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inthewind21

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23. How

Reply to Martin68 (Reply #15)

Fri Nov 17, 2023, 07:19 PM

Nov 2023

is Bin Ladens letter to America "revisionist history"? 9/11 DID happen. Bin Laden WAS the head of Al Queda who was the Terrorist face of 9/11. He DID put out a "Letter to America" as well as MANY videos. Instead of demanding it be removed and freaking out because "young people are circulating it online" maybe, just maybe, our kids should have been taught about 9/11, Al Queda and Bin Laden . Now there's a novel idea!

Oh wait, that wouldn't fit the narrative of perfection that has been pushed for generations.

Disclaimer, my complete disdain is in no way directed at you. It's a decades long build up of the piss poor job done in this country teaching the future their TRUE history with all it's warts then the shock of why "young people" don't know what they should.

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Ryan Broderick: TikTok teens aren't stanning Osama bin Laden [View all] Nevilledog Nov 2023 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Nov 2023 #1

wtf. Stanning. CurtEastPoint Nov 2023 #2

Thanks, CurtEastPoint! Glorfindel Nov 2023 #3

It comes from the Eminem song "Stan" about an obsessive fan nt AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2023 #4

I was like....huh? But I'm old so...that happens frequently. CurtEastPoint Nov 2023 #14

It's a short version of "stalker fan". meadowlander Nov 2023 #12

Americans love their "moral panics". Elessar Zappa Nov 2023 #5

Especially the gullible poorly educated magats & the grifters preying on them. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2023 #9

I've shared OBL's Letter to America on DU maxsolomon Nov 2023 #6

K&R redqueen Nov 2023 #7

"Influencers" Mossfern Nov 2023 #8

"Stanning" in my day was rolling down the car window Beetwasher. Nov 2023 #10

I can understand right wingers wanting to ban TikTok, due to fear of ideological contamination. David__77 Nov 2023 #11

All these people, sharing information directly, redqueen Nov 2023 #13

If the information isn't true, that actually is a problem--especially Wingus Dingus Nov 2023 #16

If we could trust the MSM it wouldn't be an issue redqueen Nov 2023 #17

Generally we can. Blanket mistrust/rejection of MSM is a hallmark right-wing habit. Wingus Dingus Nov 2023 #21

A certain segment of young people are always attracted to revisionist theories about people like Hitler and Martin68 Nov 2023 #15

Not sure becsuse Satan isn't an actual person but a concept JI7 Nov 2023 #19

You seem to fail to realize that many Satanists believe Satan is real. But you miss my point entirely. Martin68 Nov 2023 #24

How inthewind21 Nov 2023 #23

I termed it revisionist because young Americans who accept a laundered alternate view of who Bin Laden was and Martin68 Nov 2023 #25

Those TikTok videos are disgusting. WTF is wrong with the yonger generation in this country. beaglelover Nov 2023 #18

Sad reality is that I can see this happening. We've got people already justifying 10/7, not much of a stretch... Lancero Nov 2023 #20

Had to Google "stanning." Shows how ancient I am. MineralMan Nov 2023 #22