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Apparently, a group of people plotted to blow up JFK Airport.
The right clamors about it, the left plays it down. There is no objectivity. There are jihadists under every bed; there are no real threats, it's all about whipping up support for the war. WE will never know how credible the threat was, because it's filtered to us through those prejudices.
As though there AREN'T credible threats, and there AREN'T kooks out there that are the Islamic equivalents of LARP ers.
The constant drum-beat desensitizes us to REAL threats, the constant down-playing makes people reluctant to report suspicions.
The right clamors about it, the left plays it down. There is no objectivity. There are jihadists under every bed; there are no real threats, it's all about whipping up support for the war. WE will never know how credible the threat was, because it's filtered to us through those prejudices.
As though there AREN'T credible threats, and there AREN'T kooks out there that are the Islamic equivalents of LARP ers.
The constant drum-beat desensitizes us to REAL threats, the constant down-playing makes people reluctant to report suspicions.