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EdwardBernays

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3. yeah

Reply to TexasMommaWithAHat (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 10:45 AM

Jan 2016

but it's just that: disruption... which isn't fatal...

the main problem won't be ISIS, but people overreacting TO ISIS, which could lead to nationalism and the rise of right-wing extremism...

But ISIS.. meh... it would take 100 attacks as deadly as 9/11 to kill as many people as obesity kills every year in America...

So...hard to really be afraid of of these guys... no matter how desperately politicians and the media try...

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BBC4 - Fascinating talk with Scott Atran about ISIS as revolution - Sobering [View all] TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2016 OP

the reality EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #1

Totally agree. TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2016 #2

yeah EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #3

People don't see it that way TexasMommaWithAHat Jan 2016 #4

Have you been to Germany recently? EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #5

I just got back from Germany. People are worried about the mass migration. Mika Jan 2016 #6

I spent a month there a few weeks back EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #7