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Why the lessons of 9/11 are wasted

‘No one seems aware any longer that there’s such a thing as a hostile external power that poses a graver threat to our existence than in-house systemic racism or micro-aggressions. In the Biden administration, our generals have been fixated not on international threats, or even on getting our troops safely out of Afghanistan, but on rooting out “white [hate] rage” in our own soldiers. Biden himself has encouraged our intelligence community to switch their focus from Islamist terrorism to domestic extremists on the right…..The lessons of 9/11 are wasted on us’ (Lionel Shriver - Telegraph U.K.)

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PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

Well objectively speaking angry white men in the US are by far a much greater terror threat and have been for decades. The US military and police also has had a long time issue with having a white supremacist problem. But then again it is useful in a military to encourage that when you are always invading foreign lands.

Objectively speaking you are more likely to die from a TV falling on your head than from an Islamic terror attack. It is not even a particularly large issue even within that religious community when you do the math. Easier to just blame the scary foreigner though.

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Strictgram · 70-79, C

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow White men are no threat that I'm aware of. But antifa and blm have proven to be domestic terrorists by burning, looting and killing. I'm amazed that liberals refuse to acknowledge the facts.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@Strictgram That is factually wrong and completely backwards. Try reading up on actual facts instead of whatever mental fart Tucker Carlson had today.

Strictgram · 70-79, C

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow You deny facts. List lies T Carlson has told. I can name plenty by cnn. Do you condemn antifa and blm violence? A simple yes or know will suffice.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@Strictgram They are not facts. Again, I don't care about your feelings. You can't back any of your claims with evidence or facts because you can't. All the facts and evidence show the complete opposite. I am not in the business of making insecure right wingers feel better.

Strictgram · 70-79, C

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow You refuse to condemn marxist blm and antifa. I knew you wouldn't. As an American hating marxist yourself you are comfortable condemning patriotic conservatives but giving violent fellow travelers a pass. That's an undeniable fact and any of your pompous bogus claims should be dismissed by real Americans!

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@Strictgram Again, I don't need to condemn them for right wing conspiracy theories and fantasies.

You are making excuses for extremist and terrorists that actually exist and that even the FBI considers the largest and deadliest domestic threat.

And don't bother mentioning Marxists because you have proven conclusively you don't know what that word means.

And good job othering anyone who doesn't believe in your cultish reactionary conspiracies.

They are not facts, you can't back any of your claims with facts because the facts prove you wrong. So your only recourse is to scream more hysterically.

Strictgram · 70-79, C

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Still refuse to condemn antifa and blm? That says all objective observers need to know about you.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@Strictgram Again, I will not condemn them for right wing conspiracy theories made up by insecure reactionaries like yourself.

It says I deal in objective reality, not the paranoid delusions of insecure "conservatives".

tindrummer · M

@Strictgram you heart your own comment? 😂 - because no one else will?

tindrummer · M

@Strictgram still won't or can't back up anything you say? - says all we need to know about you

Strictgram · 70-79, C

@tindrummer Specify you ignorant fool.

tindrummer · M

@Strictgram this entire thread with Pictures ...
personal insult - the last refuge of the desperate

Strictgram · 70-79, C

@tindrummer You can't specify because I deal in facts only not marxist fantasy as you do

tindrummer · M

@Strictgram uh huh 🙄😅

Strictgram · 70-79, C

@tindrummer You made my point. You deal with leftist emotions but evade reality. "Angry white men" are the biggest threat to the country? Patently false and delusional.

tindrummer · M

@Strictgram As quoted and cited above. That's straight from the FBI.

Strictgram · 70-79, C

@tindrummer Same FBI that lied to the FISA court and persecuted innocent conservatives? Maybe some day they'll be held accountable. Durham investigating for a long time. Hope it's not a whitewash.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@Strictgram Lol. Now suddenly the conservatives in love with the cops are screaming they are being persecuted by the FBI. Please, get over your persecution complex. It doesn't change the facts. This has held true for at least the 90s. What is your excuse for that?

tindrummer · M

@Strictgram wasting my time here - bye

Strictgram · 70-79, C

@tindrummer Fine, go back under your rock you anti American commie.

PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M

@Strictgram Calling anyone who is not a reactionary anti American and using commie a word you don't know the meaning of. Good job being a right wing cold war era cliche.

tindrummer · M

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow And so much more than that - all unpleasant.

LeopoldBloom · M

@Grvstu BLM hasn't killed anyone, you lying Nazi piece of shit. The violence at the demonstrations last year was almost entirely from the police themselves, right-wing gangs like the Proud Boys, and unaffiliated people taking advantage of the unrest.

BLM is a cheap target for white supremacist trash like you, who probably pleasures herself while watching the video of Officer Chauvin murdering George Floyd.

You're also a coward, so I'm expecting that you'll either report me or block me.

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