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In reply to the discussion: Why are DUers buying into this crap about Iran from the corporate media? [View all]quinnox
(20,600 posts)14. there are many who also seem to think the drones are a wonderful
tool to kill people too, or that the US has a right to kill anyone in any country if they suspect they are terrorist, or see no problem with the reducing of civil liberties and privacy in the name of security. The patriotism propaganda fools some folks, especially when a Democrat is president which makes it harder to think independently in terms of the way you do and other progressives/liberals do.
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Lydia Leftcoast
Apr 2012
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It's pathetic. It's almost a kind of "willful Alzheimer's", if you will, when looking at our
bullwinkle428
Apr 2012
#4
The ones that buy the crap are diverse, there are those that need to be led and so
Dragonfli
Apr 2012
#9
then again, it's not like Bush, Obama, Cheney, Clinton, etc., etc. would suddenly realize how human
MisterP
Apr 2012
#45
Here is a lecture by Rick Steve's on Brasscheck TV, I'm not sure if it's the one you're thinking of
polly7
Apr 2012
#28
Yes, and I've noticed in the last few years that stories about human rights abuses in Iran
Lydia Leftcoast
Apr 2012
#29
If you can, bet money on it, and then tell me where so I can lay some $$ down, too.
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#47
Yeah not too long ago I believed Iran was building up a nuclear weapons program
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#23
Erect bogeyman. Wave flag. Send in the assassins, drones, bombers. Demand more money for the MIC.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Apr 2012
#34
The built up fear of Iran promoted by the corporate media is ridiculous to the point of absurdity.
Uncle Joe
Apr 2012
#35
Americans are astoundingly ignorant of the histories and cultures of other countries
Lydia Leftcoast
Apr 2012
#43