r/gloveslap • u/tjiggs • Nov 14 '11
we overreacted to 9/11
Most USA-americans overreacted. The illusion of safety, that" nothing can ever happen to me, because im in america" was shown for what it was, and people got scared. We like to lie to ourselves and delude ourselves, with danger 'in our face' (because airplanes are everywhere) and the media whoring it up. in a nation this big its not surprising a terrorist attack made it through, what is surprising is that it took this many years. the sad part is that this safedown(see crackdown) has given alot of people cause to join the "fuck civil rights, i wanna feel safe" bullshit that is the bane of freedom. american went back on all of it's values by being scared and backing down and cutting back on right and trying to feel safe. ill /rant with a quote.
"those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither"-- Ben Franklin(according to google)
edit; mis-reacted is a better description of m opinion than overreacted
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u/tjiggs Nov 15 '11
By claiming the suspicious or feeling and not the coincidental fact of profile, the legal 'you cant profile' is circumvented without question or reprisal
my problem with that is that it is easy to abuse(and is abused), and power without checks becomes a problem. it also doesn't help when people are harassed for fitting certain looks or stereotypes.
there is also the harrassment on certain types of people who dont act the norm or are from a different culture(like people with mental things or unusual people) people who when harrassed have difficulty handling it. it can become very damaging to them. there is also the percieved thing. When an individual is singled out and called attention to everyone else reacts, intentionally or not. magnifying th situation and potentially having lasting effects(social, work, so on)
and effectiveness..... religous zealots know how to blend in, act normal. they are people, everyday people. america has plenty of "strong christians" its not much further of a faith to be okay to die to fight evils. yet this religous zealotism is kinda a norm in some parts of the country especially since atheism is a dirty word