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Nitram

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27. Drunken, I agree. Conservatives, egged on by Fox, became very anti-Muslim, and decided

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2020, 03:59 PM

Sep 2020

we were in a war with Islam. The Bush administration arrested Muslims all over the place. The no-fly list was over-populated, and they constantly made mistakes with air travelers. They sent us into a Code Red terrorist alert every time Democrats got an advantage. There was ridiculous talk, again egged on by Fox, that communities were instituting Sharia Law. Communities denied permits to build mosques. Conservatives started displaying American flags everywhere. The term "flag wavers" used to be pejorative, now it was proof of patriotism.

Krugman is great on economics, but he has this 100% wrong. Probably selective memory and a tendency to forget about the bad stuff.

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Normally agree with Paul Krugman but not here. He's flat-out wrong. [View all] Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 OP

LOL... was he around the years after 9/11 and the constant news about attacks on Muslims? Claustrum Sep 2020 #1

Bush did make statements defending Muslims that Trump is incapable of making BeyondGeography Sep 2020 #2

I think that cost him with his racist base. SunSeeker Sep 2020 #23

I agree...and therein lies the final descent of the GOP BeyondGeography Sep 2020 #26

"W" is not deserving of any praise at all. He is responsible for hundreds of thousands of innocent walkingman Sep 2020 #3

Obama praised Bush on his health initiatives in Africa Le Roi de Pot Sep 2020 #4

Tell that to the thousands of families whose loved ones were killed, both US and Iraqi lives. walkingman Sep 2020 #16

If only our press had reported on the PNAC & their agenda... CaptainTruth Sep 2020 #19

This is an irresponsibly bad take. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2020 #5

Comparatively speaking... Dem2 Sep 2020 #6

"Americans took 9/11 pretty calmly." betsuni Sep 2020 #7

it unleashed an endless war on the rest of the world, killing or displacing millions KG Sep 2020 #8

He's flat out wrong on the anti Muslim sentiment BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #9

Tell that to Balbir Singh Sodhi Mordred Sep 2020 #10

The Iraq invasion, in particular, was allowed because of post-9/11 prejudices coti Sep 2020 #11

He is absolutely wrong. Baitball Blogger Sep 2020 #12

I won't forget ... BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 #13

Me neither. Colin Powell's testimony, Tom Ridge and his plastic sheeting, Ken Lay's desk at the WH.. Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #18

I won't forget what the PNAC crew wrote back in 2000... CaptainTruth Sep 2020 #21

It's all relative Tom Traubert Sep 2020 #14

Krugman is the main character on twitter today. aidbo Sep 2020 #15

Bless his heart. nt crickets Sep 2020 #17

Oh Yes. BigDemVoter Sep 2020 #20

Hate radio didn't waste any time falsely blaming the attacks on liberal policies Ohioboy Sep 2020 #22

There are some great responses in this thread lunatica Sep 2020 #24

The world is more nuanced than black and white bucolic_frolic Sep 2020 #25

Drunken, I agree. Conservatives, egged on by Fox, became very anti-Muslim, and decided Nitram Sep 2020 #27

I lived in a civil war zone drmeow Sep 2020 #28