surveillance powers still hold up, there’s still secret courts etc etc etc.

That’s a lot of words to say that I’m 100% in agreement with you, just persnickety about historic details.

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