Home of the brave?

[SHRED]

In no way am trying to diminish the tragedy in Paris but holy crap our media and a good chunk of our population is so damn reactionary it's ugly.
Falling all over themselves now about Syrian refugees and not letting them in this country.

Should we round up white supremacists, Xtians who advocate violence against abortion clinics, and talk show hosts who inspire them?

Fucking get a grip. This xenophobia just makes me sick.

[Fred Sanders]

1. The creation of a well-oiled Fear industry may be America's most exceptional accomplishment.

[elias49]

3. Hear, hear! nt

[AuntPatsy]

2. I feel the same way....I swear, bush early years all over again,

[SHRED]

4. Yep...fear, fear, and more fear

It's easy to manipulate the masses this way and fill the coffers of the Military Corporate Complex with our tax dollars.

[Major Hogwash]

5. Our media was bought off a long time ago, circa 1980.

They told us Carter was a wimp, that Reagan was strong, that Bush was best.
Look at how well that worked out?
Then they told us Clinton was a serial rapist, and Bush was better than Gore.
And here we are now, trying to undo 35 years of using unrestrained military intervention in half a dozen countries.

That's why I am voting for Bernie this time.

[SHRED]

6. good points!

[appalachiablue]

8. Very well said major, thanks!

Bernie it is!

[Hydra]

7. The terror they are spreading is not an accident

And it most likely has an agenda behind it. We'll just have to see.

"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."

[pinstikfartherin]

9. Yeah, people in Alabama are falling all over themselves tonight...

Suddenly, they love our governor because he's "refusing" refugees. It's sickening. This is what the terrorists want! They're playing into their hands.