• Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    It’s got that old school War on Terror Energy, back when we used to accuse Quakers of being in league with Saddam Hussein.

    as a dirty gen z child, i keep thinking i've heard the end of the wacky bullshit that happened after 9/11 but there always seems to be some new bullshit about it that makes it even wackier

    • poppy_apocalypse [he/him, any]
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      3 years ago

      The good old days. I remember listening to an interview with the CEO of either Bechtel or Parsons claiming that anyone marching against the invasion was enabling Saddam.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Life sucked before 9/11, but it sucked in very different ways. There's no point trying to explain it. The country went entirely off the deep end in 2001 in so many big ways and subtle ways.

      • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Honestly I am absolutely horrified to imagine a United States that wasn't "off the deep end" 25 years ago