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My impression -- the grief's not about how the problem is dealt with, but that it's just swept under the rug instead. > Your suggestion, taken literally, is a
by dexen 15y ago
My impression -- the grief's not about how the problem is dealt with, but that it's just swept under the rug instead.
> Your suggestion, taken literally, is a call to revolution (...)
Such voices aren't very dangerous in normal circumstances, as they don't appeal to wider audiences until those audiences become quite edgy for other reasons. Such voices, taken statistically, are an indicator of how close to serious unrest the society as a whole is. Which, nb., is another reason free speech is necessary for functional democracy.
- scott_s 15y agoI have a problem with the situation with the TSA as well, but it deeply bothers me when people so easily fall back on such hyperbolic rhetoric. It poisons discourse and prevents rational discussion by flattening subtleties.