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It’s not the what, but the how. A terrorist attack on home turf is a slap in the face of every American. Outrage is to be expected.

mikeodds 5y ago
Take a look at how many people die from domestic shootings in the US
markdown 5y ago
Patriotism is a sickness that the world would be better without.
- mc32 5y ago
  Is that what we want t tell all the revolutionaries around the world? Would the taleban take your words to heart?
- ineedasername 5y ago
  I'd replace the word patriotism with jingoism. A certain amount of pride in your country seems reasonable.
rodgerd 5y ago
> A terrorist attack on home turf is a slap in the face of every American. Unless the terrorists are white guys angry that their choice didn't win an election. Then it's tirelessly defended.
- Sebb767 5y ago
  Or people of all colors and nations (some of them surely white guys) angry that the "white guy choice" did win the election. DC was quite boarded up [0] and it was not in fear of a Trump loose. Please don't be a racist and call the factions by what they are, not by their gender or skin color. [0] https://wjla.com/news/local/a-look-around-dc-hours-before-election-day-as-businesses-board-up-fencing-installed https://wjla.com/news/local/a-look-around-dc-hours-before-el...
asdff 5y ago
It wasn't the first terrorist attack on home turf and it wasn't the last. The outrage was drummed up by the media to build support for the war. Remember the Dixie Chicks getting ostracised for speaking out against the war? They were one of the most popular artists at the time and their careers were over after that in an instant due to how gung ho everyone was. I think part of the initial support was that people were envisioning another Desert Storm, less than 50 days and done thanks to superior American training technology firepower etc. When it came to not be the case that support seemed to evaporate fast and many awoke from the collective stupor enraged at the outsized response with ill defined goals, some of the more clearly defined ones being entirely false (Saddam's WMDs).

mikeodds 5y ago

Take a look at how many people die from domestic shootings in the US

markdown 5y ago

Patriotism is a sickness that the world would be better without.

mc32 5y ago
Is that what we want t tell all the revolutionaries around the world? Would the taleban take your words to heart?
ineedasername 5y ago
I'd replace the word patriotism with jingoism. A certain amount of pride in your country seems reasonable.

rodgerd 5y ago

> A terrorist attack on home turf is a slap in the face of every American. Unless the terrorists are white guys angry that their choice didn't win an election. Then it's tirelessly defended.

Sebb767 5y ago
Or people of all colors and nations (some of them surely white guys) angry that the "white guy choice" did win the election. DC was quite boarded up [0] and it was not in fear of a Trump loose. Please don't be a racist and call the factions by what they are, not by their gender or skin color. [0] https://wjla.com/news/local/a-look-around-dc-hours-before-election-day-as-businesses-board-up-fencing-installed https://wjla.com/news/local/a-look-around-dc-hours-before-el...

asdff 5y ago

It wasn't the first terrorist attack on home turf and it wasn't the last. The outrage was drummed up by the media to build support for the war. Remember the Dixie Chicks getting ostracised for speaking out against the war? They were one of the most popular artists at the time and their careers were over after that in an instant due to how gung ho everyone was. I think part of the initial support was that people were envisioning another Desert Storm, less than 50 days and done thanks to superior American training technology firepower etc. When it came to not be the case that support seemed to evaporate fast and many awoke from the collective stupor enraged at the outsized response with ill defined goals, some of the more clearly defined ones being entirely false (Saddam's WMDs).