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Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by gruez on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:05AM (#28458153)
> 3) unify under nationalism (flags everywhere)

People flying flags everywhere weren't a thing in the 80s or 90s?

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Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by xxpor on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:20AM (#28458401)
The few months after 9/11 were something else when it came to flags. They were EVERYWHERE.
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Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by rswail on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:57AM (#28458940)
Not as much and not as rabid. Combination of the Gringrich bullshit "culture issues" of the 90s and the initially patriotic and then nationalistic response to 9/11.
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