Has everyone memory-holed what happened after 9/11? Peaceful protests being declared “un-American”? A 20-year long war that caused an estimated FIVE MILLION deaths?
And people now are all like “oops yeah actually that wasn’t so great”.
Maybe fucking listen to protests sometime. You might learn something.
I am so sorry for anyone who’s lost someone in this horrid conflict.
I am also having deja vu to the aftermath of 9/11.
I was a teenager, and I remember how the government exploited my empathy for the victims and their trauma and fear, so they could start 2 wars.
It feels similar again. Again, some politicians and some media outlets are telling me that some civilians are worth less than others. And by extensions, that some of the people I know are less than others.
@thomasfuchs it extends so much farther back too. Brutalizing peaceful protesters and tragic, unnecessary conflict as some of the most American qualities :((
Well said. It really is frustrating that so many people who were repeatedly, demonstrably wrong about Iraq and the war on terror suffered minimal consequences in terms of credibility, yet the people who were right still get told we don’t understand how the world works 🙃
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