Re:FBI arrests 75-year-old for allegedly placing pipe bombs ...
by WarOnPrivacy on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:44PM
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> Mods didn't detect your satirism when you spoke of a golden age of domestic terror.
I'd agree the positive connotations are a juxtaposition but everything else fits the descriptor.
Based on experience, I'd guess the downvotes are from folks who advocate a mindset that we live in a dangerous time of imminent terrorism - one that demands endless heightened awareness.
In contrast, I found that historical US domestic terror stats show that since ~1975 we have been about as safe as is possible. I suggest we math-up and embrace our ongoing safety.
> I hope my own satirical post doesn't put me on some 3-letter agency watchlist. You can't be too careful nowadays.
In as far as this might be true, government has fully lost it's way.
I'd agree the positive connotations are a juxtaposition but everything else fits the descriptor.
Based on experience, I'd guess the downvotes are from folks who advocate a mindset that we live in a dangerous time of imminent terrorism - one that demands endless heightened awareness.
In contrast, I found that historical US domestic terror stats show that since ~1975 we have been about as safe as is possible. I suggest we math-up and embrace our ongoing safety.
> I hope my own satirical post doesn't put me on some 3-letter agency watchlist. You can't be too careful nowadays.
In as far as this might be true, government has fully lost it's way.